Rather than dropping in popularity, superyachts have been more in demand than ever during global pandemic.
But the same can’t be said for passenger jet airplanes. In fact, global business jet deliveries dropped by 20.4% in 2020, while hundreds of airplanes have been decommissioned, with some likely to never fly again.
However, yacht designer Uros Pavasovic has come up with a rather unorthodox way of utilizing discarded aircraft while simultaneously pushing the boundaries of superyacht design.
He’s devised a 130-meter vessel that’s powered by re-purposed jet engines located on its upper shell.
Unveiled earlier this month, the Cobra concept, is influenced by military aircraft and looks like something from a futuristic movie.
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The upper level of Area15’s Emporium video-game lounge
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Steve Marcus
Geoff Carter Thu, Feb 18, 2021 (2 a.m.)
Omega Mart is vast, but it occupies only a third of Area15. The rest of the 200,000 square-foot, charcoal-color mystery box a cooperative effort between New York-based firms Beneville Studios and Fisher Brothers is devoted to unconventional dining, entertainment, retail and art. So much art, in fact, that some of it spills out of the building into the parking lot.
A sculpture park,
Art Island, sits in front of the main entrance; it features several large pieces of erstwhile Burning Man art, including Michael Benisty’s “In Every Lifetime I Will Find You” (a metallic couple locked in an embrace) and Ivan McLean’s “Giant Disco” (a huge disco ball on spider-like legs). There are impressive pieces inside Area15, too, particularly Bart Kresa and Joshua Harker’s “Shogyo Mujo,” the imposing, digitally mapped video skull that greets
Break for sustainable fashion in India on the horizon as pollution, wastage concerns rise
The fashion industry’s annual production is 400 billion square metre of textiles leading to cutting room floor waste of 60 billion square metre.
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India is yet to accept that its rich textile, motif and design heritage have the potential to lead the way for sustainable fashion.
Fashion is a fashionable cause. Pantone has named Illuminating (bright yellow) and Ultimate Gray as its 2021 Colour(s) of the Year, but the soul of fashion is turning Green. Sustainable fashion is the accelerating trend in the world of pret and couture, as ethical lifestyles in eating, building, living, travelling, motoring and shopping hint at making the world a guilt-free place. One truck capacity of textiles is landfilled or burnt every second somewhere in the world, according to the Isle of Wight-based Ellen MacArthur Foundation that is pushing fashion to move to a circular econo