2024 Temporis Award Winners in the watch industry

Winners of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG), the main awards program for the watch industry, will be announced in Geneva next week. In the meantime, another set of horological prizes, Temporis International Awards, have become predictors of GPHG winners, much like the Golden Globes foreshadow the Oscars in the film industry. The 11th […]

How LANDMARK by Lexus transformed this year’s Melbourne Cup Carnival

The coveted Melbourne Cup Carnival is traditionally all about high fashion, thrilling races, and the iconic Birdcage. But this year, LANDMARK by Lexus, designed by Melbourne’s Brahman Perera, offered something a little different. Inspired by theatre and storytelling, Perera set out to make the three-storey pop-up venue feel anything but temporary. Working with the theme […]

Inside Project Sunrise: Qantas ultra-long haul shakeup

“Welcome to Australia in the sky.” That’s the tag line of a Qantas commercial created by filmmaker Baz Luhrmann (Elvis, The Great Gatsby, Moulin Rouge) to kick off the airline’s new brand campaign. And with the airline’s Project Sunrise ultra-long-range flights scheduled for 2026, flyers will be spending up to 20 hours with Australia in the […]

McLaren unveils $3.9 million W1 hypercar

McLaren has just unleashed all the details and images of its new ultimate supercar: the McLaren W1. With 1,258 horsepower, 988 pound-feet of torque, a 3,200-pound curb weight, and a 217 mph top speed, the W1 represents a new dimension in performance for both McLaren and the supercar segment. This level of McLaren supercar doesn’t happen […]