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Vdara Hotel and Spa
 Deluxe suite at Vdara. Image courtesy of Vdara Hotel & Spa website. I love Vdara Hotel and Spa in Vegas. I am not a big fan of the Sin City, but I would definitely return to enjoy their spa. It is part of the Vegas CityCenter™ development by MGM Mirage™ and is designed by renowned architect Rafael Vinoly.
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Hottest Tech & 3D-TV:
Absolutely the most talked about new product rolled out for CES 2009 were the 3D-TV’s. And when I say talked about…I mean the manufacturers were talking about them. At the High-Tech Households seminar, Liz Claman of Fox Business Network posed the question “How many here in the audience are excited about new 3D-TV’s technology for the home?” Out of 40 people in the audience, 1 person raised their hand. Christy Matte editor at About.com and panelist, asked us to consider whether this tech is being pushed on consumers as the next big thing. Do we really need it and do we even want it?
I guess I am the type of consumer that does not embrace new technology IMMEDIATELY. I will make my own purchasing decision as I see the technology mature. I am not easily persuaded by trends, friends or peer pressure. Briefly going over TV tech, first it was the big CRT screen, then the huge project screen. They both had the lousiest definition and yet, many consumers embraced them for it’s size. Hmmmm…Finally there was HD. Even with HDTV, I waited until hardware technology converged with HDMI and Cable broadcasting technology
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Like any other trade show, there are great designs/inventions and there is some mediocre crap. The challenge is to weave through all the junk and discover the cool stuff. One may think that since the consumer electronics industry is so popular and Americans are embracing gadgets, that you could easily find good design. With so many products out there it is sad to say good design is not as common as it should be, with 90% of the products destined for the landfill, many manufacturers make things good enough for today. After all, there needs to be a reason to make you feel that insecure need for the newer, newest igadget 6 months later.
As a sustainable designer as well as thrifty consumer, it’s always hard to justify any type of purchase. At this show, the biggest question I asked myself was, “What is going to by categorized as a luxury purchase and what is going to be a necessity?”
This year at CES, there was a huge emphasis on mobile technology, smartphones, gps tech, e-readers and of course 3D TV.
 Lg Chocolate Touch
While many of us were excited about CES, I was excited about my Zappos tour. Funny, how when it comes to anything related to shoes, no gadgets in the world can distract me (besides Apple of course!) But since Apple was not at CES this year or the last, I felt free to roam around outside of the super geek fest CES, Consumer Electronics Show.
Yes. I am one of the many geeks that found this CES show quite overwhelming but under-delivered. At least to me. I am sure many of you have read the highlights of the show from these great news sources: Cnet or CNN Tech. Hence my goal is to just share my own personal views and less of the products stuff.
Joe on the other hand, will have different insights than me, since he attended the Full Knowledge Track sessions at CES. He will have more hot notes to share, which we will on our next post.
Arrival:
 The infamous Zappos Van/ Shuttle
 Axure RP App Logo It’s rare to find clients that are equally as passionate, driven and absolutely fanatic about producing great quality work. So when Axure approached us to work hand in hand with their UI team to create a look and feel that is Mac friendly for their latest Axure RP 5.6.0 Mac version, we were nothing but thrilled and honored. Joe and I are hard core Mac fans (Joe’s been using it since 1984). We think we may know a thing or two about the crazy creative Mac users.
 Axure RP Pro for Mac
We’ve gotten such great feedback from our new handmade iPhone/iTouch sleeves that we could not resist but to make more!
 New iPhone/iTouch sleeves with slouchy folds 
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It all started with Joe’s birthday present. Which I have been thinking about for quite sometime. The first part of the present is of course to get him an iPhone. That was the easy part.
The challenging part was finding him an iPhone sleeve that he likes…After hours of internet shopping, I decided to sit down and make an array of designs for him to choose from.
 Our assortment of iPhone | iTouch sleeves made from Ultrasuede® And so came the birth of our collection of iPhone|iTouch sleeves made from Ultrasuede®. Each one is one of a kind, available in different color assortments. No repeats. Design is different on the front and back. Sleeve interior also lined in Ultrasuede®.
All of our handmade items are available on Etsy…where handmade rocks!
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Okay. Finally. Our new Etsy shop is up. Come check it out for some cool limited edition sale items.
 HANDMADE // JOY by Mel Lim at Etsy.com
 Hotel Chocolat - Boston, USA We stumbled upon Hotel Chocolat, flagship US store, during our recent visit to Newbury Street, Boston. The store’s interior is your ultimate chocolate contemporary luxury.
 Hotel Chocolat Interior
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