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In celebration of The Beijing Olympics, Nike has teamed up with Opening Ceremony to offer very limited editions of the Nike Air Max 1 and Nike LunaRacer in metallic silver and gold perforated leather. They will be available through invitation only at Opening Ceremony New York and Los Angeles boutiques on 8.8.08.

You are limited to one pair per person and not available via telephone order. They must be purchased at one of the following locations:

New York
35 Howard Street New York, New York 10013 Tel. (212) 219-2688
Store Hours: Monday–Saturday 11–8pm, Sunday 12–7pm

Los Angeles
451 North La Cienega Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90048 Tel. (310) 652-1120
Store Hours: Monday–Saturday 11–7pm, Sunday 12–7pm

The remaining pairs- if any- will be sold at a later date.

Nike site
Opening Ceremony site

In early 2007 I wrote about unusual designer/architect Fabio Novembre and reproduced an interview he did with Icon Magazine. Well, he's been a busy boy since then and 2008 proved to be a prolific year for him that included several lust-worthy items.

His "him" and "her" chairs are made from polyethylene and are available in black, red and white (but not the green). Produced by Casamania.

Above: Her chair in black

Above His chair in white

Above: the designer with his Her chair
Buy them here.

His collection of furniture called Histograms for Meritalia was also introduced this year:

His "slow the flow' water faucets are beautiful:

Above: His organic curving water faucets for rubinetteria stella, 2008

The above faucets are a nice compliment to his bathroom sink, toilet and bidet named the Void System, produced by Flaminia:

His crazy funky Divina sofa is produced in a limited edition by Driade.

The Divina is a reclining female figure built into the leather tufted sofa. Created on a stainless steel frame and stuffed with polyurethane foam.
Buy it here.

He also created this lovely series of 8 silver plated brass trays based on Piazzas (or town squares) in Italy for Driade. below are all the trays in the series which were first shown at the Draide showroom at the Milan furniture fair last April.

100 PIAZZE by Fabio Novembre for Driade

Above: FIRENZE by Fabio Novembre in silver plate L. 25,4 P. 34,5 H. 10,2

Above: LUCCA by Fabio Novembre in silver plate L. 25 P. 35 H. 10

Above: MILANO by Fabio Novembre in silver plate L. 38,2 P. 43 H. 11,7

Above: PALMANOVA by Fabio Novembre in silver plate L. 58,5 P. 67 H. 10,5

Above: ROMA by Fabio Novembre in silver plate L. 29 P. 34 H. 13,8

Above: TORINO by Fabio Novembre in silver plate L. 35 P. 65,5 H. 8,7

Above: VENARIA REALE by Fabio Novembre, in silver plate L. 29 P. 36,8 H. 8,8

Above: VIGEVANO by Fabio Novembre, in silver plate L. 20,8 P. 55 H. 13
The pieces are available for purchase here , here and here.

Above: designer/architect Fabio Novembre.

His website
His blog

Be sure to see my other post on him which shows several of his unusual pieces and interiors as well as a great interview. Read it here.