$69,000 WOOD BIKE WITHOUT BRAKES
Why pay $69,000 (£43,000) for a beech wood bike without brakes? Not sure, perhaps aesthetics or conversation piece… London-based designer Andy Martin teamed up with the furniture company Thonet to steam bend a unique bicycle that allows you to be one with the road. Designboom explains, “the fixed gear conception takes influence from the tradition of cycling; where one has a greater connection to the bike and the surface a user rides on. Built without brakes, it still has the capabilities of using several interchangeable gear ratios.” According to LuxuryLaunches, “Thonet developed the steam bending process back in the ‘30s and today the contours of the body are cut using […]
AFRICAN SAFARI WITH JANE GOODALL AND NAT GEO
You have less than a year to prepare to what luxury blogs are describing as a “once-in-a-lifetime trip”. For USD 60,000 you are invited to join the renowned anthropologist Jane Goodall, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace, with 20-year National Geographic magazine contributing photographer, speaker, author and teacher Joel Sartore for a 22 day tour throughout Africa. Only 20 people in the world are able to experience this luxury adventure that begins on July 8, 2013 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Other stops include Tanzania and Congo. The luxe travel agency TravelStore has oragnized a business class flight on Ethiopian Air and the rest are “private […]