The culture of luxury watches represents some of the most refined, intricate and progressive designs of any machinery in the world. Countless, tiny moving parts are crafted precisely to fit into the greater machine, a work of mechanical art that is designed to display an abstract measure of life’s progress. These luxury watches will blow your mind with their ingenuity, their excess, their inspiration and their price tags. They represent [...]

Out of the half-million photos that Reuters photographers produce each are here, Reuters has selected 55 as the Best Photos of 2010. These photographs capture the human spirit at play and in turmoil within the natural world around us. The Pakistani floods, the Gulf oil spill, the Shanghai World Expo, the Haitian earthquakes and more are all represented here with stunning symbolism. These photographs are a visual record of the [...]

YouTube is looking back at the most popular videos of this year. Parodies won out at the end but at the 10th spot is one of Ken Block’s ludicrous driving videos, which got our tech-geek hearts’ beating. Looking solely at the tech section, the Apple iPad was among the fastest rising search terms this year… Over at the YouTube Trends blog, they’re breaking down the top trends of 2010 – [...]

As 2010 comes to a close, GenCept.com looks back on the greatest works of architecture of the year. From stunning works of sculptural architecture to glass-walled homes, these 10 buildings represent some of the year’s most innovative designs. While there are a lot more designs that deserve celebration, these 10 were the favorites of GenCept.com – the best of 2010. Vodaphone Headquarters by Barbosa Guimarães Shortly before the calendar rolled [...]

Twitter is where rumors are born and distributed lightning fast. The social network just published their 2010 top tweet subjects and the top tech topics of the year turned out to be the Apple iPad and Google’s Android OS. Twitter isn’t my cup of tea but even though it isn’t, it’s still intriguing to see what were the most discussed topics this year. Twitter has just released the top trends [...]

Laptop design doesn’t have to be boring. Although often laptops look exactly as we expect them to look like, there is a number of design solutions and approaches which are completely different — unusual, creative, beautiful and damn useful. In fact, over the last years designers came up with a number of interesting concepts which have somehow stuck between the prototyping stage and the production stage. Nevertheless, much is possible. [...]