If you have dreams of becoming the next Jimi Page and you want to do your bit for the environment then you need to get yourself one of the latest made-to-order electric guitars crafted from recycled plastics.
Rock stars themselves like guitarist Tom Jarvis from indie rock band Reverend and The Makers are loving them.
Many conventional guitars are often made from endangered hardwoods but Simon Lee has produced the ones made from recycled materials, using environmentally sound processes wherever possible.
Known as The Cyclotron guitars, Each guitar is made to order for each person and rockers can choose between the Cylotron Benton - a more traditional telecaster shape for £815 - and the Cyclotron Webster which is a bold new design using the timeless combination of three single coils for £850.
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Based on the symbol and origins of the Ying and Yang icon, the kitchen is designed around the idea of two opposites that unite to create a whole. In this case the two opposites are based around hot and cold; the hob and cooking areas signify heat and a certain degree of caution, whereas the opposite side denotes tranquillity with the sink and cooling appliances. Representing the dots on the symbol, the circular hob and sink both have an identical diameter of 52cm. Echoing the curvaceous shapes, the Elica Star Extractor fan suspended above was chosen for its circular shape and sumptuous design - £1956 ($3,833 approx) .
Using only the highest quality materials and integrating appliances that were built to perform, the Ying & Yang Kitchen is truly unique. With a two metre diameter, the kitchen is specifically designed to house standard 600mm appliances in both halves. Imaginatively designed to create the illusion that it is floating off the floor, the supporting parts of the units are set far back from the exterior edge. Giving a superior purity of colour as well as demonstrating at least equal qualities to granite, 150mm Okite worktops were chosen to complement the Wenge wood of the units. Maintaining the functional needs of the kitchen, soft closing doors and ample storage are also built in as standard.
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The latest luxury collaboration involves Poggenpohl and Porsche Design who have been working hard to design a luxury kitchen specifically suited to men. The kitchen was available from Spring 2008 and is defined by rectangular aluminium frames in a range of sizes. Within these frames, customers can position cabinet elements in any configuration; the result is a modular, spacious and extremely versatile system that deliberately integrates clear spaces into the overall design concept.
Aluminium, a material typically used by Porsche Design, gives the P’7340 kitchen an innovative and technical look to both the furniture carcases and the frames. This is combined with a choice of sleek matt or gloss polished glass – coloured on the underside in a selection of neutral tones including Deep Black, Pure White, Frozen Green, Platinum Beige and Olive Green. Two open-grained, textured wood varieties, Driftwood and Dark Oak, provide a contrast with these cool materials. Slim worktops crafted from satin-finished glass, quartz or smooth stone elegantly complete the cabinetry.
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If you love designer bathrooms and showers you need to appreciate the Hansa Colour Shower. Producing a range of colourful rain showers via a set of high powered LEDs integrated into the shower head which depict the entire colour spectrum, this little addition to your shower is said to offer an intensive, vitalising or relaxing shower experience.
Users can control various programmes or individual colours via an illuminated operating panel: the selection includes an active spray and surge spray from the showerhead, an additional body spray and a 2-spray hand shower.
Prices start from £1,432.19 and you can buy yours from the Hansa website.
If you’re looking for designer verticle radiators then you really have to go no further than the new ‘Marbella’ from Aeon. These natural stone radiators are growing in popularity due to their contemporary chic and aesthetic qualities.
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Specially selected pieces of tactile, polished or matt natural stone are interspersed with horizontal belts of mirror polished or brushed matt stainless steel to create a sculptural design of contrasting materials. A choice of three stones - polished black granite, polished beige marble and matt beige travertine - offers a tone to suit a variety of decoration schemes.
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