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Extraordinary automata
Life, Noko, Published on 09/10/2020
» One of Jaquet Droz's 18th-century android automata, The Draughtsman, amazingly sketched a cherub on a chariot chasing a butterfly. Dating back to 1774, the drawing titled Le Papillon Conduit Par L'Amour (Butterfly Driven By Love) comes alive in Loving Butterfly Automaton.
Limelight shines on bold women
Life, Noko, Published on 28/08/2020
» Characterised by its sensual curves rendered by asymmetrical extended lugs, Limelight Gala was designed for audacious 1960s women.
Of time and tide
Life, Noko, Published on 14/08/2020
» Among astronomers, geophysicists and physicists, Abraham-Louis Breguet became a member of France's Bureau des Longitudes in 1814.
No competition
Life, Noko, Published on 17/03/2020
» Her trials and tribulations in being an Olympic and World Championship medallist have been portrayed in Lifetime Movies' The Simone Biles Story: Courage To Soar, based on her autobiography.
Oils for what ails you
Life, Noko, Published on 29/10/2019
» Rice-bran oil has been a key ingredient in Harnn's products since the Thai brand began producing soaps in 1999.
Diamonds on the inside
Life, Noko, Published on 19/09/2019
» In merely three decades, Harry Winston's watchmaking has achieved milestones that illustrate the design and technical ingenuity of the American jewellery house.
Watches that look to the future
Life, Noko, Published on 28/06/2019
» Not only for timekeeping, a watch interacts with its wearer. Felix Baumgartner defines this as an exchange.
Produce bonanza at Golden Place
Life, Noko, Published on 24/08/2018
» A destination for Thai fare and desserts, Golden Place market on Sukhothai Road has been renovated to offer a wider range of foodstuffs including agricultural produce.
Sensational Salvatore
Life, Noko, Published on 13/07/2018
» At a tender age of 17, Salvatore Ferragamo left his home town, Bonito, in Italy to broaden his horizon in the US, where he later became a shoe designer for Hollywood celebs such as Mary Pickford, Pola Negri, Charlie Chaplin, Joan Crawford, Lilian Grish and fellow Italian Rudolph Valentino.
A timeless tradition continues
Life, Noko, Published on 22/05/2018
» When Loris Azzaro made his first men's fragrance in 1978, one of the motives was to make it appeal to women too so that they would buy it for their men. The strategy works vice versa, and his eponymous brand has created a variety of scents for both sexes over the years.