A 12.2 Billion Dollar Home Is The World's Most Expensive Home Ever Built. (UPDATED)

UPDATE: I'm sorry to report that despite being furnished the following information by Stuart Hughes' own company, recent reports hint that this story is greatly exaggerated, if not completely fabricated. The house seems to be in the 'planning stages' not actually built as Stuart Hughes claims. Unfortunately, this is not the first time Mr. Hughes has made many suspicious with his outlandish claims of luxury products. Born Rich reported his luxury yacht was a fake and Computer Choppers dedicates an entire page on their site to warn customers of Stuart Hughes' claims. As a result, I will no longer be reporting on products from Staurt Hughes. A special thanks goes out to Home Designing for their sleuthing. My sincerest apologies.

The Paradigm 180 Yacht by Pama Italian Design

I usually try to avoid posts about concept designs since they cannot be purchased and because it's a lot easier to design an amazing concept than to actually get one produced. However, this hypothetical 60 foot yacht (The Paradigm 180) designed by Pama Architetti, a design firm started in March, 2010 by architects Alessandro Pannone and Francesco Malinconico, is worth sharing for its clean lines, modern and elegant interior and innovative helipad.

















drawings and plans:







Hopefully, some wealthy investors can make this dream boat come true.


Pama Design

23 Thai Artists, Designers & Brands Interpret the MINI in Scale Models.

The MINI Thailand Design Celebration commemorated half a century of the iconic MINI design tradition by commissioning leading Thai artists, designers and brands to interpret the classic car, all in the form of a 1:3 scale fiberglass model.



The artists had total freedom to express their individual creativity and the participating designers presented their model MINIs On October 27th to the public.

Then, from November 20 - 30, the cars were displayed at the Bangkok Art and Culture Center and Central World Plaza as part of the Bangkok Design Festival 2010, where MINI was also the official car.






























Participants included Taweesak Srithingdee, Jitsinga Somboon, Wuttikorn Kongka, Moey Scrubb, Sarit Hoontragul, and Dolchai Boonyarattawesh. Herman Miller and Wallpaper were amongst the brands participating.


above: TK Stripe by Santi Lawrachawee in collaboration with Nattapol Rojjanaratanangkool.©


above image courtesy of flickr




Finally, in January, the designed cars were auctioned off by MINI Thailand with all proceeds going to The Reading Room, a non-profit organization operated by The Foundation for the Promotion and Preservation of Thai Art.

images courtesy of MINI space, Mini.com.au, flickr and Wallpaper (Thai)