All Blog Posts Tagged 'Ultimate' (10)

Have you ever printed out a recipe, only to ever-so-gracefully spill all over it and smudge the instructions? If you answered "yes," then this technology is for you. Designed for the kitchen, the Qooq (pronounced “cook”) tablet is basically a spill-proof, heat-proof digital cookbook with a 10.1-inch display, 1024x600 resolution, and a 1GHz Cortex A9 dual-core processor. It even…

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While Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco is putting on a tribute exhibition to the films of Wes Anderson, Gallery 1988 in Melrose has a similar (but different) show going on. Similar in vein, this one is dedicated…

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Last week, people of all ages came into My Modern Met to marvel at a pirate ship bedroom that looked like it belonged at Disneyland. In fact, all you had to do was search Twitter to see what grown adults… Continue

"The rope bridge is connected to the top of the jail cell, built to accommodate evil doers, thieves and little sisters."



Designer Steve Kuhl fulfills every boy's fantasy with this insanely cool pirate ship bedroom. The six-year-old occupant from Minnesota chose between a space ship, race car, castle, and pirate ship. Most of us would probably agree, he made an excellent… Continue

When we were kids, we all loved Pez and the cool dispensers that they came in. Missy Munday from Penticton, Canada liked them a little bit more... Actually, a lot more. At last count, she collected 209 over the past seven years. She finds her hidden treasure at yard sales, thrift stores, flea markets, and souvenir shops.



"Besides that they double as…

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It's that time! Ready for the final My Modern Met giveaway? This time you're going to be able to win one prize pack that includes two pieces of art and three books!



Here's what you can win (clockwise from bottom left):



Audrey Kawaski Print

This limited edition print is only one of 200 she gave away at a gallery… Continue

In honor of Earth Day and all of the amazing experiences this planet has to offer, our first giveaway prize is Lonely Planet's 1000 Ultimate Experiences. We first wrote about this book back in… Continue

Kawah Ijen Volcano - Indonesia. This volcano has a extremely acidic crater lake and possibly the strongest sulphur vent in the world. It is so hot that the sulphur ignites leading to burning rivers.

German photographer Martin Rietze works best under pressure. The 45-year-old thrill-seeker travels to the world's most active volcano hotspots, from…

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After his wife left him, Tony Alleyne set out to create the ultimate bachelor pad, painstakingly turning his flat in Hinckley, Leicestershire into a Star Trek set.



Mr Alleyne hand-crafted all the furnishings himself, cutting timber and plexigas to create the futuristic look. He started the project in 1999 and completed it in 2004, but then decided to give…

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For the fifth year in a row, Esquire has taken over an incredible home -- this one an $8.5 million triplex penthouse apartment overlooking Central Park in New York City -- and worked with the world’s top designers and luxury brands to transform it into the ultimate bachelor pad.



Here are a few of the rooms:

Living Room designed by Campion Platt for Versace

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