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Dream Apartments Avantra iCommunity The Uptown Futra iApartments

Longton Lifestyle Hub Homeware, Accessories & Giftware

SASA Sino-Australian Seniors Association

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What an amazing time to publish our first edition of Longton Lifestyle magazine. At Longton, we have taken property development to a heightened new level, into a complete lifestyle.

Longton Lifestyle magazine brings together your home, homewares, giftwares, accessories and gadgets in one publication.

In this issue we are introducing to you beautiful dream apartments in Sydney, an exciting new concept store 'Longton Lifestyle Hub' and exclusive new lifestyle products and technology to create your 'Ultimate Longton Lifestyle'.

“Longton Lifestyle is a holistic way of bringing together your dream apartment, with beautiful and innovative homeware” Publisher: Longton Capital Pty Ltd Editor: Sajonara Sucic Assistant Editor: Claire Li Production: Shelden Peng Copywriter: Maya Ding Photographer: Nick Cao Geek Reviewer: Mark Greenwood Design: Charles Henry Agpoon

This year Longton launched two new residential projects; Avantra apartments at Mascot and Uptown apartments at Roseville. We will be showcasing these two beautiful and unique projects in details. Well designed spaces that are thoughtfully planned and executed to enhance your lifestyle. Longton apartments reflect this and an exclusive lifestyle where luxury meets technology featuring a fully integrated home automation system, myiButler and a dedicated social media.

Architecturally exclusive only to Avantra apartments is the world first "Streets in the Sky" design. Living the true "designer lifestyle" dream is never easier than when moving into a Longton apartment.

Longton has recently to opened a concept store in the heart of the Sydney CBD selling exclusive lifestyle products, technology as well as luxury apartments. Our aim is to inspire people to surround themselves with beautiful and innovative products that will enhance their lifestyle. We will also introduce to you exclusive to Longton, myiButler services.

Creating a beautiful dream home with gorgeous furnishing and homeware is something most of us desire. Your home should be a reflection of you and your lifestyle.

Longton Lifestyle Hub will be featuring beautiful products from Pia Wustenberg, Nason Moretti and Martha Sturdy.

Pia Wustenberg was nominated in 2012 for the Elle Decoration British Design Awards for her Stacking Vessel Collection, which has continued to grow with larger pieces and new Collectors Editions. Her 'Transformed Stacking Vessels' collection is currently on show at No. 10 Downing Street, London in a selection of the best in contemporary British craft and design thinking. Available at Longton Lifestyle Hub. NasonMoretti is one of the leading glassworks designers on the Venetian island of Murano. A stunning product range of decorative table objects such as pitchers, fruit-salad/ice-cream bowls, candlesticks and fruit stands, all manufactured through different processes and in a variety of different shapes. In these genuinely unique products the traditional skills of master glassmakers are integrated with modern concepts of design and aesthetics to create premium home-decor articles. Heir to craftwork traditions introduced and developed on the island of Murano many centuries ago, since its earliest days NasonMoretti have developed their own flair for recognising the value of stylistic trends and then reinterpreting them in their own, very personal way.

Martha Sturdy has always been inspired and guided by the elements. Materials like mineral and salvaged Cedar find expression in her work — offering a reflection of a landscape that is itself bold, clean and strong. Each piece is an investment, in aesthetic and function that will be passed down through the generations. Created by hand quality, integrity of design, and balance are signature elements of a STURDY piece, each individually made to be enjoyed, touched, used, and seen for years. Because as Martha has taught us, creativity and beauty should be evident in everything we do. A well articulated space supports peace of mind, and peace in general.

Please enjoy our first edition, we look forward to bring more in lifestyle to you.

Sajonara Sucic Editor

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CONTENTS Showroom........................................... 7 Hottest showroom in Sydney, using the latest state of the art visual presentation and technology.

Dream Apartments ........................ 9 Designed by award winning designers to deliver the Ultimate Longton Lifestyle, where luxury meets technology.

SASA................................................... 29 Sino-Australian Seniors Association Upcoming finals of the "Voice of SASA".

Homeware

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Showcasing locally and internationally sourced homeware in-store.

Outdoor........................................... 63 Francalia incoporates French and unique European concepts into Australia.

Giftware

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From retro packaged nostalgic pieces to realistc hand hooks and more.

Gadgets

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Most wanted gadgets 2013-14.

myiButler......................................... 79 Life is busy, enjoy what matters.

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Where Luxury Meets Technology Longton Display Centre Unit 7, 7-9 Kent Road (corner of Church Avenue) Mascot NSW 2020

Welcome to the hottest showroom in Sydney, Longton Display Centre located at Mascot.

Developers Longton Property Group are using latest in state of the art visual presentation and technology to stand out amongst the crowd.

At the Longton Display Centre you can immerse yourself in the complete experience of your dream apartment.

Start your experience with a high definition visual presentation of the designed apartments and lifestyle. Followed by a hands on high tech floor plan interaction and 3D visual tour of your selected apartment before your personal guided tour of the luxury display suites.

"Our showroom is about enhancing the buyers experience" said Sajonara Sucic, Director of PR & Marketing.

Like a designer kitchen and bathroom, home technology is something that buyers now expect in an upmarket new apartment.

"People have come to us saying they want us to introduce technology into their dwellings and lives."

And Ms Sucic says it’s all sorts of buyers expressing interest in the technology – from young to old.

Here at the showroom you can experience all that and more.

659-669 Gardeners Road, Mascot NSW 2020

View from Middle Garden of South Tower (Artist Impression)

View from Living Room (Artist Impression)

Streets In The

SKY!

World-first initiatives in Mascot apartment building.

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world first architecturally designed exclusive to Avantra Streets in the Sky

A new 309 apartment development on the border of Alexandria and Mascot will be one of the world’s first high-density complex to deliver 100% natural ventilation and natural light to every habitable room.

Avantra has four multi-level buildings – one crowned with a spectacular swimming pool. Each building is interlinked by an atrium and has a rooftop communal garden with impressive views.

The breakthrough Avantra turns traditional architecture on its head by housing the lift cores within atria open to the sky. On alighting from a lift, residents will access their apartments via suspended walkways, sheltered from rain by a glass rooftop lid.

Avantra is being developed by Longton on an 8,762m² site at 659 - 669 Gardners Road, just a three minute walk from Mascot train station. Longton set tongues wagging last year when it launched another futuristic development at Mascot, Futra, which offered a living environment in the spirit of "The Jetsons". Avantra is even more technologically advanced.

The full-height atria resemble windpipes that capture and circulate cool air to apartments, reducing the need for air-conditioning. The windpipes will also help naturally illuminate each building, and allow views to show through.

Architect Brent Marvin of MD+A describes the overall design concept for Avantra as "Streets In The Sky". “We’ve created a world first by duplicating the concept of the small suburban street and reassembling its elements vertically,” Mr Marvin said.

“We have six metres between front doors which is typical of a small lane, and we have pocket parks at each level where residents can sit in the sun. Within the building we have areas to work as well as communal socialising and entertaining zones with full-scale pools and barbecue areas. But instead of these elements being spread out at ground level we have designed them in the sky.”

It will include an electronic concierge service called myiButler, a social media network called iCommunity, and a fully integrated home automation system. myiButler is an app loaded onto an iPad which comes with each apartment to order goods and services. Goods – such as groceries, clothing and dry cleaning – are delivered to secure, intelligent, on-site lockers which can only be accessed by authorised residents and suppliers using unique passcodes.

Delivery automatically triggers an 'alert' on the resident’s iPad and mobile phone. On collection, the myiButler registers that the particular locker is free again for use.

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Avantra apartment mix include

 one-bedroom  two-bedroom  three-bedroom  four-bedroom  four-bedroom penthouses

North Tower Roof Top Pool (Artist Impression)

Streets in The Sky (Artist Impression)

Service providers, such as cleaners, chiropractors and babysitters, can only gain access to an apartment by the resident creating a temporary passcode which they can change at will.

This breakthrough technology means that instead of spending time running around to shops and service providers, everything comes to the locker or apartment. No stress. No battling traffic. No parking fees or fines. Apart from the convenience, myiButler ensures goods and services are cheaper because of myiButler bulk purchasing rate. myiButler centralised billing system will issue residents with just the one fullyitemised bill each month for payment in one lump sum.

Longton’s iCommunity uses Twitter and it's Chinese sister, Weibo, to create a virtual neighbourhood. Residents will exchange messages about local events, community initiatives and classified advertisements, while the system will post daily updates on weather, news, sports, finance and cinema session times. These messages will not only appear on a resident’s iPhone but be displayed in multi languages on an electronic noticeboard in the lobby of each Longton building.

At Longton, we understand our residents’ needs to connect and be part of the community.

North Tower Roof Top Garden (Artist Impression)

Apartments at Avantra come in a wide variety of layouts, including ‘flex’ units which have large, dedicated studies that are flexible enough to be used as a bedroom.

The interiors have been designed by Archer + Wright in two dramatic colour schemes that can best be described as ‘urban luxury’. Premium finishes include tiles, plush broadloom carpet, wide-plank timber floorboards, European kitchen appliances, Grohe tapware, stone features in bathroom and heated towel rails.

Avantra purchasers will also have the option of buying an Italian furniture package upgrade from Italy to complement the light and dark interior schemes. Longton have worked closely with Poliform to craft unique furniture solutions worthy of our prestigious projects.

Master bathrooms at Avantra will be pure indulgence, with over-sized shower and heated towel rails.

Middle Garden (Artist Impression)

Longton Display Centre is located at Unit 7, 7-9 Kent Road, Mascot (corner of Church Avenue), featuring the Avantra display apartment.

Open for inspection 7 days a week.

Monday to Friday 12pm - 6pm Saturday to Sunday 10am - 6pm Further information is on

avantraicommunity.com.au

1300 669 667

Connecting People & Future perfect combination of sleek design, easy operation and uncompromised reliability

Today Samsung's innovative and top quality products and processes are world recognised.

1-31 Victoria Street, Roseville NSW 2069

The Uptown Exterior (Artist Impression)

The Uptown bedroom (Artist Impression)

Roseville

Revolution Innovative apartments expand accommodation options in traditional North Shore suburbs.

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The Uptown is an exclusive boutique development of six beautiful buildings named Uptown, Midtown and soon to be released One Victoria Park

Roseville – typified by large houses on leafy blocks – is set to enter a new era of innovative apartment living. The progressive Longton Property Group is planning a 220 apartment development called The Uptown which will contain features not previously available in this traditionally conservative area.

Longton is best known for two futuristic developments at Mascot, Futra and Avantra, which have pioneered such technological breakthroughs as myiButler and iCommunity.

While Longton is using the same architectural firm, MD+A, the design for Uptown is low-rise to blend into the picturesque, pocketsized suburb that marks the transition from the busy Lower North Shore to the much quieter Upper North Shore.

Uptown is on a 13, 700m 2 site in Victoria Street, opposite the prestigious Roseville College and just two minutes walk to Roseville Railway Station and a shopping strip. Just a few minutes further – yet a world away in terms of lifestyle – is the hustle and bustle of the Chatswood CBD. Uptown is an exclusive development of six buildings in individual garden settings. Architect Brent Marvin of MD+A describes the design as “timeless and sophisticated”.

“We’ve provided deep landscaped setbacks from the street, and retained the concept of private gardens for ground floor apartments,” said Mr Marvin. “As well as the large apartment balconies we’ve set aside resident-only private park for socialising”.

Apartment interiors have been designed by Archer + Wright in two dramatic colour schemes that can best be described as ‘urban luxury’. Tiles, broadloom carpet and wide-plank timber floorboards enhance the premium feel, while inclusions such as European kitchen appliances, stone features in bathrooms and heated towel rails to make living just that little easier.

Each apartment comes with an iPad to control the lighting, television, cinematic quality 3D theatre and surround sound system. The iPad is also loaded with Longton’s patented myiButler app for ordering goods and services.

Another feature of Uptown will be Longton’s social media system, iCommunity, which allows neighbourhood information and residents’ messages to be displayed on interactive, electronic noticeboards in the lobbies of each building.

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Uptown apartment mix include

 one-bedroom  two-bedroom  three-bedroom

The Uptown living room with tree top view (Artist Impression)

Uptown offers a new accommodation choice for Roseville that is likely to appeal to families and business people who want the convenience of being close to train and bus transport, as well as mature couples who want to downsize without downgrading.

Roseville is a much sought-after suburb with limited real estate opportunities because residents cherish the easy lifestyle and tend to stay in their family homes long after their kids have left home.

While some contemporary apartment developments have been built recently in Roseville, nothing matches the smart features and high levels of quality and comfort of Uptown. Uptown was launched in three stages - Stage 1 ‘Uptown’, Stage 2 ‘Midtown and Stage 3 ‘One Victoria Park’ . The apartments come in a wide variety of layouts, including ‘flex’ units which have large, dedicated studies that are flexible enough to be used as a bedroom.

All apartments have one or two security car spaces and lock-up storage rooms. The serenity at Roseville makes it hard to comprehend that we’re on the edge of one of Sydney’s most vibrant precincts.

Only 1.3km away, Chatswood has the largest retail precinct outside the central CBD, one of the most active business centres, and is a food and entertainment mecca, so you can live peacefully in Uptown while still being close to the action. When you consider that the Sydney CBD is just 8km away, Roseville is a very convenient location for people of all ages.

Longton Display Centre is located at Unit 7, 7-9 Kent Road, Mascot (corner of Church Avenue), featuring the Uptown display apartment.

Open for inspection 7 days a week.

Monday to Friday 12pm - 6pm Saturday to Sunday 10am - 6pm Further information is on

theuptown.com.au

1300 669 667

103-105 O'Riordan Street, Mascot NSW 2020

Futra iApartment North Side (Artist Impression)

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Futra iApartment Living Room and Bedroom (Artist Impression)

The World Is At Your

Doorstep

The best aspect about Mascot, is its location.

It’s perfect for living in Sydney.

Longton has launched a new iApartment development in Mascot, ‘Australia’s most intelligent apartment building’.

Mascot is located to the south east of Sydney city. Just 8mins by train to the CBD and 5mins to the airport.

“In short, we have designed a high performance yacht as opposed to a rusting oil tanker”.

Longton has launched a new iApartment development in Mascot, as ‘Australia’s most intelligent apartment building’. Our philosophy is that technology will only add value if it is simple and efficient.

MD+A Architects are among the growing number of creative companies have moved into the area, a major growth pocket in the city.

Designed by MD+A Architects, the 54 units are being called Futra iApartments. Each is programmed to electronically check Sydney’s weather and modify room temperatures accordingly.

Entry will be by fingerprint recognition, and an electronic noticeboard in the lobby displays social media information, residents’ tweets and select messages.

The iPad is the single most important piece of ‘furniture’ at Futra.

It controls the majority of electronic functions within each iApartment, including the lighting, blinds, television, cinematic quality 3D theatre and surround sound system.

The 12-storey building is designed by Brent Marvin of MD+A in Mascot, Sydney.

“With such a technologically-enabled building we sought to shift from convention, move out of the design comfort zone and not be constrained by prevailing methodology,” said Mr Marvin.

Energy saving initiatives include a ‘smart thermo controller’ which learns a resident’s living habits then calculates the most efficient way to reduce energy consumption.

A keyless building, access to the carpark and the lobby is through a credit card, while entry to individual apartments is by a fingerprint or passcode.

Interior design features include a Manhattan-style fireplace and stone features on benchtop joinery.

The master bathroom is pure indulgence, and may include with a sumptuous freestanding bath, ceramic wash basins and natural stone flooring. A feature wall in the bedroom and living room adds a sense of luxury, and we’ve paid special attention to mood lighting to create comfortable, cosy interiors.”

Mascot, the home of Futra iApartment, you don’t need to drive, everything is here: shopping, cafes, & restaurants, nightlife, bars, sports centre, parks all within walking distance to the heart of Alexandria.

Your complete lifestyle.

Futra iApartment Balcony (Artist Impression)

It seems like every time you turn around locally at Alexandria and Mascot another awesome venue is added to its growing portfolio of inner-city cool. Fast growing into Sydney’s institution for people who have a love of food. Whether it’s for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or a night out with friends your covered.

Alexandria is best known as the fashion outlet prescint of Sydney. Shop for the latest trends in fashion and accessories.

There are several indoor sports and fitness centres surrounding Futra.

Stroll 700m to All Sorts Fitness & Wellbeing facilities. Sydney’s largest centre featuring a 3,000m2 multifunction indoor sports complex, 25m indoor heated pool and roof-top tennis courts.

For the golfing enthusiast, Futra is conveniently located near Sydney’s best golf courses and prestigious private golf clubs. Among these are:

• The Australian Golf Club • Eastlake Golf Club • Bonnie Doon Golf Course • The Lakes Golf Club • Moore Park Golf Club So whether you are after a social game with friends or the opportunity to fine tune your game, there is a course to suit every one.

Longton Display Centre is located at Unit 7, 7-9 Kent Road, Mascot (corner of Church Avenue), featuring the Futra display apartment.

Open for inspection 7 days a week.

Monday to Friday 12pm - 6pm Saturday to Sunday 10am - 6pm Further information is on

futra.com.au

1300 669 667

SASA

Sino-Australia Seniors Association

SASA endeavours to enrich the daily life of senior Chinese who currently live in Australia, through social networking and event participation...

SASA is a non-profit and non-government organisation, which was initiated and founded

by Longton Capital Pty Ltd in 2012.

SASA endeavours to enrich the daily life of senior Chinese who currently live in Australia, through social networking and event participation. SASA provides a platform for recreational and leisure activities, to promote a healthy, active and social lifestyle.

As a contemporary enterprise, Longton is proud of its commitment to social responsibility. It has become a growing concern that many senior Chinese, as a marginal group, have experienced loneliness and isolation upon their arrival in Australia, due to the language barrier and lifestyle change.

Longton initiates, Health Forums SASA, and aims at tackling this issue. Additionally, it helps the senior Chinese in Australia to establish a meaningful and happy life.

SASA hosts regular group activities, including picnics, sight-seeing tours, calligraphy and painting exhibitions, photograph exhibitions, health seminars, and singing and dancing gatherings. The activities are meant to develop the members’ hobbies and facilitate socialising.

Recently SASA hosted health seminars, Tai Chi classes and singing competitions “The Voice of SASA” throughout late 2013.

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Health Seminars 7 Apr 2013

Session 1 The secret to longevity

6 Jul 2013

Session 2 Sports Health Science

27 Jul 2013

Session 3 Healthy Diet

31 Aug 2013

Session 4 Prevention of Chronic Diseases

SASA Health seminars are held monthly at Burwood RSL . Our guest speaker introduces a series of senior healthcare topics to maintain your health & wellbeing.

TAI CHI 20 Jul 2013

Session 1 Tai Chi Fitness Stretching

18 Aug 2013 Session 2 Tai Chi Basics 15 Sep 2013 Session 3 Tai Chi 8-style

Tai Chi is the best form of exercise to pursue longevity enhancing health and fitness.

Longton together with SASA has organised Tai Chi Classes for seniors for their health benefits at the Burwood Park in 2013.

VOICE OF SASA Heat:

13 Oct 2013 at City RSL Club

Semi-Final:

27 Oct 2013 at City RSL Club

Final:

28 Dec 2013 at Sydney Opera House

Ninth day of the ninth month has always been a meaningful festival for seniors.

To celebrate the Double Ninth Festival, we have launched a special the Voice of SASA singing contest to find Sydney’s voice amongst the seniors.

We are very excited about our VOICE OF SASA Grand final and we hope you can join us in supporting the contestants at the

Sydney Opera House on 28th December 2013

A New Way To Shop For Your Dream Apartment Shop 1, 413 George St Sydney, NSW 2000

A property developer has recently open a concept Lifestyle Hub in the heart of the Sydney CBD selling exclusive lifestyle products and technology as well as luxury apartments.

Longton Lifestyle Hub in George Street will showcase locally and internationally-sourced homewares, giftwares, accessories and gadgets within an apartment setting. Adding further lifestyle value will be Longton-developed technology such as myiButler and iCommunity.

“The last thing we want is to offer a similar style of development to the run-of-the-mill, so we search the world to source the best technology, services and homewares."

The lifestyle collections include: • Utility & Utopia by Pia Wüstenberg (Finland) • EK Design by Katharina Eisenkoeck (England) • Progetti (Italy) • Nasonmoretti (Italy) • Eclectic by Tom Dixon (England) • Lunares (Mexico) • Fink (Australia) • Martha Sturdy (Canada) • Artisans Connect (South Africa) • Normann Copenhagen (Denmark) • Eva Solo (Denmark) • Architect Made (Denmark)

“Our aim is to inspire people to surround themselves with beautiful and innovative objects that will enhance their lifestyle. We will also introduce them to technology that will make their lives more secure and give them more leisure time.”

Longton is undoubtedly Sydney’s most freethinking developer. The Lifestyle Hub will make apartment/house hunting and relaxed living more accessible to busy city workers who can inspect the display during their lunch breaks rather than wasting their weekend leisure time.

Scale models and floor plans of the company’s apartments will be showcased, with realtors being able to assist with specific details.

This year Longton launched two luxury residential developments, Avantra apartments at Mascot and Uptown apartments at Roseville, which feature an electronic concierge service called myiButler, a fully integrated home automation system, and a dedicated social media network called iCommunity.

The Director of PR & Marketing, Sajonara Sucic, said the company slogan, ‘No respect to status quo’, summed up its desire to be trendsetters in the local market. “We strive to set trends, not follow them, so we create Australia’s most advanced apartment buildings,” Ms Sucic said.

• Gaia & Gino (Czechoslovakia) “Longton Lifestyle Hub is a holistic way of bringing beauty and innovation to the people of Sydney,” said Mark Dennis, the Director of Retail and Branding at Longton.

Longton Lifestyle Hub Shop 1, 413 George Street, NSW Sydney Open daily from 11 November 2013.

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PIAWUSTENBERG Pia Wustenberg was born in Germany. She grew up with dual nationality (Finnish mother, German father) and from an early age split her time between her two home countries. At the age of 15 she moved to England, Surrey for her final school years, followed by a foundation degree in Glass, Ceramic and Metal Design at Surrey Institute of Art and Design.

This was followed by three years at Bucks New University, studying Furniture Design and Craftsmanship. In 2008 Pia graduated with a collection of mixed media furniture, having spent her final year focused on wood construction in combination with other materials (ceramic, glass, leather). She moved to North Karelia, Finland, to set up her studio piadesign and work with local materials and craftsmen.

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2009 Pia moved to London for her postgraduate studies in Design

2012 she was nominated for Elle Decoration British Design

Products at the Royal College of Arts, continuing her research into

Awards with the Stacking Vessel Collection, which has continued

craft and materials in contemporary culture.

to grow with larger pieces and new Collectors Editions.

Following her postgraduate, Piadesign relocated to East London with

Her ‘Transformed’ collection is on show at No 10 Downing Street,

new working collaborations with international clients and brands.

London, in a selection of the best in contemporary British craft

In 2011 Pia set up her own company ‘Utopia & Utility’ for the promotion and production of her crafted designs, travelling internationally to work with various craftsmen.

and design thinking. Longton Lifestyle Hub is proud to present to you this unique & stunning collection.

The Lock Knows Who Opens

SAMSUNG Fingerprint Digital Door Lock

DENNISABALOS

The Woven fruit bowl is a light and elegant vessel.

It is inspired by natural materials and aims to bring an aspect of nature into the home. The open weave allows for air to circulate from the bottom as well as the sides to ensure fruit is preserved longer.

IITTALAKIVI

CIRCLE21 These small, colourful jewels of light are the creations of

The goal at Circle 21 has been to produce a line of candles that are

Iittala’s thorough knowledge of glass. The colours and

fresh, clean and uncomplicated, just like we would want our lives to be.

thickness of the glass enriches the glow as it multiplies

We've worked hard to find the freshest scents, put them in a minimal

the flickers of the flame. The wide range of colours to

container and hand pour each with all natural premium soy wax.

choose from lets you create a personal combination.

F!NK

Coolamon

Sushi Set

Four Season Vases

F!NK products are designed by Australian artists and most of the manufacturing processes occur in the F!NK studio. Each object is individually hand finished which results in an object embedded with its own unique characteristics—more like a piece of art.

Founded in 1993 to manufacture beautifully designed and innovative household objects, F!NK is not just a showcase for internationally renowned exhibition pieces, but a production house for the work of an increasing pool of young designers, and a name synonymous with spirited and distinctive Australian design.

Jugs

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Supremely functional but never mundane

F!NK fundamentally challenges the notions that functional is

and the studio. It comes as no surprise that Foster was originally

necessarily boring, and that useful and visually exciting are

trained more than two decades ago as a metalsmith and has

mutually exclusive.

worked overseas with some of the world’s leading design houses:

Each article in the F!NK array has a story of evolution and development, often involving technical and aesthetic innovation.

Alessi (design and prototyping of teapots in 1996 and 2000) and Ingo Maurer (lighting prototypes in 2000).

Each radiates its own persona, reflecting the strength of its

Supremely functional but never mundane, no two F!NK pieces are

distinctive design.

exactly the same; every design is a work of art and none is mass-

Lauded as works of exemplary contemporary design in the world’s major arts institutions including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) in Canberra, F!NK objects offer more than just striking visual appeal and design innovation. The functional performance and quality of production and finishing are palpably important to the artists

produced. Each article is created in relatively small batches of 20 to 100 units at a time, and each is individually hand-finished in the F!NK studio/workshop.

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EKDESIGN Katharina Eisenkoeck is a designer whose practice involves furniture and product making with a sculptural simplicity and functionality influenced through the distinct use of materials. Eisenkoeck shows a great interest in the revival of ancient techniques and craft processes brought into a new context as specifically shown in her work with leather. Her approach to design can be described as a practical research through material experimentation in order to create objects that are on one hand long lasting but also show character of uniqueness through the making.

Eisenkoeck’s carpentry techniques started at an early stage of her career at the Art and Design School Ortwein in Graz. Before settling into the profession of a designer she experienced an education in architecture at the Technical University in Vienna. A year later she went on to complete her Bachelor at Central Saint Martins College in BA Arts Design and Environment in London.

Concrete Bowls Nr2 The concrete bowls Nr2. are the outcome of an ongoing exploration into the material concrete. The set is a refined product that originated out of the first concrete bowls produced in 2012. The pieces are made to be more durable and have a very smooth surface texture created through a specific polishing technique.

GAIA&GINO GAIA&GINO's commitment to excellent

The optical projects explore, through

design, to objects within a traditional

shapes, incisions and sanding,

context, has resulted in successful

variations of light effect on crystals.

partnerships with some of the world's

The different techniques are used to

foremost designers.

invite or challenge light's entry and

Designated as on the "Best of 2005 and

create playful effects that allow us to

2008" by Time Magazine, GAIA&GINO

discover the magic of light inside cyrstal

products have garenered prestigious

structures."

awards notable from IDEA, Red Dot

All the patterns on Valencia collection

Design, Design Plus, Good Design, BOY

are sandblasted by hand.

Award and Design Management Europe.

Valencia Candle & Tealight Holder Optical Glass / Handmade Different configurations can be made with the candleholders since their bases fit one another.

ARCHITECT MADE Our collection comprises of design objects designed by Denmark’s most recognised architects such as Utzon, Kjærholm, Juhl, Vedel and Karpf.

Often our architects' ideas are seated deep within their heart, until finally they see the light of day. According to Kristian Vedel, the ideas from the inside emerged and developed over a period of time until he simply couldn’t help it. He simply had to execute them by bringing his designs to life in order to share his ideas and passion with others.

All of the architects have designed their objects with firm belief in simple and sophisticated aesthetics, while positioning functionality at their core. This process resulted in a clear crystallisation and conceptualisation of the product in its purest, simplest and most refined form. This is the key characteristic of the essence of Modern Danish design, which all of ARCHITECMADE products encompass.

ARCHITECTMADE specialises in the production and promotion of products designed by architects from the 1950’s and 1960’s.

Kristian Vedel designed his family of BIRDs - children, parents and grandparents back in 1959. Though only the small BIRD was set in production, it quickly became one of the most successful Danish wooden products from the 50s. Today, the entire expressive BIRD family has been re-introduced. They are all handmade by a small wood turner in Denmark who only uses high quality smoked and natural oak wood.

By tilting their heads in virtually any direction, the BIRDs can express every frame of mind - happy, sad, curious, alert, etc. The bodies can be turned upside down making it either a male or female.

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Turning Trays In 1956, Finn Juhl designed the Turning Tray. Today the original trays are on display at Finn Juhl’s house in Charlottenlund, Denmark, now a museum. ARCHITECTMADE is re-launching the TurningTrays based on the original drawings by Finn Juhl. The trays encompass many of Finn Juhl’s characteristic designs, especially the curved teak frame and corner joints are Finn Juhl trademarks.

Just as the wood on the TurningTray’s corners fits perfectly right in, so will the Tray in your daily life. With it’s duo glassy finish, you can be sure to put the Tray to use at any time of the day – bright and early for breakfast with its lighter side up and also later in the evening for an elegant dinner when the guests have arrived.

The TurningTray has no handle bars, making it very practical and easy to use for everyone, regardless whether they have the small fingers of a child or full grown adult’s hands. No more trying to fit in those narrow spaces, just pick it up and go!

Its teakwood finish ensures an outstanding longevity, promising to be there with you for every kind of occasion.

Turning Trays The trays are handmade in teak and laminate. They are available in 3 sizes and several colour combinations.

NASONMORETTI The elegance of contemporary design and the timeless magic of Murano glass.

NasonMoretti is one of the leading

Besides their basic items, NasonMoretti

In these genuinely unique products the

glasswork designers on the Venetian

also produce a range of decorative table

traditional skills of master glassmakers

island of Murano. The firm specialises in

objects such as pitchers, fruit-salad/

are integrated with modern concepts of

the production of drinking glasses and

ice-cream bowls, candlesticks and

design and aesthetics to create permium

chalices manufactured in a wide range of

fruitstands, all manufactured through

home-decor articles.

styles, with new models being constantly

different processes and in a variety of

added to its numerous collections.

different shapes.

enhanced by contrasting white and coloured surfaces

All NasonMoretti collections feature ad-hoc products research,

d'Oro prizes was awarded to the company as back as in 1955,

developed through an original use of colour and chromatic

at the second edition of the competition, on account of the firm's

combinations, engravings and polychrome decorations: elements

outstanding "vocation" for artistic research and experimentation

which have been gaining increasing relevance since the firm

with new forms and modelling techniques. The prize was awarded

was founded in 1925. Heir to craftwork traditions introduced and

in recognition of a design by Umberto Nason.

developed on the island of Murano many centuries ago, since

"The products recently manufactured by NasonMoretti are

its earliest days NasonMoretti have developed their own flair for recognising the value of stylistic trends and then reinterpreting them in their own, very personal way.

charactised by their abandonment of standard Murano production methods and by an innovative treatment of glass which creates a new aesthetic effect. Thanks to this new processing, NasonMoretti

NasonMoretti was founded in the 1920's when figurative arts

have the merit of creating pure, clean forms enhanced by

were thriving in Italy; that is one of the reasons why the company

contrasting white and coloured surfaces, which in turn introduce

was immediately considered an avant-garde representative of

an original touch of cool elegance in virtually any environment."

the new ideas and emerging trends of the period. The Compasso

TOMDIXON Tunisian born designer Tom Dixon began

Romeo Gigli, Ralph Lauren and Vivienne

creating his first objects at the age of

Westwood, more known are his design

25, becoming one of the most talked-

products for Cappellini, Driade, Inflate and

about avant-garde designers in Britain.

SCP.

In 1991 Tom founded his own studio

Tom’s work is part of the collection of

'Space' and launched 'Euro Lounge', a

some of the world's leading museums

series of multifunctional furnishing items.

such as the Boston Museum of fine art,

In this period he conceived numerous

The London Design Museum, The Centre

exhibitions on 'creative recycling' and

Pompidou in Paris, The Moma in New

experiments with unusual materials.

York, The Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo,

Tom has designed objects and interiors

The Victorian & Albert Museum and the

for Terence Conran, Jean Paul Gaultier,

Vitra Museum in Basle.

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NORMANN COPENHAGEN

Inspired by trends you also find in the fashion world.

Jan Andersen and Poul Madsen teamed up to create the Normann

introduce exciting and bold design products. Especially the colour

Copenhagen brand in 1999 with a vision to make a difference in

choice of the products has changed into a new colour scheme

the design industry.

and is often inspired by trends you also find in the fashion world. Â

Within five years, more than 38 products were created, as well as

Normann Copenhagen products are sold through the best

collaborations with established design names and new talents

retailers in the world including individual design stores, museum

from around the world. Today Normann Copenhagen continues to

shops and online shops.

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simple and figurative wall clock

Its simple design and distinctive shape makes Watch Me stand out as it brings timeless swathes of colour into your room. Watch Me is inspired by a colour swatch that forms a fan when the colours are folded out. Time passes, whatever we do, but Watch Me adds colour to the various times.

Watch Me comes in multi, pink, green and blue. The inspiration for the latest three colours was taken from the block colours of the fashion world, which Normann Copenhagen now brings into the interior design sphere.

Hang it in any room that needs a bit of colour, or put several Watch Me wall clocks together, showing the time in different time zones, for example.

Light House

Whiskey Glass

Brick Cushion

Krenit Bowls

Light House is an iconic lantern for candles, based on the silhouette of the archetypical Nordic house with added color, style and humor to the familiar and popular product. Light House wishes you welcome like an illuminated landmark in the night. Light House's iconic design makes the expression both modern and classic.

Wish your visitors a welcome with one or more Light Houses in pink, lime, turquoise, white and black.

The Whiskey Glass is an exclusive glass that combines elegance, pleasure and function in a simple, Nordic design. The Whiskey Glass conveys an elegant expression, and the entire experience revolves around how you hold the glass in your hand.

Aroma, temperature and volume all come together and the wide opening completes the indulgence. Create a true Mad Men feeling with the Whiskey Glass.

Brick is a geometrical cushion with a modern and elegant feel that plays with shapes, colours and materials. Inspires by patchwork, Brick is made up of various structures and shades of textile cut into simple squares and geometrical shapes and is a simple way to add a dash of colour to the home. Brick is produced in ten different colors making it easy to find a cushion that suits your style of interior decoration. Use a single cushion as an eye catcher on the sofa or bed.

With a simple and pure expression, the Krenit range is a contemporary classic which enables a perfect interplay between function and aestheticism. Its characteristic sharp edge creates a balance between material and form, giving the bowl its modern expression. Even its shape has set the trend for later designs of bowls, and the shape of the bowl is just as perfectly suited to the modern home today as then.

ARTISANCONNECT

Through Artisan Connect retailers can access a wide range of wholesale fair-trade products from Africa Artisan Connect is a sourcing agent of wholesale gifts, interior

pieces, contemporary art, jewellery and home dĂŠcor, providing an

decor, home accessories, jewellery, and children's gifts. Our

opportunity for African artists and artisans to bring their work to

aim is to assist disadvantaged communities who lack access to

independent retailers.

the market, engage in the economy. Through Artisan Connect retailers can access a wide range of wholesale fair-trade products from Africa including bowls, baskets, cushion covers, soft toys, eco jewellery and recycled gifts.

Artisan Connect is an agent acting for producers of high quality, hand crafted and eco-friendly products made in Africa. All our gift and home-ware items are ethically produced, hand-made, unique and beautiful, ensuring that your retail store will stand out from the crowd.​Our collection encompasses fresh and functional

With Artisan Connect it becomes easy to acquire unique creative products from Africa and offer to your customers exquisite, oneof-a -kind, ethically made products.

At Artisan Connect we want to help independent retailers offer their customers the choice of environmentally and socially responsible products and the pleasure of buying unique hand crafted goods and as such we try hard to make the acquisition of beautiful home decor, gifts and jewellery easy for you

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Left Dark Wooden Beads with White Inner Frame 1 Onion Shaped Urn with Brown Wooden Beads 2 Mduduzi Bowl 3 Red Zulu Wire Bowl 4 Large Platter

SAMANTHA J LOWE Samantha J Lowe handcrafts candle votives using imagery from antique anatomical and botanical works. Each piece is carefully created in her New York Studio, using a decoupage application of hand-dyed artwork reproduced onto a linen paper.

The votives cast a soft amber glow when lit, creating an illuminating effect.

The glass votives are heat resistant but not water resistant and can not be immersed in water - they can be wiped with a cloth.

They stand 10 cms : 4 inches high.

Top Crow From left Sea Shell, Black Cockatoo, Colourful Dragonfly, Stork, Black Cat.

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SUCKUK Laser cut plywood lamp It's a bulb... but not as you know it. This clever lamp is shaped like a giant lightbulb and houses a lightbulb. Designed by Barend Hemmes, it's made from laser cut wood, which leaves a crisp burned edge and creates a satisfying, waffle-like glow. Either hung from the ceiling or laid on its side, the Wooden Bulb will add a little tongue-in-cheek humour - as well as light - to any room.

PROGETTI The entire collection offered by Progetti shares the same relentless attention to design and creativity typical of the finest Italian made objects.

Each Progetti design is conceived and produced in Italy and particularly relevant to those in search of style and elegance. Developed to their own original designs, Progetti decor accessories are distinguished by the high quality of the materials used, fine handcraftsmanship, and painstaking attention to each and every detail.

The research of the highest quality, from the choice of materials to the processing, the contemporary and unexpected design, semi artisan production techniques, coupled with extensive industry experience and respect for the environment, have led Progetti to achieve international notoriety allowing to appear in many areas of the world.

VERREUM PRAGUE

Verreum collaborates with both Czech and international designers for the creation of its products, and besides the production of its own unique silvered glass with glass blowing and silvering facilities in Novy Bor, cooperates with the rest of the Czech glassworks with the mission of sustaining the glass making tradition of Bohemia.

For many years, glass manufacturers had been trying to produce silvered glassware using a number of compounds; early pieces used mercury amalgams based on techniques used for silvering mirrors, but these proved unsuitable.

Silvered glass was first made in the 1840's and patented in England in 1849 and in the USA in 1855. From 1860 onwards, the main production of silvered glass came from glassworks in Bohemia.

Silvered glass is double-walled glassware with a silver coating inside the walls.

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The tea set Chado for Verreum is designed for the celebration of drinking tea. The origin of its name Chado is based on the Japanese designation of tea ceremony.

It is a set of archaic and simple designed objects consisting of a tea cup, milk jug, tea pot, cookie bowl and a metal tray.

Chado is created for a ritual.

STURDYLIVING Born and raised in British Columbia, Martha Sturdy has always been inspired and guided by the elements. Materials like mineral and salvaged Cedar find expression in her work — offering a reflection of a landscape that is itself bold, clean and strong. Martha has always been enthralled with the scale of nature on the West Coast. Never delicate, but always pared down, her work finds a balance in its weightiness and a resolve in its proportion. Each piece is an investment, in aesthetic and function.

Boulder Bowl A well-designed bowl should always balance form and function — and the result should express a subtle harmony. From salad bowl to art piece you can toss your keys in, these objects become familiar luxuries to cherish for years.

Glacial Platter Yes we believe in simple living and eliminating excess — but a sharp bliss also comes with luxury. These platters create a stage for both.

Durable and utilitarian, yet exquisite in the way they reflect and refract the light. The perfect platform to have a cake and eat too.

PANTONE UNIVERSE Espresso Gift Set Espresso Mugs and saucers in bone china colours: Pumpkin 1505, Grape Juice 520, Ketchup Red 186, Printers Blue 7461

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Menu Menu is a Danish design company founded in 1976.

We do design. All day actually. Occasionally at night as well. Collaborating with some of the most talented designers in the world we deliver high quality design with an aesthetical Scandinavian look.

Dropp! Carbon Bowl

Tango Candle Holder

Always keen to create something unique and extraordinary, Menu’s newest bowl design will contrast spectacularly alongside your fruits - whether they be red apples, yellow bananas or green pears - their colour and shape will be accentuated by this quirky design. Made from silicone - that fabulous, durable material – it’s soft and flexible yet sturdy enough to hold a bowl full of fruit.

There’s nothing quite as romantic as a candlelight dinner. Except, maybe a slow tango, under the moonlight.

Menu’s Tango Candle Holder combines both of these things.

It’s a candlestick inspired by a dancing couple – look at the way the two, shiny stainless steel pieces are perfectly intertwined.

They’re the perfect pair – ideally suited to each other, they exude a grace and elegance all of their own. They’re the very essence of romance.

Rubber Vase (Black) An ingenious Scandinavian design, the vase is made from a soft, pliable, yet surprisingly sturdy rubber, in all sorts of beautiful colours. It’s a simple design that manages to look elegant, modern and unconventional all at the same time, and is sure to brighten up any table you put it on and match beautifully with any bouquet. Plus you can even fold the spout in to create a bowl-shaped rococo-style vase, depending on your mood!

Wine Decanter The elegant Menu Winebreather Carafe adds 10x more oxygen to your wine in under 2 minutes.

Simply press the decanter onto the top of an opened bottle of wine and flip it over so the wine pours into the decanter. You can serve the wine directly from the beautifully designed carafe, or flip it back over once it's done to pour the aerated wine back to serve directly from the original bottle. The Menu Winebreather Carafe is the most effective aerator on the market.

Set of Basket with Leather Handle Blackwash

Francalia Francalia is an Australian based wholesale company selling exclusively to retailers and interior decorators, specialising in importing fine quality European homewares. The company was created twenty years ago and our strength and passion is to bring leading French brands and unique European concepts to Australia, and to incorporate them into the Australian lifestyle.

Outdoor

Candleholder Teardrop

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Candleholder Bubbled

Set of 3 Baskets (no handle)

Ottoman Square in leather, colour Black & White stripes.

Also available in chocolate

Candleholder with Foot Lustre Black 20cm Tray Rectangular set of 2 Greywash.

Ridley's

Compendium of Games Compendium of Games in the Ridleys House of Novelties Range by Wild & Wolf. The Ridley's range is retro in both style and content.

Tumbling Blocks

Ridley's House of Novelties is a super range of traditional games, toys and jokes, all enclosed in retro 'shop worn' style packaging and supplied with instructions.

Dominoes

Classic set of 28 dominoes in a wooden box. Packaged in a retro cardboard box.

Giftware

Kakkoi KAKKOii is a boutique design company set up by Antonio Arevalo. A London designer, Antonio's passion is making innovative, high quality products that fit the urban lifestyle; WOW is the first in the KAKKOii range. Take it to the park, the beach, on holiday, to work. You need WOW wherever you need your music. Compact, durable, wireless, easy to connect and recharge, WOW makes all your music portable.

Big on sound, WOW wirelessly streams music from any Bluetooth device.

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Areaware

AREAWARE is a Williamsburg, Brooklyn based producer of everyday objects that are functional and unusual. Our goal is to create thoughtful products that inspire an emotional response. We believe that appreciation for beauty is central to what it means to be alive and want to embody this principle in even the simplest things.

Reality Banana Bowl

Alarm Dock For iPhone

Reality Brush Vase

Cast from the perfect bunch of ripe bananas, this unusual, elegant and sculptural bowl holds a good assortment of fruit and looks beautiful with or without fruit.

The Alarm Dock uses a nostalgic product language to meet the progressively thin and disappearing profiles of consumer electronics.

Brush Vase was originally intended to hold paint brushes, but we thought filling it with flowers was a beautiful idea too, so we've included a glass insert to hold water.

Reality Hand Hook Cast from the designer's hand. C'Mere can hold a coat, keys, or anything that needs a friendly hand.

Includes wall mounting hardware.

A scent is a time capsule. It can invoke our most intimate memories and dreams, and open doors to distant worlds.

Curated by an architect specializing in Historic Preservation, Arquiste is a fragrance collection that transports the wearer to evocative moments in history.

Meticulously researched using authentic sources and crafted with only the rarest of ingredients, each fragrance restores the olfactive experience of a particular time and place, allowing both women and men to unlock personal revelations and experience history in a most intimate way.

Arquiste was honored on January 2013 with the Fashion Group International’s 16th Annual Rising Star Award for best Beauty/Fragrance Entrepreneur Brand. Boutonniere No.7, our green floral eau de parfum, was chosen as one of the top five fragrances launched in the United States during the Fragrance Foundation Awards in New York City in June 2013.

ANIMA DULCIS

BOUTONNIERE NO.7

L'ETROG

A hyper-realistic gardenia in Belle Époque Paris. A naturalist fragrance declaring the elegance of a single flower worn on a gentleman’s lapel.

Naturalist, elegant & surprising.

Rediscovering the olfactory traces of the Baroque Convent of Jesus Maria, where Mexican nuns worked on complex recipes of spicy, sweet scents.

Baroque, complex & sensual.

A bright Mediterranean fragrance celebrating the historic harvest of crisp Calabrian Citron. Refreshing, bracing & elegant.

Citrus Floral Woody Spicy

Citrus Floral Woody Spicy

Citrus Floral Woody Spicy

Carlos HUBER Mexican-born former architect Carlos Huber created Arquiste parfumerie in 2011. Two years later his fragrances are stocked in 14 countries & this year the brand launched in Australia.

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Gadgets

UE Boom The wireless speaker from Ultimate Ears (a brand of Logitech) is meant to be a social music player. What does that mean? Well, first of all it offers 360 sound so it’s not just directed at one person. It also can wirelessly connect to another UE BOOM in stereo with the UE BOOM app.

CubeSensors

SmartBot

Airocide

These small cordless boxes continuously

Connect with your phone via the headphone

Airocide uses NASA-developed photo-

measure temperature humidity, noise, light,

jack and NFC, and letting apps control its

catalytic process to destroy Volatile Organic

air quality, and barometric pressure and

built-in wheels, internal speaker and buzzer,

Compounds.

send all that data to the cloud so you can

and front lights.

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aFrame Artwork Speaker With aFrame acoustic artwork your music blasters can go all undercover ops as a nice piece of wall art. The aFrame is a wireless amplified speaker that uses Bluetooth to stylishly fill your home with some beats.

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Lenovo

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Horizon Table PC

Memoto

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Lifelogging Camera

Rift utilizes dual 1280x800 monitors sitting

The Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon Table PC.

Memoto Lifelogging Camera is roughly a inch

just inches from your eyes to create a

Sporting a 27-inch display, it's designed to

and a half square box clips onto your clothes

realistic, 3D VR gaming experience.

lie flat on nearly any surface, letting two or

using a sturdy stainless steel clip, and shoots

more people use the screen at the same

one 5 megapixel, geotagged photo every 30

time.

seconds, with built-in memory that holds up to 4,000 pictures. *Product advertised not available in store (Longton Lifestyle Hub).

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Gadgets

Samsung Galaxy Gear Smartwatch Integrated with some apps on your phone, music controls, and watch face options – the Galaxy Gear gives users a bit more. It’s got a built-in 1.9 megapixel camera for photos and video and it’s loaded with speakers and a mic so you can use it for calls all secret ops style.

HAL 9000

JBL * SoundFly

Belkin * WeMo Baby

Features a custom-ground fish-eye lens with a

Boasting 20 watts of power, this diminutive

This new system connects to your home

sticker to replicate the writing on the original

speaker plugs right into an outlet, leaving

network via Wi-Fi, letting you check in on

Nikkor lens, a red LED eye, the ability to speak

your tables and countertops empty. The Wi-

the little one using an iPhone, iPad, or iPod

one of 15 movie quotes, voices and more.

Fi-enabled, AirPlay-compatible version can

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Plair TV Dongle After installing the Plair app on your iPhone, Android device, your tablet or your laptop, you'll be able to easily beam media thanks to the simple presence of this impressive dongle. It acts as a transmitter and receiver that's compatible with any TV that has a USB input.

Intelligent Design * Titanium Mouse

Livescribe * Sky Smartpen

LG Curved * OLED TV

Crafted from grade 1 titanium and high

This multi-function pen sports a built-in mic and

The first organic LED screen to hit the United

quality plastic resin, the mouse features

speaker for recording and playing back the audio

States market, it passes electrical current

a seamless titanium exterior shell, a

that accompanies your notes. Stores up to 200 to

through a biological substance that glows

neodymium magnet scroll wheel, Bluetooth,

400 hours of recording.

without a backlight.

and precise laser tracking.

*Product advertised not available in store (Longton Lifestyle Hub).

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Impossible Photo Lab The Instant Lab is accompanied by the free Impossible Project app.

Many details guarantee a smooth experience – the app takes care

This easy-to-use iOS application is not only designed to operate the

of perfect exposure times, the cradle holds your iPhone or iPod

Instant Lab, but also comes with a great photo scanner that lets

touch perfectly, and the built-in frog tongue protects your photo from

you re-scan your instant photo and upload it to the ever-growing

unwanted light during development. It also comes with a USB power-

Impossible user gallery. And should you ever run out of film: An

chord to charge the Instant Lab's battery wherever you are. Falling in

optimised mobile shop is built-in as well. Download the Impossible

love with instant photography has never been easier.

Project App now from the Apple App Store.

Some images are just too good to be buried somewhere on your

Unlike a photo printer, the Instant Lab doesn't spray ink onto paper. In

mobile phone. With the Impossible Instant Lab you can now transform

fact it is bridging the gap between the worlds of digital and analog:

any digital image into a real, one-of-a-kind analog instant photo via

Being a real camera, it uses a special four element coated glass lens

your iPhone or iPod touch. Select a picture, place your iPhone on the

to take a photo from your iPhone's display and lets it develop inside

Instant Lab and within seconds it ejects your analog instant photo,

the layers of the integral film. It's a purely photochemical process

ready to develop in the palm of your hand. It doesn't matter whether

that results in a unique analog photo that is completely different from

your digital image was shot with your phone or created in Adobe

the output of a printer. Get an Instant Lab now and try it for yourself –

Photoshop – any image on your phone's display can be turned into

you'll be amazed.

a real analog instant photo. Get your Instant Lab now and discover a

The Instant Lab is designed to be operated as easy as possible. No unnecessary dials, buttons, controls. Simply place your phone on the cradle, pull the shutter slide out, then back in and press the eject button – that's it. The Impossible Project app guides you through the whole process and helps you getting the best results.

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