Awesome Luxury

A coffee table book by Pulitzer Prize-winning auto columnist Dan Neil featuring 100 of the most beautiful cars of the 20th century. This may be the closest you can get to owning these works of art.

Designed by Angela Jansen, Light-Light floating lamps make use of electromagnetic components to make its top levitate. Its LEDs can be dimmed or turned off while keeping the floating effect on.

Inspired by the Corvette ZR1, this speedboat even has a Corvette dashboard with working gauges. And like a real ‘vette, it’s no performance slouch with a pair of Mercury 1350HP twin-turbo engines.

Take one small step for mankind on this clever handmade wool rug from Atypyk. Measures 82 inches across, which makes it about a 1-to-1,668,331 scale replica of the moon.

The Thunderpants TP-1 are modified Fostex T50RP headphones with beautiful, hand-made wooden cups. Audiophile site Head-Fi swears that they’re on par with the likes of the Sennheiser HD 800.

The 2011 Wiesmann GT MF5 looks like a gentleman but drives like a madman. It has a 4.4L 555hp V8 twin-turbo engine, a top speed of 193mph, an aluminum chassis and a glass fiber bodyshell.

If you can’t get enough of the luxury automobile trim, take a bath in the Corcel No. 1. The carbon fiber bathtub is extremely durable, lightweight and resistant to chemicals and harsh temperatures.

The PS500 has “one-third the price” for “two-thirds of the performance” of the high end PS1000 headphones. Hand-made in Brooklyn, NY with metal alloy and mahogany hybrid enclosures.

Garia and Mansory have collaborated on a one-off supercar golf cart, with carbon fiber on the front and back aprons, a teak-lined cabin floor and specially designed headlights and fender gills.

You don’t have to be an airplane geek to appreciate the raw beauty of this table. Made using a Lycoming R680 9 Cylinder Radial Engine from a US Army Boeing-Stearman PT-13.

It’s not often we come across a manly bracelet, but the Rogue DZN’s adjustable bracelet definitely fills the bill. Each link is made of 8 precise components, machined from military-grade G5 titanium.

The power-hungry tuning experts at Underground Racing can fit the already speedy Audi R8 with custom twin-turbo systems, turning the dial not just to 11, but to 1500. As in 1500 horsepower.

IWC’s Portuguese Sidérale Scafusia is their most exclusive and complicated mechanical watch, with a constant-force tourbillon for star and solar time and a spectacular celestial chart on the back.

Swiss tuning outfit Mansory boosts the stock Ferarri 458 to a gut-wrenching 582 hp and 413 lb-ft of torque. The pimped carbon fiber ride does 0 to 62 in 3.2 secs with a top speed of 205mph.

Just like its big sister, the Qlocktwo Touch alarm clock is made from a single block of aluminum and comes in different colors and languages. It’s reading lamp mode makes all the letters light up.

With a resolution of 4096×2160, the Sony SXRD VPL-VW1000ES projector offers ultimate in theater-quality home entertainment. Only got 1080p movies? Don’t fret, Sony’s working on 4k content.

Pamper your laptop and look good doing it with this case from Maison Martin Margiela. Made of polished leather with shearling lining on the inside. Comes with MMM stationery and business card holder.

Jaguar’s concept production C-X16 is one sexy beast. With a 3.0L 376HP supercharged V6, a precise 50:50 weight distro, it can go 0 to 60 in 4.4 secs, and has a hybrid boost feature. Video here.

Measuring 8’6″ tall by 10′ long, this dramatic counterbalanced wooden LED lighting fixture by Matt Downer Designs is the only thing you need to fill an entire room (besides some place to sit.)

The Kaweco AC Sport fountain pen is made of solid matte-finished aluminum and genuine carbon fiber. It measures 4.1″ when capped and 5.2″ when posted. Available in a variety of nibs.

Urwerk puts an unusually intricate mechanical movement in this modern take on the pocket watch, offering measurements in intervals from 1 second to 1000 years. Limited to just 8 pieces.

The personal, one-off sports car of Edsel Bryant Ford, son of Ford company founder Henry Ford. Conceptualized by automotive designer E.T. Gregorie and restored by RM Auto Restoration.

Has a 422hp 5.5L V8 engine, goes 0-60mph in 4.6s. Has 3 transmission modes: controlled-efficiency, sport and manual. Also has a meaner front apron with large air inlets and LED daytime lights.