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The Verge
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Verge
Elgato brightens up its Stream Deck and mics with four new colors
Elgato has released four new color options for its Stream Deck and other streaming accessories as part of a new Dreamscape collection designed to better match the aesthetic of a studio or gaming room. The devices and accessories have previously typically only been available in white or black, but are now available in forest green, pink petal, wild lavender, and glacier ice (a very light blue). The Dreamscape collection is now available for the same price as the standard version of these products. The collection includes the $149.99 Stream Deck, the $169.99 Wave XLR microphone interface, the $99.99 Wave DX mic, the $149.99 Wave:3 mic, and the $99.99 Wave Mic Arm LP. If you already have the Stream Deck or the Wave XLR and are feeling envious about the new color options, Elgato also sells a $14.99 faceplate for the Stream Deck in all four new shades, and a $19.99 one for the Wave XLR so you can update your existing gear. Elgato is also selling its new Dreamscape collection in discounted bundles. The discounts range from two percent off if you buy two of them to 20 percent off if you bundle all five (not including the faceplates). You also don't have to stick to just one color option when building a bundle. You can mix and match the new shades if you want to give your streaming setup a punch of color but aren't worried about maintaining a uniform theme. To complete the look, the company offers Dreamscape icons and button labels for the Stream Deck, available for download through the Elgato Marketplace, that complement the four new color options.
The Citizen
30-06-2025
- Lifestyle
- The Citizen
Eco-friendly winter wear trends
When the temperatures drop, there's no better way to stay cozy than in fabrics that care for both you and the planet. Choose to wrap yourself in comfort that supports a healthier planet with two of our favourite eco-friendly clothing options: Puffers made from repurposed pollutants A winter puffer is a must-have item – especially if it's made from REPREVE® technology. A statement of responsible consumption, REPREVE gives a second life to plastic waste, turning discarded bottles into durable, high-performance fabrics. This approach reduces dependence on virgin materials, cuts down waste, and conserves resources while also having a transparent, traceable journey. The materials are sourced and produced through a globally certified process that keeps waste in circulation and out of landfills and oceans. It's a small shift in how we think about buying clothes, but one that supports a much bigger goal: creating a circular economy where nothing is wasted, and everything has value. Find one of these puffers at Hi-Tec. Bamboo fabrics to fall in love with Who doesn't love getting into cozy, soft winter loungewear and curling up under a blanket by the fire? Choose eco-conscious bamboo fabric that feels as good as it looks. Thanks to its natural thermoregulation properties, it's perfect for colder months, keeping you warm without overheating, gently cocooning your body in breathable, ultra-soft comfort. Plus, it's hypoallergenic — ideal for sensitive skin during the drier seasons — and it's kinder to the Earth. Bamboo is grown using minimal water, requires no harmful pesticides, and has a far lighter footprint than conventional materials. We love the bamboo-rich Dreamscape collection by N3YH, where every piece – from full-length pyjama sets to elevated loungewear – is designed for winter's slow moments, bringing together softness, sustainability, and style.
WIRED
18-06-2025
- Business
- WIRED
Inside the Dreamscape, LVMH's high-tech temple to the future of luxury
At VivaTech, Paris's annual innovation festival, the luxury Group is once again demonstrating its commitment to breaking new ground—whether in manufacturing, augmented reality, or generative AI—in its pursuit of 'crafting dreams'. If you want to experience the future of luxury, there's no better place than the Paris Expo Porte De Versailles. Earlier this month, more than 180,000 visitors descended on the French capital for VivaTech—one of Europe's largest startup festivals—where luxury Group LVMH showcased the latest cutting-edge developments from many of its biggest brands, which ranged from digital jewelry provenance to enhanced viticulture analysis. LVMH has been a founding partner of VivaTech since 2017. This year it assembled what the Group called the 'Dreamscape' an immersive space acting as a 'living laboratory', which was created in collaboration with Aectual, a Dutch architecture firm that specializes in creating sustainably 3D-printed structures. (Aectual itself won an LVMH Innovation Award for Sustainability and Greentech in 2024.) Inside the Dreamscape's sculptural, sci-fi space, the luxury Group put on showcases for 11 of its Maisons—including Dior Couture, Louis Vuitton, RIMOWA, Hennessy, and Tiffany & Co—along with 14 'Tech Partners' that, alongside its brands, are exploring the very cutting edge of luxury. Copenhagen-based Rigsters, for example, demonstrated a robotic camera system used for 3D photogrammetry, enabling ultra-precise product digitization, while OKCC and Louis Vuitton demonstrated their collaboration exploring generative AI. Bulgari, in partnership with Italian startup Dev4Side, demonstrated a unique concept for connected jewelry: micro-engraved serial numbers, scannable via an app that gives access to a 'digital passport' offering information about the origin, quality, and rarity of a piece's stones. Moët & Chandon, meanwhile, demoed its work with agricultural-imaging solutions startup Hiphen, which used artificial intelligence that allowed the champagne brand to assess 16,000 batches of grapes in just three weeks. In each case the startups collaborated with a specific Maison, all with the knowledge that each has the potential to scale to other Maisons within the luxury Group. During the event, the Dreamscape welcomed a panel talk where speakers from several of LVMH's maisons including Christian Dior Couture, Sephora, and Moët Hennessy discussed the potential benefits and impacts of AI on the luxury sector. The Group also wanted to highlight its groundbreaking 10-year partnership with Formula 1. 'We share many values—an ongoing quest for innovation, high performance and excellence—and every Grand Prix is a unique opportunity to showcase them,' TAG Heuer CEO Stéphane Bianchi told the audience. The key moment of the conference was undoubtedly the ceremony for the annual LVMH Innovation Award. Created in 2017, the Award recognizes outstanding innovations with applications in the luxury space. This year's winners, chosen from around 1,000 entries with the finalists on display in Paris, were: Kahoona, which has worked with Christian Dior on creating personalized experiences for online visitors; Genesis, a soil health startup working with Moët Hennessy on promoting sustainable viticulture; and Omi, which partnered with Guerlain to recreate its iconic Shalimar bottle using the latest 3D-imaging technology. 'Tech and innovations are interlinked to creativity. They are the brain and the heart. You need one and the other to perform," said Antoine Arnault, LVMH's Image & Environment. Each winner received a unique trophy handcrafted by Tiffany & Co's master artisans in Rhode Island. The impact of putting on such a show? To demonstrate LVMH's dedication to ' Savoir Faire Rêver '—crafting dreams. And judging by the tech on show inside the Dreamscape, which are augmented by the pace of developments in fields such as generative AI, those dreams are rapidly becoming a reality.
Washington Post
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
What makes these 3 audiobooks so delightful? Their narrators.
Narrator Phil Dunster (who played soccer superstar Jamie Tartt in 'Ted Lasso') masters a large cast characters in Belinda Bauer's richly plotted mystery novel. The story centers on an esoteric but fascinating subject: the Guillemot egg, a pear-shaped and ruby-red egg that's laid by seabirds on rocky ledges. This unusual object connects the two plots of this multilayered tale. In one part, set in the 1920s and 30s, a ruthless egg trafficker crosses paths with a doughty woman named Celie who plucks the eggs from the Yorkshire cliffs. One of those eggs makes its way to the second part of the book, set in present-day Wales. Its discovery in an attic by a young boy named Nick and his friend, Patrick, has dramatic consequences. The novel's arcane subject, two dovetailing storylines, and the personality of the guillemot itself are engrossing, and as an audiobook, this novel truly excels. Dunster is a virtuoso of regional and class accents: Celie and friends are excellently Yorkshire in manner and tongue; the egg trafficker has the voice of a slick London operator and every utterance of his wealthy clients reeks of entitlement; and present-day Nick and Patrick are unmistakably Welsh. (Dreamscape, Unabridged, 8 ¼ hours) Narrator Phil Dunster (who played soccer superstar Jamie Tartt in 'Ted Lasso') masters a large cast characters in Belinda Bauer's richly plotted mystery novel. The story centers on an esoteric but fascinating subject: the Guillemot egg, a pear-shaped and ruby-red egg that's laid by seabirds on rocky ledges. This unusual object connects the two plots of this multilayered tale. In one part, set in the 1920s and 30s, a ruthless egg trafficker crosses paths with a doughty woman named Celie who plucks the eggs from the Yorkshire cliffs. One of those eggs makes its way to the second part of the book, set in present-day Wales. Its discovery in an attic by a young boy named Nick and his friend, Patrick, has dramatic consequences. The novel's arcane subject, two dovetailing storylines, and the personality of the guillemot itself are engrossing, and as an audiobook, this novel truly excels. Dunster is a virtuoso of regional and class accents: Celie and friends are excellently Yorkshire in manner and tongue; the egg trafficker has the voice of a slick London operator and every utterance of his wealthy clients reeks of entitlement; and present-day Nick and Patrick are unmistakably Welsh. (Dreamscape, Unabridged, 8 ¼ hours) Ashley Zhangazha's clear, serene narration beautifully captures the gracefulness of Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah's outstanding novel. Set in Gurnah's native Tanzania, the story follows the lives of Karim and Fauzia, who end up marrying each other, and Badar, something of an outcast and the person in whom we become most emotionally invested. Gurnah ambles along the paths of these lives — the leisurely pace allowing the listener to take in fully the world they inhabit. Although these generally tranquil periods are punctuated by short tense episodes, we begin to feel that the novel is pleasantly loitering. Until, that is, the last hour. And then we realize how our slowly acquired knowledge of these people gives depth and revelation to a dramatic crescendo. In his delivery, Zhangazha gives this culminating drama — a loosing of inner demons, severing of ties, a long-delayed union — all the passionate force it demands. (Penguin, Unabridged, 9 ¾ hours) Ashley Zhangazha's clear, serene narration beautifully captures the gracefulness of Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah's outstanding novel. Set in Gurnah's native Tanzania, the story follows the lives of Karim and Fauzia, who end up marrying each other, and Badar, something of an outcast and the person in whom we become most emotionally invested. Gurnah ambles along the paths of these lives — the leisurely pace allowing the listener to take in fully the world they inhabit. Although these generally tranquil periods are punctuated by short tense episodes, we begin to feel that the novel is pleasantly loitering. Until, that is, the last hour. And then we realize how our slowly acquired knowledge of these people gives depth and revelation to a dramatic crescendo. In his delivery, Zhangazha gives this culminating drama — a loosing of inner demons, severing of ties, a long-delayed union — all the passionate force it demands. (Penguin, Unabridged, 9 ¾ hours) Eunice Wong, who brought lighthearted brio to Jesse Q. Sutanto's entertaining mysteries starring Little-Old-Lady sleuth Vera Wong, transforms her delivery into a vector of introspective anguish in her narration of Jemimah Wei's debut novel. Set in Singapore from the 1990s to 2015, the book centers on Genevieve and her cousin, Arin, who was dumped on Genevieve's family because her own was destitute. The girls — Arin 7, Genevieve 8 — grow up together in a tiny one-bedroom flat with their grandmother and Genevieve's parents. Initial hostility between the girls evolves into mutual support and love — that is, until their own ambitions invade their relationship. Then misfortunes accumulate: Genevieve fails the exams necessary to enter university; Arin begins to come into her own. The novel becomes increasingly, even excruciatingly, intense and psychologically penetrating as Genevieve attempts to understand Arin's character and of her own. Love, pity, resentment, anger, sorrow, and guilt cycle through the story — and finally hope. (Random House, Unabridged, 13 ½ hours) Katherine A. Powers reviews audiobooks every month For The Washington Post. Eunice Wong, who brought lighthearted brio to Jesse Q. Sutanto's entertaining mysteries starring Little-Old-Lady sleuth Vera Wong, transforms her delivery into a vector of introspective anguish in her narration of Jemimah Wei's debut novel. Set in Singapore from the 1990s to 2015, the book centers on Genevieve and her cousin, Arin, who was dumped on Genevieve's family because her own was destitute. The girls — Arin 7, Genevieve 8 — grow up together in a tiny one-bedroom flat with their grandmother and Genevieve's parents. Initial hostility between the girls evolves into mutual support and love — that is, until their own ambitions invade their relationship. Then misfortunes accumulate: Genevieve fails the exams necessary to enter university; Arin begins to come into her own. The novel becomes increasingly, even excruciatingly, intense and psychologically penetrating as Genevieve attempts to understand Arin's character and of her own. Love, pity, resentment, anger, sorrow, and guilt cycle through the story — and finally hope. (Random House, Unabridged, 13 ½ hours) Katherine A. Powers reviews audiobooks every month For The Washington Post.
Hospitality Net
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hospitality Net
The Standard, Singapore Now Open
The Standard, Singapore, officially opened its doors tonight with a spectacular grand opening party that brought to the fore its signature lifestyle brand of irreverence and high design. The private event saw the who's who in creativity, art, media, and fashion arrive in the city, coupled with electrifying entertainment and sublime food and drink. At the centre of the evening was Dreamscape, a fantastical living installation conceptualized by artist Eric Tobua—in collaboration with The Standard's brand and design team—who also created the striking centerpiece that is a permanent piece of the hotel's reception. Known for blending nature, performance, and surrealism, Tobua brought his imaginative world to life— transforming the hotel into a dreamlike landscape where fantasy meets reality. The original Dreamscape, a terrarium-inspired piece set at the reception desk, drew inspiration from Singapore's lush natural beauty, including Gardens by the Bay and the Botanic Gardens. It featured magical elements like a crystal pond, a white snail, orchids, orange groves, tropical flowers, colourful frogs, and even a mermaid. For the grand opening, Tobua scaled this vision into a full-scale experiential journey throughout the hotel's tiered garden, reimagining the space as a living fairytale. The journey began at Café Standard with signature cocktails and elegant canapés served under intimate lighting, accompanied by a curated soundtrack. From there, guests wandered into The Garden, which had been reimagined as a fantastical realm dotted with immersive encounters. A green bush pianist, camouflaged head-to-toe in leaves, emerged from the vertical wall to perform live music, while flower dancers and orchid pole performers glided through the foliage. Whimsical characters like the white snail and other fantastical creatures drifted between guests, adding playful spontaneity to the evening. In the middle of The Garden was the official unveiling of Impossible Blooms, a bold flower sculpture by Singaporean artist Samuel Xun. Commissioned by The Standard, Singapore, the work symbolised life, blooming, and transformation. Costumes inspired by the sculpture's vivid forms allowed dancers to emerge like spirits from the artwork itself, embodying the surreal and celebrating the blurring of boundaries between art and life. The space also featured a series of striking installations: a sculptural waterfall adorned with vibrant tropical flora, turning an existing water feature into a living masterpiece where design and nature converged; and an Orange Grove Walkway, a whimsical trail of glowing oranges and twisting branches that paid homage to both Dreamscape and the hotel's location on Orange Grove Road. Each twist and turn revealed a new scene, inviting guests to wander and wonder. From spontaneous art encounters to ambient performances, the evening reflected The Standard's commitment to surprise, delight, and defy convention. The evening's crescendo unfolded poolside, where the tranquil waters were transformed into a serene pond echoing Dreamscape's crystal lagoon. In a breathtaking performance, synchronized swimmers dressed as colourful frogs and lotus flowers glided across the surface, a living reflection of Tobua's dream world. Another standout moment came when Singaporean soprano Felicia Teo took the stage for a stunning opera performance in a glowing tiger lilyinspired gown, her voice ringing through the garden under the stars. Hotel website
