Moët & Chandon’s SoHo “Boutique Moët” - a store where consumers can have a bottle of champagne personalised with Swarovski crystals. It opened on Saturday, December 1, and will run on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays through December 30. Consumers can bring a pre-purchased bottle of Moët here (the boutique itself doesn’t sell any champagne) and have it customized it with a message (up to seven characters for $30). The bottles can then be picked up within two days, or can be delivered anywhere in Manhattan by messenger.

I’m loving these from Erin Fetherston.

“Silver matte sequins embroidered on a fitted hand-knit merino wool cap. 100%”

Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola has rolled out this beauty, a snip at just under US$7,000. She’s become a big name of late, creating designs for big-name-industry types like Kartell, B&B Italia and Alessi and Morosso.

I’m liking these, from Chie Mihara!

He deserves to appear here everytime he does something simply great, so here we go again…

and…

Flight 001 are selling this beauty from Robert Le Heros for 120 bucks. Am I the only one to like this? I sense it’s a pretty personal preference, this one.

I’m just loving this. Maybe it’s the purple. And ONLY US$2000! Did I say “only”?

The image below shows an Antarctic iceberg between the Paulet and the South Shetland Islands, photo by Sebastiao Salgado.

If in London see a display of his work at HackelBury.

I wish I knew who had taken this photo, found randomly on the net, so that I could credit them. Beautiful.

And the damn things are coming back, if Qoniak of Sweden are to be believed.

Wouldn’t life be so much more interesting if combinations like this were more common place? Imagine the reaction!

Sweet.

This, can you believe it, is the interior of one of one of the new Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 planes, launched this week.

The Mile High Club reference? Well, no matter how appealing the bed, in a private suite, might be, Singapore Airlines has requested that occupants don’t engage in any sexual activity. The reason: the suites aren’t soundproofed, and the airline doesn’t want fellow-passengers embarrassed by any sounds unsuited to flying.

Not just ANY new phone, but a phone that has a scent.

Oh yes, the Japanese have done it again. Have an apple pie scented conversation, guaranteed to work for three months! The aromas are released from a replaceable strip located near the central hinge. Or how about blueberry, or peach. It’s your choice, or not. I recommend not.

Queue dramatic music: Once a year, 1000 remarkable people gather in Monterey, California to exchange something of incalculable value: their ideas.

Anthropologist Helen Fisher studies love: its evolution, its biochemical foundations and its vital importance to human society. She also discusses the natural talents of women, and their new significance in the modern world.

Video here at TED.

Photographer Martin Klimas specialises in capturing split-millisecond moments in his photography, such as the moment of breakage of a fragile object, or the beat of wings, as seen here. Beautiful.

It sounds a touch bland, but it works. Photography of people passing through NYC subway turnstiles.

Wish I’d thought of it. More about it here.

… for New Years, I would like to have the photographic skill of Klaus Thymann. Thank you. Genevieve.

I came across this in LA recently. Didn’t know what it was at the time, but a bit of Googling resolved the issue.

It’s HearWear, and they say: “wearable visual reflection of your auditory surroundings. It perceives sound levels and uses a scale of lights to reflect amplitude in clothing or accessories. The level of light depends on the level of sound; the louder it is, the more your apparel lights up.”

And then: “The electronics are seamlessly integrated in the wearable design - the sound-detecting sensor is subtle and unnoticeable, and the LEDs and electro-illuminating wire are embroidered in the transluscent textile. The developed system can be applied to any wearable items - be it skirt, bags, T-shirts, jackets, pants and belts.”

I quite like the idea, but I’m a little concerned I’d be confused for a traffic light, or for a neon sign outside a 7-Eleven! You?