Denmark’s Artcoustic SUPERSTAR iPod® Music Centre, combines the state-of-the-art sound technology of their high end sound systems with personalized interchangeable screens, transforming otherwise intrusive speakers into works of art that are congruous with your lifestyle and your interior design choices.  The SUPERSTAR is compatible with your iPod®, creating flawless soundscapes to complement the changing mood of your environment while the option to personalize the speaker screens gives you the flexibility to cater to your design whimsy without a major overhaul.

As clean airy design maintains a stronghold on interiors, creative new means of maximizing space by minimizing clutter are becoming increasingly prevalent and challenging, particularly in auto, marine, aircraft and office environments. Blue Vision has excelled at repurposing space by hiding HD television or display monitors right in front of you. Concealed within stunning, well-crafted mirrored glass the Blue Vision systems are customized to meet your interior design specifications. The mirrored glass opens each room, giving the illusion of greater space while also providing an area to service your visual entertainment. Simultaneously view your own reflection while you watch your favorite show or news program.

Inca Corporation specializes in the automation of entertainment and computer systems. All conversions, from TV lifts, pullout and swivel systems, table conversions, automated door systems, and lifts include rocker switch, radio remote, Infrared, computer, touchscreen, 12 VDC, or dry contact actuated controllers. Inca’s vertically integrated manufacturing enables them to tackle even the most complex automation design strategies that mazimize your home, boat, mobile camper or other limited spaces. Imagine your concealed entertainment system rising up from the floor of your living room or a television lowering from the hull of your boat to turn a normal sitting area into a home or on-the-sea theater (think Bond or Dark Knight).

Blue Vision TV mirror

From Laptops, to mobile phones, our individual fashion choices are no longer simply relegated to ripped from the runway purchases. The designer phone market is booming. As we alluded to in our gift guide, customization of gadgetry is becoming the ultimate form of accessorizing for self-expression. Modelabs and Christian Dior released an extraordinary, well-designed handset complete with touch screen functionality and ranging in exclusivity from Swarovski crystals to diamonds. 

Vertu’s, the distinguished leader in luxury handsets, latest offering, Signature, embodies the core attributes of Vertu’s previous phones, including world class hand-built craftsmanship using precious metals and ruby bearings, and the revered concierge service accessed through a dedicated button. Signature’s ringtones are most impressive having been composed by Dario Marinelli and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.

DeFi Mobile is a one-stop carrier-class solution for the international traveler who wants one flat rate plan and web access the world over. With traditional international cell phone plans even the reduced roaming rates can easily become astronomical charges. DeFi offers customers instant access to wifi hotspots through over 50 global partners at 120 international airports, 15,000 hotels and tens of thousands of coffee shops. DeFi also eliminates the need to tote several different mobile and laptop devices for VoIP, email, and other business communication needs by combining all these services in one low monthly plan. LuxuryLifestyle.com utilized DeFi in September on our 3500 mile roadtrip on  the Fireball Run mission to find America’s Missing Children.  

At CES 2008, the biggest acronym in optical entertainment was OLED.  We imagine that CES 2009 will showcase an expansion on this technology to many high-end consumer products from televisions to mobile devices. Organic Light Emitting Diode screens are lightweight and produce some of the most brilliant colors and deepest blacks. Who else than Kodak to lead the charge in this evolution of digital imagery. They’ve begun with a wi-fi digital picture frame that not only showcases your pictures and videos in one of the most highly regarded new formats but also access the Web directly from the frame itself to view news, sports and entertainment.

This time of year, whether in the arid desert regions or braving the biting cold of winter, we drench our skin with moisturizers; also beneficial to keeping skin healthy is moisture in the home. Fukasawa’s exquisitely designed humidifiers inspired many small home appliance manufacturers to consider form when designing function. As a result, tasteful electronics such as Middle Colors ultrasonic humidifier, helps you enrich your home environment with a healthy dose of much needed moisture while adding a touch of sophistication and elegance in a variety of colors from which to select.  The smaller humidifier will mist for approximately 8 hours while the larger will do so at a higher humidity output for 10 hours.

Air purification is also a tough game in the winter but now it is also environmentally sound. Alen Corporation’s newly released four-speed Paralda is the first and only luxury, green high performance air purifier ever available in the United States. The unit has an advanced HEPA filter lasting 6-9 months with continuous daily use and an air cleaning efficiency rate of 99.97% - including a UV lamp life that kills airborne bacteria and viruses. It is made with absolutely no lead components, is ozone safe, and Energy Star rated.

Alen Corporation's Paralda air purifier

RFID technology Radio-frequency Identification (RFID) is becoming more widely used to inventory an array of items from wine to precious heirlooms, even pets. Now this same technology is being repurposed to make otherwise inanimate objects communicate and work for us.  Mir:ror from Violet is a simple RFID reader device with a rich set of applications and services that connect to any USB enabled computer. Using RFID Ztamps, inanimate objects that populate our lives and homes become key interactive elements with limitless applications simply by waving it in front of the Mir:ror.  For example, if you show your umbrella to a Mir:ror it will give you weather forecasts; wave your keys on top of Mir:ror and it will send an email to your loved ones saying that you are back home safe; put your pill box on Mir:ror and it will recall you when you last took your medicine, and so on