Touch of Class

A pick of the best, the latest, the greenest, the quirkiest, the most luxurious... that money can buy

Published: Jul 10, 2014 06:42:32 AM IST
Updated: Jun 30, 2014 02:25:55 PM IST



STYLE
French dining
My Tailor Home brings French decor brands Isabelle Poupinel, Cristallerie de Montbronn, and Lauret Studio to India. The collection by Isabelle Poupinel includes porcelain tableware and tea-lights, while the Montbronn collection comprises luxurious champagne glasses made of crystal in styles like Staccato. Lauret Studio brings exclusive and made-to-measure flatware collection in silver-plated brass and sterling silver.
mytailorhome.com






Luxurious & Smart

Signature Touch—the new high-performance smartphone from Vertu—blends best-in-class technology with superior handcrafted materials, including grade 5 titanium and hand-finished calf leather. It incorporates Dolby Digital Plus virtual surround sound and Hasselblad certified imaging, as well as Vertu’s full portfolio of services.
vertu.com


 






Bid for a classic
Roger Dubuis, fine watchmakers, is joining hands with Emirates Airline Foundation for Time for Change, an initiative to raise funds for children. Money will be raised through a silent auction of the Excalibur Skeleton Double Flying Tourbillon, designed for the partnership. Emirates fliers can bid by filling a form in-flight between August 15 and March 15, 2015.  
rogerdubuis.com




HOME
Water holder

Now you can plant your favourite blooms and not worry about watering it for weeks. Green Carpet’s Classico is an innovative planter that comes with an intelligent in-built irrigation mechanism which takes care of watering for up to three weeks. Made of polypropylene, the planters come in matte and glossy finishes and are available in 11 colours and seven sizes.
greencarpet.in





TECH
Magic Touch
Basalte’s latest innovation, Deseo, allows you to control and operate various activities— lighting circuits, mood lighting, sunscreen and blind controls, air conditioning—through a single switch. This is achieved with its built-in thermostat and innovative touch technology.
basalte.be


French Dining, Water Holder, Magic Touch, courtesy Better Interiors

(This story appears in the 11 July, 2014 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)

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