The Smart Electric Drive is poised to revolutionise modern transportation, and the music group Apparatjik have commissioned a show stopping version that will take you back a few decades…

Apparatjik is comprised if Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman, A-Ha guitarist/keyboardist Magne Furuholmen, Mew lead singer Jonas Bjerre and producer Martin Terefe, and they form the thought process behind the Smart Electric Drive that resembles a disco-ball. It is covered in mirrors from the roof to the hubcaps, and even the windows have a mirrored effect. The vehicle is reminiscent of the disco era of the 1970s and was designed for an upcoming movie named Pixel City.

The concept of Smart Electric Drive is to encourage the public to start using electric vehicles. Smart’s Plugged-in report set out to test the responses of the UK public to this potential innovation and found that the UK consumer is ready to embrace the electric revolution, with 87% of the UK believing that local councils should invest more in the infrastructure to support electric vehicles.

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Monaco is preparing to host its 8^th annual Top Marques luxury supercar show at the prestigious Grimaldi Forum, catering to the world’s elite.

Top Marques is well known as an exhibition for supercars, amongst other luxury items, even calling itself “the only live supercar show in the world”. This is due to the fact that visitors can not only view, but can also test drive the latest innovations from manufacturers such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin and Bentley. In addition to this, visitors also have the option to create the car of their dreams if they don’t find what they are looking for at the show, with manufacturers such as Maybach and Maserati offering to build one especially for their customers. The show features some of the rarest classics, as well as the latest cutting edge designs. It is also hailed as the place where rich people go shopping for their cars. Not only does Top Marques showcase the newest additions to the motoring world, but it also exhibits fine art, planes, boats, collector’s items, exclusive timepieces and jewellery – featuring a collection of manufacturers that specialise in catering to the luxury sector.

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Luxury games-maker Geoffrey Parker provides you with the tools to put on a games night that would rival a Vegas casino with their latest games concept…

Priced at an extraordinary $7.5 million, this bespoke poker set includes a combination of precious stones and metals, and the beauty of it is that you are the designer. The set comes inside a genuine alligator skin case that can be ordered in the colour of your choice. It also includes a 18k white gold combination lock to secure your winnings.

Inside the case, the frame is 18k white gold with diamond and holds 384 18k white gold chips – filled on both sides with Shagreen (Stingray skin). The edge of each chip is encrusted with precious stones – white diamonds for white chips, sapphires for blue chips, rubies for the red chips, emeralds for the green and black diamonds for the black. The chips can also be custom made to any currency the owner desires. The dealer button is a larger 18k white gold chip, set with 2 rows of diamonds on the edge.

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Whenever an inanimate object, such as a piece of furniture or an ornament, is named after a person’s name, it usually rouses some degree of interest and suspicion, causing one to intriguingly crave more information about the item. When an inert object is called ‘Rebecca’ – a quintessential English name, which emanates an air of elegance, grace and dignity – we cannot help but feel immediate warmth and fondness to the product, even before we have be told any more information about it.

Our point? Well Bizzotto Italian Sensations have cleverly named their new luxury sofa the ‘Rebecca Sofa’, and by doing so have crafted an air of allurement to the sofa even before one has cast their eyes on this beautiful piece of furniture.

All images of sophistication, style and exquisiteness the Rebecca Sofa’s name invokes in one’s mind, are pleasurably satisfied when we learn that this stunning piece of furniture features an intricate and elaborate design carved into its arms, which would bring a touch of luxury and style to almost any living room.

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The word ‘bling’ may not have made it into the Oxford English Dictionary yet, but since it was first used by rapper Lil Wayne and the group Cash Money in his song  “Bling Bling” in the late 1990s, the word has become a widely used term to describe the excessively ornate and flashy. Although another explanation behind where the term ‘bling’ originated was from the sound something shiny makes, for example when someone smiles in a toothpaste commercial and their teeth make the little bell sound ‘bling’!

Either way ‘bling’ has made it big time and has evolved from being a merit of exceptional jewelled and shiny jewellery and accessories to a feature of some seriously expensive technology. Take a look at five of the best bling gadgets.

Tinie Tempah’s Gold Mobiles

This shiny and rare metallic element found in the veins of quartz has long been associated with opulence and luxury. When the British rapper Tinie Tempah won two Brit Awards earlier this year, he was rewarded with two 22 carat gold-plated Blackberry Smartphones as a thank you for the artist’s musical accomplishments.

Swarovski DJ Headphones

DJs, like rappers, seem to have an unswerving penchant for the bling, and can get away with being dripped from head to toe in bling-encrusted items without anyone turning a blind eye. Therefore if a DJ graced his DJ box wearing a set of Audio Technica ATH-M50 headphones saturated with a swarm of Swarovski crystals, nobody would look twice – despite their £1,799.99 pricetaeg.

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