Bard Design Group

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Bard Design Group
Imagine… The simplicity of tastes for only the best. The loudness of quiet elegance. The drama of design excellence. The comfort of function. Sophisticated and seductive… Imagine an interior created for sea or land, and exclusively for you…
Katalin Bard and her design associates, specialists in custom yacht and residential interiors, have been serving a discerning international clientele for over ten years. Committed to each project, her principal goal is client satisfaction.
Bard, daughter of a naval architect, was born in Budapest, Hungary. Her designs are influenced and inspired by her European heritage, by her passion for yachting, and by the different cultures she experienced.
Bard Design Group is based in Hollywood, Florida. The firm accepts commissions globally for complete yacht and residential interior design projects, and is available for consultations.

“Chrysaora” is a concept design created for a 39m (128’) motor yacht. The design embodies the essence of being at sea. Multiple elements and subtle references carry the theme throughout the interiors.

The jellyfish aquarium provides a unique backdrop for both, the Dining and Main Saloons. Its transparency unites, yet provides a dramatic separation of the spaces. Crisp, contemporary lines are softened by warm, exotic woods, luxurious leathers and fabrics. LEDs embedded in the custom designed tables provide an accent of subtle shimmer when desired. AV equipment is hidden until needed.

http://www.barddesigngroup.com

Continental Prestige Supercar Club

Welcome to Continental Performance & Prestige
The worlds most exclusive and desirable prestige cars, available to members anywhere in the UK. Members will get access to a wide variety of vehicles. There is no worry of depreciation, insurance, servicing, storage and even security. All this is dealt with by Continental prestige and performance ltd, members only decide on what car to drive over the membership period, all this in return for an annual membership fee.

How it Works
In return for an annual membership fee members receive points and an annual mileage restriction. Members exchange their points for drive time in the cars subject to availability. The number of points varies on the choice of car and which group it belongs to.
Reservations can be made in advance subject to availability and can be collected from our premises. The cars can be delivered but at an additional cost that varies depending on the distance. Members’ cars can be kept in our secure storage facility whilst you enjoy the experience of driving one of the amazing cars in the fleet.

Depreciation, servicing, insurance are all taken
care of by the club and the cars can be delivered 

to anywhere in the UK. 
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Digital video producer for the luxury lifestyle market.

Digital video producer specializing in producing short-form internet videos for the luxury lifestyle market.
If you are interested contact us info@luxvip.org
Take a look  at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45aFMj6lCWc
With a cutting-edge team of editors, photographers, and videographers we will be providing outstanding haute, new, hip content featuring "What's Hot" and "Now" with relevance to our fast-paced, world-traveled lifestyles.

Our hope is that soon you will rely on us as the region's trusted resource!

We are keeping a keen eye focused on the world of luxury design; we are so excited to share with you the amazing things we see and find. Oh, let's not forget the hot places, cool spaces and chic products people share with us while we are hanging out at uber-cool parties, charities, galleries and events.

Soon we will be launching our online shop featuring professional photography; spotlighting cool, sophisticated design-related products, haute fashion, bespoke jewelry, contemporary artworks, and boutique-wares which our savvy editors and video producers find while out on the beat in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego.

We hope to pass along to you some discounted 5-star Boutique Hotel, Winery and Luxurious Spa packages as well.

NAIM Jeans

WHO WE ARE AND WHY CHOOSE US
Our business idea is called NAIM “Su Misura” (“Made to Measure”)
We would like to talk about the tradition of Italian tailoring.
NAIM was born in 2009 and is growing with the precious contribution of all the people who
collaborate with us on this project:
- first of all the highest traditions of our Italian tailors (our treasure);
- our marketing and communication department that explain our skills of tradition and
modernity merging;
- and our sales “made to measure” force.
Our advantage is to get a special information technology platform that allowed to load the
various orders and controll all the productions phases focused in a single made to
measure order (all the production phases was different for every single denim).
We are focused in tailored jeans, entirely hand made to measure for each individual client
and completely customized, thus communicating the original taste of the owner.
Unique and exclusive pieces, the opposite of mass production, developed by the expert
hands of the best Italian tailoring tradition using only the highest quality of fabric and
accessories.
Therefore for NAIM the future jeans is “made to measure”, jeans sculptured on the body of
each single personal client end for the special needs. With NAIM jeans become unique e
above all, the real Made in Italy.
NAIM intends to become the specialist of high quality “made to measure“, continually
contributing to spreading the values of Made in Italy around the world.
FEATURES OF NAIM JEANS
3 key words:
- product
- know how
- made in Italy
NAIM chose the high quality denim, made by old looms - looms that over fifty years weave
the history of jeans - for example KUROKI cotton, and golden silk.
The result is a jeans refined and elegant, with confortable fit, because is define and
designed directly from yours measures.
Attention and care about singles details are our skills. The single features is important, and
become a distinctive factor, what I say is our milestone.
LEAST BUT NOT LAST A QUALITY CONTROL ON EVERY TAILOR PRODUCTION IN
ORDER TO FOLLOW THE OLD ITALIAN TAILOR TRADITION.
HOW IS MADE THE MADE TO MEASURE JEANS
- chose your style (more trendy, classic, regular and many more);
- define the single details in order form (fabric, lining, buttons..)
- define the customers measures in order form;
- tailors prepare electronically pattern and send to ERP for start production;
- made the jeans (2 -3 weeks to delivery)
- final quality control;
- shipment to the client.
Now NAIM is working on and develop a ERP electronical system web based and available
with Iphone, Ipad, blackburry and smart phone in general, dedicated for any agents that
allowed to load all the new orders. We have bilt a special tutorial that step by step allowed
the single agent to chose the jeans, details, fill the mesures for all single client and the
payment. You can controll the work of jeans in real time and the date of delivery.
OUR STAFF IS ALWAYS AT YOUR DISPOSAL TO CLARIFY AND HELP YOU OUT RE
EVERY DOUBT ARISE EITHER FOR TAKING MEASURES OR FOR DELIVERYING
AND WHY NOT FOR GIVING US SOME ADVISE TO IMPROVE STYLISH ETC.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
NAIM philosophy is to communicate the values of unique products. We would like put our
jeans and denim to everyone who loves being comfortable using and wear on our
“philosophy”.
NAIM “made to measure” for all of YOU
ITALY - TREVISO
http://www.naimunique.com

Exclusive oils

Selection of exclusive oils.
Drupa : Made with Panisello and Morruda varieties in their best moment of ripness with a
sensation of green banana and flowers, its taste is strongly green, apple, banana’s rind,
unipeness almond and artichoke, slightly bitter and spicy. A gret producer of sensations.
Testaccio: A coupage of Empeltre, Morruda and Sevillenca, with a medium scent and a predominant
green olive fruitiness, green leaves, slightly tomato, artichoke and unripeness almond. It
tastes green olives and almonds, slightly bitter with a last itch and a little astringent. An oil
with very good characteristics.
Dressel: This coupage has been made with Empeltre and Panisello, with scent of green olives
fruitiness, green leaves, banana’s rind, unripeness almond, artichoke and citrus fruits. An
olive fruitiness in its best moment of ripeness, you can find the same fruit sensations as in
the scent and a little apple, slightly bitter and spicy. A great quality oil.
Abarem: Coupage made with Sevillenca and Panisello with a medium scent intensity, ripenessunripeness
olives fruitiness, green grass and artichoke at bottom. Its tastes fresh and
slightly banana, the start is sweet but slightly bitter-spicy. A very smart oil, with persistent
and balanced sensations.
Cocó: Coco is the image of Produccíó Ecològica Roca Cabrera, a building made of Stone like a
vault used by famers years ago in order to store rain water.
We decided to name this way the best oil we produce every season, that having great
characteristics lets us to value the work that those people who worked in the country did,
growing the olive trees.
This year, we got it from then Farga variety, which was collected by hand and accurately
produced in our ecologic oil mill, the result is an oil with:
Smell: Average intensity and fresh green apple fruitiness, banana and grass, tomato at
bottom and almond. Very balanced.
Taste: olive, tomato and banana fruitiness. Balanced, sweet and very elegant.
Box 4 oils(4 bottles) 200 euros+shipping cost
Box Cocó(1 bottle) 160 euros+shipping cost
More info at info@luxvip.org

RESIDENCE ON THE ROCKS

Design and Architecture

LOCATION

South Mahe, Intendance Bay


Some 100 yards, as the crow flies, uphill from the last hill villa of The Banyan Tree Luxury Resort on a special access road which will serve the residential area is Residence on the Rocks.

The two storey main house is on a relatively flat portion of the site with large granite/rock formation providing privacy on either side.

The guest house and the large pool are on elevated concrete decks in front and just below the rock formations.

All areas have a fantastic view of Intendance Bay and the breaking waves can be easily heard.

DESIGN AND LAY OUT

The two storey main building has a central court yard separating the upstairs bedroom/downstairs lounge part from the upstairs bedroom/downstairs dining room kitchen section.

There is a separate guest house some 30 yards to the side of the central pool.

The design is Creole in nature with some 450m² of covered area. The main building and guest house are surrounded in front and on the side with the typical Creole style flat roofed veranda in a colonnade design

Opposite the guest house, on the other side of the pool, on a granite rock, there is a gazebo/sala, which can be used for outdoor dining but also for massages.

In a rock cave  next to the Gazebo there is a large Jacuzzi which gets its water supply from the main pool.

The pool is of the infinity/overflow design on three sides and on the southern end the pool is encompassing a granite wall.

LAYOUT

The three bedrooms are all large. Two have a king size master bed and the third one is a twin with one king and one queen size bed. The master bedroom has a large dressing room adjacent to the bathroom and an elevated work/study area.

There is a fully equipped kitchen/dining room downstairs.

The main lounge (below the master bedroom) has an elevated library entertainment section. One of the granite walls protrudes into this room.

Below the guest house there is a utility/room service area which will also serve as the temporary butler accommodation.

The above provides for an expansive outdoor living area surrounded by large granite rock formations and a high perimeter wall providing absolute privacy and exclusivity.

STYLE AND FINISHING

Creole Style is considered a blend of many cultures: French, Chinese African, Indian and English. This theme was taken into consideration in importing a range of materials for the interior finishing.

• The main feature is the 16 large/old Haveli/Palace doors which were brought in form India and since they were of slightly different sizes the walls had to be "built" around them. These French doors combined with the heavy insulation of the roof areas allow for a constant breeze to flow through all parts and for comfortable living conditions even without the AC units being activated.
• The floors are all of recycled old Burma teak.
• The colonial metal windows were imported from Kenya
• The cast iron rail was acquired in Burma
• Many of of the furniture pieces are antique British colonial items imported from India and Burma
• All carpets were woven in and bought from traditional tribal village cooperatives in Northern India

Most of the decor items were collected by the owners over a period of 30 years in Central Africa and South East Asia and include valuable tribal/ethnic art pieces.

The objective was to create the colonial splendour of the 20s and 30s . This has been achieved through the choice of materials, décor and furnishings. As such a stay in Residence on the Rocks also represents a nostalgic experience.

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Seychelles as a destination has a reputation for its unspoilt nature. The residence was built trying to live up to the islands image and minimally impacts the immediate environment.

The large rocks were incorporated into the building and no large trees were cut. In some cases they were also incorporated as part of the building structure.

Energy consumption is kept low by supplying hot water through a solar panel system built into the roofs (the arrival of hot water at the faucet being a little slower than with conventional designs). Heat exchangers use the AC units at night to heat the water in the boilers.

A 50 000 gallon water tank is fed by rain water collected from all the roof areas which goes through three special filter systems including an infrared one. (Only if rain water runs out will the system switch to the hotel's desalinated water supplies.)

All timber used is recycled material from India, that is items recovered from old buildings which were taken down.

All roof areas are double insulated and there is minimal heat radiation via the roofs keeping the required AC load to a minimum.

LED lights and other power saving light fixtures are deployed throughout.

The AC units in the bedrooms are linked to motion sensors and will switch off if there is no movement (no occupancy of the room) for more then 20 min.

The overall design incorporates maximum energy efficiency measures without affecting the expected comfort level.


The residence is meant to offer a well thought out life style experience which benefits from the 'en suite' five star hotel and its facilities and which will hopefully take a stay  way beyond a more traditional hotel experience.
 

Services

The Banyan Tree Seychelles manages and services the residence:

Standard Services

• Housekeeping services include daily sheet changes and turn down services
• Gardening and pool maintenance
• Room service
• Guest bathroom supplies
• Pick up by electromobile for visit to hotel facilities
• Telephone/extensions to the hotel
• Security patrols/CCTV system
• Private butler 8 hours a day
• Nanny  services and private chefs upon request

Other facilities

• Satellite/TV and stereo/two rooms with Dolby Surround
• Each room with safe and hair dryer
• Access to all restaurants, bars, the spa, the hotel pool, the Gym as well as tennis court
• Wireless Internet

Check in and check out is handled by the hotel in the standard fashion requiring a credit card imprint upon check in.
More information contact us at info@luxvip.org

 

STANLEY LEWIS MENS FASHION DESIGNER

The Stanley Lewis Collection of gentlemen's accessories is a compilation of the finest and most exclusive men's fashion accessories in the world. Uniquely designed, all product is Made in Italy by the world's most respected craftsmen and includes a superlative range of men's designer neckties and colorful designer socks.

The colorful, dapper, Italian handmade silk neckties and coordinating socks sit alongside exclusive handmade 925 silver cufflinks, luxurious silk and linen scarves and hand rolled pochettes. 

The idea for sophisticated pairings of ties and socks evolved after brand co-founder Anne Harding spent countless hours in airport lounges observing men at work: Harding noticed that the executives working on sleek laptops and cell phones in transit lounges tended to wear their designer suits, fancy ties, limited edition watches, and expensive Italian leather shoes with dull, pilled, sometimes even mismatched socks.                                                                                                                                                                             Believing that men worldwide shared a need for balance in life and wardrobe, and recognizing an opportunity to address a gap in the men's fashion accessory market, Australian-based Harding and her partner Stan Crinis pooled their extensive experience in fashion and retail to found the luxury brand with a global perspective in 2008. Harding and Crinis sourced manufacturers from throughout Italy for their handmade wool-lined silk ties and complex, colorful and comfortable socks.  They added Italian-made 925 Silver cufflinks and silk and linen pochettes and scarves to the range to round out the offerings.

 STANLEY  LEWIS Inspired by the need for balance 
http://www.stanleygentlemen.com