Since introducing its special-edition Airbus EC145 Mercedes-Benz Style twin-engine turbine helicopter in 2010, Airbus has delivered only five of them around the world. This month, the helicopter made its first U.S. appearance, at Heli-Expo in California. The helicopter’s luxury interior, created by the Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Division in Como, Italy, incorporates fine leather and wood details, an advanced in-flight entertainment system, subtle ambient lighting, and a choice of modular storage cabinets. T…

A mainstay of Monterey Car Week since 1985, the Concorso Italiano gives visitors the opportunity to behold more than 1,000 classic Italian vehicles in one location. This year, it is launching the Desert Concorso, a sibling event in Palm Desert, Calif., with a greatly expanded focus that also includes vehicles from European countries outside of Italy and even a few select examples of noteworthy U.S. hot rods. Maserati, which is celebrating its centennial this year, will be well represented at the Concorso by a …

One does not often mention Canada and supercars in the same breath, but Felino, a new high-performance carmaker based in Montreal, hopes to change that with its first production model, the Felino cB7. Founded by the former Canadian racecar driver Antoine Bessette, Felino has spent more than four years researching and developing the cB7. The latest prototype was shown at the Montreal International Auto Show in January, and the company plans to begin limited production of the supercar next year.
The cB7 is craf…

Power dressing was a prominent style of the 1980s. The era is inspiring a new capsule collection by Oliver Peoples called Sir with three limited-edition styles based on designs from the brand’s eyeglasses collections of the late 1980s. The new editions ($440 to $510) have been modernized in new color combinations and details. “We wanted to revisit this idea of a dream uniform for the modern-day businessman and create intellectual, handcrafted styles that add a sense of polished and tailored sophistication,” sa…

Ben Soleimani, whose family has been in the rug business for four generations, is continuing his collaboration with Restoration Hardware, where he is now the company’s full-time rug designer and collector. The new items will debut online in April as part of the RH spring collection. Soleimani and Restoration Hardware first partnered on a 400-rug collection in 2011, when he was working at the Los Angeles branch of his London-based family’s company, Mansour, but this latest effort will introduce more than 3,500 …

Held annually since 1960, the New York Antiquarian Book Fair has grown into one of the largest events of its kind anywhere in the world. During this span, a number of smaller book-related shows, exhibits, and auctions have sprung up around the fair, which is held during the first week of April. This year, the fair and the events surrounding it will be recognized collectively as the first-annual New York Rare Book Week, taking place from April 1 to 8.
The Antiquarian Book Fair, which will host more than 200 de…

Bugatti and Koenigsegg have at one point or another in recent years staked a claim to producing the world’s fastest sports car. The French carmaker declared itself victorious in 2005 and 2010, with the Veyron 16.4 and Veyron Super Sport, respectively, and its Swedish rival has made a similar announcement in recent years with its Agera supercar. And while any street-legal vehicle capable of surpassing the 250 mph threshold seems unreasonable, records were made to be broken (or so the saying goes).
In late Febr…

Bugatti and Koenigsegg have at one point or another in recent years staked a claim to producing the world’s fastest sports car. The French carmaker declared itself victorious in 2005 and 2010, with the Veyron 16.4 and Veyron Super Sport, respectively, and its Swedish rival has made a similar announcement in recent years with its Agera supercar. And while any street-legal vehicle capable of surpassing the 250 mph threshold seems unreasonable, records were made to be broken (or so the saying goes).
In late Febr…

Pritzker-winning architect Zaha Hadid has teamed up with France’s 126-year-old crystal manufacturer Lalique—a unique juxtaposition of avant-garde and tradition—to create Crystal Architecture, a striking collection of vases in two shapes and two colors. The slender, tower-like Visio vase and its shorter, thicker counterpart, Manifesto, pair Lalique’s simple elegance with Hadid’s signature exploration of fluidity and transparency—concepts that can be seen in her 40-some finished projects around the world includi…

Pritzker-winning architect Zaha Hadid has teamed up with France’s 126-year-old crystal manufacturer Lalique—a unique juxtaposition of avant-garde and tradition—to create Crystal Architecture, a striking collection of vases in two shapes and two colors. The slender, tower-like Visio vase and its shorter, thicker counterpart, Manifesto, pair Lalique’s simple elegance with Hadid’s signature exploration of fluidity and transparency—concepts that can be seen in her 40-some finished projects around the world includi…