Univers :  High-tech

... In silver at Starck, in gold at Ora-Ito, they are objects of covetousness. With the 5.5 designers, USB keys, in the shape of house keys or coins, we are playing tricks. Digital photo frames, Santa's best-selling gifts, are styled by Andrée Putman and Martin Szekely.  High-tech design, high-tech design. The influence is reciprocal. Furniture is transformed to accommodate the latest equipment. The Tam Tam, a cult stool from the 70s, now exists in a version with loudspeakers and mp3 docking station. A source of inspiration for designers, technological aesthetics is being diverted. Miko Ginepro's coffee table looks like a famous mp3 player, with a shape that can be identified among a thousand. The Asian architect James Law has made it his speciality. After the Pixel Tower, soon the Shuffle Tower in Dubai. This 129-metre high tower on stilts will stand like a computer circuit. Living in an MP3 player is for tomorrow. 

On the office side, computers are hidden in attractive and ingenious cases. A real modern-day ladies' desk, the I-trunk by leather goods maker Fred Pinel is dressed in leather with a wardrobe of 51 different colours.  Passionate about  hi-fi since childhood, Guillaume and Thimothée Cagniard have designed a one-piece multimedia cabinet. The aim: to put an end to the accumulation of unattractive equipment, the multi-sockets that litter the floor and the wires that get tangled in all directions. The concept box, with no visible wires, is connected to only one power outlet. Don't be fooled by its retro look close to the arcade terminals of the 70s and 80s. The box is at the cutting edge of technology. It allows you to group together television, computer, CD player, mp3 station, vinyl turntable, video projector... with high-fidelity sound and a minimum of space. The high-tech hasn't finished surprising us. 2010 is the year of the 3D revolution in the home. Video games, films and matches will take on a new dimension with full-HD 3D plasma or 3D LCD screens. The first models are on the market. Quickly, let's equip ourselves with glasses for our future home cinema evenings!