The word cartoon has various meanings, based on several very different forms of visual art and illustration. The artists who draw cartoons are known as cartoonists.
The term has evolved over time. The original meaning was in fine art, where cartoon meant a preparatory drawing for a piece of art, such as a painting or tapestry. The modern meaning refers to both humorous illustrations in print and animated films. Even more recently, there are several contemporary meanings, including creative visual work for electronic media and animated digital media. When the word cartoon is applied to print media, it most often refers to a humorous single-panel drawing or gag cartoon, most of which have typeset captions rather than speech balloons. The word cartoon is sometimes used to refer to a comic strip.
History..
Early examples of attempts to capture the phenomenon of motion into a still drawing can be found in paleolithic cave paintings, where animals are depicted with multiple legs in superimposed positions, clearly attempting to convey the perception of motion.
The phenakistoscope, zoetrope and praxinoscope, as well as the common flip book, were early animation devices to produce movement from sequential drawings using technological means, but animation did not really develop much further until the advent of motion picture film.
The first animated cartoon (in the traditional sense, i.e. on film) was "Fantasmagorie" by the French director Émile Cohl. Released in 1908.
One of the very first successful animated cartoons was "Gertie the Dinosaur" by Winsor McCay. It is considered the first example of true character animation.
Further information: Animation in the United States during the silent era
In the 1930s to 1960s, theatrical cartoons were produced in huge numbers, and usually shown before a feature film in a movie theater. MGM, Disney, Paramount and Warner Brothers were the largest studios producing these 5 to 10-minute "shorts".
Further information: Hollywood Animation: The Golden Age
Competition from television drew audiences away from movie theaters in the late 1950s, and the theatrical cartoon began its decline. Today, animated cartoons are produced mostly for television.
Technologies
A horse animated by rotoscoping from Eadweard Muybridge's 19th century photos. The animation consists of 8 drawings, which are "looped", i.e. repeated over and over.
The advent of film technology opened opportunities to develop the art of animation. The basic animation process is described in the article Animation, and the classic, hand-drawn technology in Traditional animation.
At first, animated cartoons were black-and-white and silent. Felix the cat is a notable example.
The first cartoon with synchronized sound is often identified as Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie, starring Mickey Mouse in 1928, but Max Fleischer's 1926 My Old Kentucky Home is less popularly but more correctly credited with this innovation. Fleischer also patented rotoscoping, whereby animation could be traced from a live action film.
With the advent of sound film, musical themes were often used. Animated characters usually performed the action in "loops", i.e., drawings were repeated over and over, synchronized with the music. The music used is often original, but musical quotation is often employed.
Disney also produced the first full-color cartoon in Technicolor, "Flowers and Trees", in 1931, although other producers had earlier made films using inferior, 2-color processes instead of the 3-color process offered by Technicolor.
Later, other movie technologies were adapted for use in animation, such as multiplane cameras, stereophonic sound in Disney's Fantasia in 1941, and later, widescreen processes (e.g. CinemaScope), and even 3D.
Today, animation is commonly produced with computers, giving the animator new tools not available in hand-drawn traditional animation. See Computer animation for further information of the specific technologies. However, many types of animation cannot be called "cartoons", which implies something that resembles drawings. Most forms of 3D computer animation, as well as clay animation and other forms of stop motion filming, are not cartoons in the strict sense of the word.
An animated cartoon created using Adobe Flash is sometimes called a webtoon.
Example...
Spongebob play
Monday, November 23, 2009
What is Cartoon!!!!!
The word cartoon has various meanings, based on several very different forms of visual art and illustration. The artists who draw cartoons are known as cartoonists.
The term has evolved over time. The original meaning was in fine art, where cartoon meant a preparatory drawing for a piece of art, such as a painting or tapestry. The modern meaning refers to both humorous illustrations in print and animated films. Even more recently, there are several contemporary meanings, including creative visual work for electronic media and animated digital media. When the word cartoon is applied to print media, it most often refers to a humorous single-panel drawing or gag cartoon, most of which have typeset captions rather than speech balloons. The word cartoon is sometimes used to refer to a comic strip.
History..
Early examples of attempts to capture the phenomenon of motion into a still drawing can be found in paleolithic cave paintings, where animals are depicted with multiple legs in superimposed positions, clearly attempting to convey the perception of motion.
The phenakistoscope, zoetrope and praxinoscope, as well as the common flip book, were early animation devices to produce movement from sequential drawings using technological means, but animation did not really develop much further until the advent of motion picture film.
The first animated cartoon (in the traditional sense, i.e. on film) was "Fantasmagorie" by the French director Émile Cohl. Released in 1908.
One of the very first successful animated cartoons was "Gertie the Dinosaur" by Winsor McCay. It is considered the first example of true character animation.
Further information: Animation in the United States during the silent era
In the 1930s to 1960s, theatrical cartoons were produced in huge numbers, and usually shown before a feature film in a movie theater. MGM, Disney, Paramount and Warner Brothers were the largest studios producing these 5 to 10-minute "shorts".
Further information: Hollywood Animation: The Golden Age
Competition from television drew audiences away from movie theaters in the late 1950s, and the theatrical cartoon began its decline. Today, animated cartoons are produced mostly for television.
Technologies
A horse animated by rotoscoping from Eadweard Muybridge's 19th century photos. The animation consists of 8 drawings, which are "looped", i.e. repeated over and over.
The advent of film technology opened opportunities to develop the art of animation. The basic animation process is described in the article Animation, and the classic, hand-drawn technology in Traditional animation.
At first, animated cartoons were black-and-white and silent. Felix the cat is a notable example.
The first cartoon with synchronized sound is often identified as Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie, starring Mickey Mouse in 1928, but Max Fleischer's 1926 My Old Kentucky Home is less popularly but more correctly credited with this innovation. Fleischer also patented rotoscoping, whereby animation could be traced from a live action film.
With the advent of sound film, musical themes were often used. Animated characters usually performed the action in "loops", i.e., drawings were repeated over and over, synchronized with the music. The music used is often original, but musical quotation is often employed.
Disney also produced the first full-color cartoon in Technicolor, "Flowers and Trees", in 1931, although other producers had earlier made films using inferior, 2-color processes instead of the 3-color process offered by Technicolor.
Later, other movie technologies were adapted for use in animation, such as multiplane cameras, stereophonic sound in Disney's Fantasia in 1941, and later, widescreen processes (e.g. CinemaScope), and even 3D.
Today, animation is commonly produced with computers, giving the animator new tools not available in hand-drawn traditional animation. See Computer animation for further information of the specific technologies. However, many types of animation cannot be called "cartoons", which implies something that resembles drawings. Most forms of 3D computer animation, as well as clay animation and other forms of stop motion filming, are not cartoons in the strict sense of the word.
An animated cartoon created using Adobe Flash is sometimes called a webtoon.
Example...
Spongebob play
The term has evolved over time. The original meaning was in fine art, where cartoon meant a preparatory drawing for a piece of art, such as a painting or tapestry. The modern meaning refers to both humorous illustrations in print and animated films. Even more recently, there are several contemporary meanings, including creative visual work for electronic media and animated digital media. When the word cartoon is applied to print media, it most often refers to a humorous single-panel drawing or gag cartoon, most of which have typeset captions rather than speech balloons. The word cartoon is sometimes used to refer to a comic strip.
History..
Early examples of attempts to capture the phenomenon of motion into a still drawing can be found in paleolithic cave paintings, where animals are depicted with multiple legs in superimposed positions, clearly attempting to convey the perception of motion.
The phenakistoscope, zoetrope and praxinoscope, as well as the common flip book, were early animation devices to produce movement from sequential drawings using technological means, but animation did not really develop much further until the advent of motion picture film.
The first animated cartoon (in the traditional sense, i.e. on film) was "Fantasmagorie" by the French director Émile Cohl. Released in 1908.
One of the very first successful animated cartoons was "Gertie the Dinosaur" by Winsor McCay. It is considered the first example of true character animation.
Further information: Animation in the United States during the silent era
In the 1930s to 1960s, theatrical cartoons were produced in huge numbers, and usually shown before a feature film in a movie theater. MGM, Disney, Paramount and Warner Brothers were the largest studios producing these 5 to 10-minute "shorts".
Further information: Hollywood Animation: The Golden Age
Competition from television drew audiences away from movie theaters in the late 1950s, and the theatrical cartoon began its decline. Today, animated cartoons are produced mostly for television.
Technologies
A horse animated by rotoscoping from Eadweard Muybridge's 19th century photos. The animation consists of 8 drawings, which are "looped", i.e. repeated over and over.
The advent of film technology opened opportunities to develop the art of animation. The basic animation process is described in the article Animation, and the classic, hand-drawn technology in Traditional animation.
At first, animated cartoons were black-and-white and silent. Felix the cat is a notable example.
The first cartoon with synchronized sound is often identified as Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie, starring Mickey Mouse in 1928, but Max Fleischer's 1926 My Old Kentucky Home is less popularly but more correctly credited with this innovation. Fleischer also patented rotoscoping, whereby animation could be traced from a live action film.
With the advent of sound film, musical themes were often used. Animated characters usually performed the action in "loops", i.e., drawings were repeated over and over, synchronized with the music. The music used is often original, but musical quotation is often employed.
Disney also produced the first full-color cartoon in Technicolor, "Flowers and Trees", in 1931, although other producers had earlier made films using inferior, 2-color processes instead of the 3-color process offered by Technicolor.
Later, other movie technologies were adapted for use in animation, such as multiplane cameras, stereophonic sound in Disney's Fantasia in 1941, and later, widescreen processes (e.g. CinemaScope), and even 3D.
Today, animation is commonly produced with computers, giving the animator new tools not available in hand-drawn traditional animation. See Computer animation for further information of the specific technologies. However, many types of animation cannot be called "cartoons", which implies something that resembles drawings. Most forms of 3D computer animation, as well as clay animation and other forms of stop motion filming, are not cartoons in the strict sense of the word.
An animated cartoon created using Adobe Flash is sometimes called a webtoon.
Example...
Spongebob play
Home Meaning
The British love of a rural manor house or period townhouse is as strong as ever. Our national tolerance for draughts and cold showers has, however, withered. The new ideal home is a combination of old and new: a historic exterior with a modern interior humming with the latest technology. The buyers at the top of the market, who set the trend, want past and present merged into one perfect package.
Buying agents report that “more people are definitely asking for a period house with a modern interior”. James Greenwood, of Stacks Property Search, says: “The days of people putting up with draughty, damp, dark houses for the sake of living in a historic old wreck are behind us. People love a fancy kitchen and music systems and they don’t want to have to go to bed early with bedsocks because the heating doesn’t work.”
Luxury developers in London now specialise in transforming Georgian and Victorian townhouses into space-age technology hubs. One example is The Lancasters development on Bayswater Road, overlooking Hyde Park (thelancastershydepark.com). The developer, Northacre, has demolished almost everything behind the Grade II listed stucco façade, creating a new concrete structure behind. This creates a platform for “top of the range audio-visual equipment, mood lighting and comfort cooling, as well as swimming pools, gyms and business centres”, the chief executive, John Hunter, says. “Purchasers in the million-pound-plus price bracket are attracted to the grandeur of period London buildings yet expect state-of-the-art technology.” Creating this hybrid has presented “numerous technical challenges” to the architect, Chris Gaylord, of Nilsson Architects, such as “calculating down to the last millimetre the correct placement of the movement joints between the traditional and modern structures”.
On Palace Street in Westminster stands a classic Georgian townhouse. Inside, however, one finds “Lutron lighting, integrated speakers, iPod docking stations and Sky+HD points connected via infra-red to the central Sky box”, says Bernadette Cunningham, of Thornsett, the developer (thornsettgroup.com). “Period features such as the front elevation and staircase have been retained.”
The trend is heavily influenced by international tastes, says Alex Michelin, director of Finchatton, another luxury developer (finchatton.com). “Buyers at this level want world-class audio-visual [equipment] to match what they get in hotels, on their yachts, at the most prestigious homes around the world.” Finchatton has just converted a Victorian building on Montpelier Street, opposite Harrods, into multimillion-pound flats. Again, it is new-build with a period façade, and is, wonderfully, “the first development in London to have a fibre optic backbone”.
The list of gadgetry includes “wall-mounted touch panels, multi-scene lighting, bulletproof perimeter CCTV, underfloor heating, motion sensors and panic buttons”.
The trend has even spread to the countryside. “Country house buyers do want a period property, but they will spend huge sums of money installing very modern living on the inside,” says Atty Beor-Roberts, of Knight Frank’s Cirencester office. “New build still retains a stigma for some people, but it’s quite common to find a wet room bathroom in an old cottage with inglenook fireplaces.”
One developer, Fairfax Properties (fairfaxproperties.co.uk), has capitalised on this craze for the best of both worlds. “Most people aspire to live in a Grade II listed Georgian rectory, because it is a status symbol — a grand house with gravitas,” says David Milligan, of Fairfax. The problem is that there aren’t very many of them around. Fairfax builds new period-style houses. He says: “Queen Anne and Georgian is what most people ask for. The number of people who now want a brand new Georgian house is about equal to the number who would prefer an original one.”
The desire for old and new is not restricted to the rich. Houses at Kevin McCloud’s new affordable development in Swindon, The Triangle (haboakus.co.uk), are modelled on a traditional terraced street.
Isabel Allen, the design director, says: “You have to offer what people will be comfortable with. Some cultures learn to love tower blocks, but we’ve never quite managed it in this country.”
Yet the interiors will be contemporary, with latest technology as standard. “Each house will have a home information portal which tells you when the next bus is coming, how much your bills are and what’s going on in the local community”. So will the next trend in affordable housing be the fibre-optic backbone?
Hip and heritage
At first glance, 3 Queen’s Gate Place looks like any other renovated Victorian house. But here first impressions mislead — this development of five flats in Kensington typifies the heritage outside, high-tech inside that is, for many, the 21st-century ideal.
As Adam Blaskey, of the developer Northbeach, explains, the seven-storey building is “effectively new”, although the 1860s shell of brick and render and the period detailing have been carefully conserved. Inside the sleek apartments only the windows and the cornicing belong to the period. The comfortingly bulky radiators appear to date back to the early 20th-century additions, but even these are new.
The high-tech equipment in each of the apartments includes Rako wireless lighting and the SpeakerCraft MODE system. This allows you to plug in your iPod in one room and listen to your music via a keypad in all, or one of the other rooms.
All this gadgetry does not come cheap. The prices of the flats, which are on sale through Farleys, the estate agents, range from £1.95 million to £4.95 million for the four-bedroom duplex on the ground and lower ground floor.
Buying agents report that “more people are definitely asking for a period house with a modern interior”. James Greenwood, of Stacks Property Search, says: “The days of people putting up with draughty, damp, dark houses for the sake of living in a historic old wreck are behind us. People love a fancy kitchen and music systems and they don’t want to have to go to bed early with bedsocks because the heating doesn’t work.”
Luxury developers in London now specialise in transforming Georgian and Victorian townhouses into space-age technology hubs. One example is The Lancasters development on Bayswater Road, overlooking Hyde Park (thelancastershydepark.com). The developer, Northacre, has demolished almost everything behind the Grade II listed stucco façade, creating a new concrete structure behind. This creates a platform for “top of the range audio-visual equipment, mood lighting and comfort cooling, as well as swimming pools, gyms and business centres”, the chief executive, John Hunter, says. “Purchasers in the million-pound-plus price bracket are attracted to the grandeur of period London buildings yet expect state-of-the-art technology.” Creating this hybrid has presented “numerous technical challenges” to the architect, Chris Gaylord, of Nilsson Architects, such as “calculating down to the last millimetre the correct placement of the movement joints between the traditional and modern structures”.
On Palace Street in Westminster stands a classic Georgian townhouse. Inside, however, one finds “Lutron lighting, integrated speakers, iPod docking stations and Sky+HD points connected via infra-red to the central Sky box”, says Bernadette Cunningham, of Thornsett, the developer (thornsettgroup.com). “Period features such as the front elevation and staircase have been retained.”
The trend is heavily influenced by international tastes, says Alex Michelin, director of Finchatton, another luxury developer (finchatton.com). “Buyers at this level want world-class audio-visual [equipment] to match what they get in hotels, on their yachts, at the most prestigious homes around the world.” Finchatton has just converted a Victorian building on Montpelier Street, opposite Harrods, into multimillion-pound flats. Again, it is new-build with a period façade, and is, wonderfully, “the first development in London to have a fibre optic backbone”.
The list of gadgetry includes “wall-mounted touch panels, multi-scene lighting, bulletproof perimeter CCTV, underfloor heating, motion sensors and panic buttons”.
The trend has even spread to the countryside. “Country house buyers do want a period property, but they will spend huge sums of money installing very modern living on the inside,” says Atty Beor-Roberts, of Knight Frank’s Cirencester office. “New build still retains a stigma for some people, but it’s quite common to find a wet room bathroom in an old cottage with inglenook fireplaces.”
One developer, Fairfax Properties (fairfaxproperties.co.uk), has capitalised on this craze for the best of both worlds. “Most people aspire to live in a Grade II listed Georgian rectory, because it is a status symbol — a grand house with gravitas,” says David Milligan, of Fairfax. The problem is that there aren’t very many of them around. Fairfax builds new period-style houses. He says: “Queen Anne and Georgian is what most people ask for. The number of people who now want a brand new Georgian house is about equal to the number who would prefer an original one.”
The desire for old and new is not restricted to the rich. Houses at Kevin McCloud’s new affordable development in Swindon, The Triangle (haboakus.co.uk), are modelled on a traditional terraced street.
Isabel Allen, the design director, says: “You have to offer what people will be comfortable with. Some cultures learn to love tower blocks, but we’ve never quite managed it in this country.”
Yet the interiors will be contemporary, with latest technology as standard. “Each house will have a home information portal which tells you when the next bus is coming, how much your bills are and what’s going on in the local community”. So will the next trend in affordable housing be the fibre-optic backbone?
Hip and heritage
At first glance, 3 Queen’s Gate Place looks like any other renovated Victorian house. But here first impressions mislead — this development of five flats in Kensington typifies the heritage outside, high-tech inside that is, for many, the 21st-century ideal.
As Adam Blaskey, of the developer Northbeach, explains, the seven-storey building is “effectively new”, although the 1860s shell of brick and render and the period detailing have been carefully conserved. Inside the sleek apartments only the windows and the cornicing belong to the period. The comfortingly bulky radiators appear to date back to the early 20th-century additions, but even these are new.
The high-tech equipment in each of the apartments includes Rako wireless lighting and the SpeakerCraft MODE system. This allows you to plug in your iPod in one room and listen to your music via a keypad in all, or one of the other rooms.
All this gadgetry does not come cheap. The prices of the flats, which are on sale through Farleys, the estate agents, range from £1.95 million to £4.95 million for the four-bedroom duplex on the ground and lower ground floor.
Home Meaning
The British love of a rural manor house or period townhouse is as strong as ever. Our national tolerance for draughts and cold showers has, however, withered. The new ideal home is a combination of old and new: a historic exterior with a modern interior humming with the latest technology. The buyers at the top of the market, who set the trend, want past and present merged into one perfect package.
Buying agents report that “more people are definitely asking for a period house with a modern interior”. James Greenwood, of Stacks Property Search, says: “The days of people putting up with draughty, damp, dark houses for the sake of living in a historic old wreck are behind us. People love a fancy kitchen and music systems and they don’t want to have to go to bed early with bedsocks because the heating doesn’t work.”
Luxury developers in London now specialise in transforming Georgian and Victorian townhouses into space-age technology hubs. One example is The Lancasters development on Bayswater Road, overlooking Hyde Park (thelancastershydepark.com). The developer, Northacre, has demolished almost everything behind the Grade II listed stucco façade, creating a new concrete structure behind. This creates a platform for “top of the range audio-visual equipment, mood lighting and comfort cooling, as well as swimming pools, gyms and business centres”, the chief executive, John Hunter, says. “Purchasers in the million-pound-plus price bracket are attracted to the grandeur of period London buildings yet expect state-of-the-art technology.” Creating this hybrid has presented “numerous technical challenges” to the architect, Chris Gaylord, of Nilsson Architects, such as “calculating down to the last millimetre the correct placement of the movement joints between the traditional and modern structures”.
On Palace Street in Westminster stands a classic Georgian townhouse. Inside, however, one finds “Lutron lighting, integrated speakers, iPod docking stations and Sky+HD points connected via infra-red to the central Sky box”, says Bernadette Cunningham, of Thornsett, the developer (thornsettgroup.com). “Period features such as the front elevation and staircase have been retained.”
The trend is heavily influenced by international tastes, says Alex Michelin, director of Finchatton, another luxury developer (finchatton.com). “Buyers at this level want world-class audio-visual [equipment] to match what they get in hotels, on their yachts, at the most prestigious homes around the world.” Finchatton has just converted a Victorian building on Montpelier Street, opposite Harrods, into multimillion-pound flats. Again, it is new-build with a period façade, and is, wonderfully, “the first development in London to have a fibre optic backbone”.
The list of gadgetry includes “wall-mounted touch panels, multi-scene lighting, bulletproof perimeter CCTV, underfloor heating, motion sensors and panic buttons”.
The trend has even spread to the countryside. “Country house buyers do want a period property, but they will spend huge sums of money installing very modern living on the inside,” says Atty Beor-Roberts, of Knight Frank’s Cirencester office. “New build still retains a stigma for some people, but it’s quite common to find a wet room bathroom in an old cottage with inglenook fireplaces.”
One developer, Fairfax Properties (fairfaxproperties.co.uk), has capitalised on this craze for the best of both worlds. “Most people aspire to live in a Grade II listed Georgian rectory, because it is a status symbol — a grand house with gravitas,” says David Milligan, of Fairfax. The problem is that there aren’t very many of them around. Fairfax builds new period-style houses. He says: “Queen Anne and Georgian is what most people ask for. The number of people who now want a brand new Georgian house is about equal to the number who would prefer an original one.”
The desire for old and new is not restricted to the rich. Houses at Kevin McCloud’s new affordable development in Swindon, The Triangle (haboakus.co.uk), are modelled on a traditional terraced street.
Isabel Allen, the design director, says: “You have to offer what people will be comfortable with. Some cultures learn to love tower blocks, but we’ve never quite managed it in this country.”
Yet the interiors will be contemporary, with latest technology as standard. “Each house will have a home information portal which tells you when the next bus is coming, how much your bills are and what’s going on in the local community”. So will the next trend in affordable housing be the fibre-optic backbone?
Hip and heritage
At first glance, 3 Queen’s Gate Place looks like any other renovated Victorian house. But here first impressions mislead — this development of five flats in Kensington typifies the heritage outside, high-tech inside that is, for many, the 21st-century ideal.
As Adam Blaskey, of the developer Northbeach, explains, the seven-storey building is “effectively new”, although the 1860s shell of brick and render and the period detailing have been carefully conserved. Inside the sleek apartments only the windows and the cornicing belong to the period. The comfortingly bulky radiators appear to date back to the early 20th-century additions, but even these are new.
The high-tech equipment in each of the apartments includes Rako wireless lighting and the SpeakerCraft MODE system. This allows you to plug in your iPod in one room and listen to your music via a keypad in all, or one of the other rooms.
All this gadgetry does not come cheap. The prices of the flats, which are on sale through Farleys, the estate agents, range from £1.95 million to £4.95 million for the four-bedroom duplex on the ground and lower ground floor.
Buying agents report that “more people are definitely asking for a period house with a modern interior”. James Greenwood, of Stacks Property Search, says: “The days of people putting up with draughty, damp, dark houses for the sake of living in a historic old wreck are behind us. People love a fancy kitchen and music systems and they don’t want to have to go to bed early with bedsocks because the heating doesn’t work.”
Luxury developers in London now specialise in transforming Georgian and Victorian townhouses into space-age technology hubs. One example is The Lancasters development on Bayswater Road, overlooking Hyde Park (thelancastershydepark.com). The developer, Northacre, has demolished almost everything behind the Grade II listed stucco façade, creating a new concrete structure behind. This creates a platform for “top of the range audio-visual equipment, mood lighting and comfort cooling, as well as swimming pools, gyms and business centres”, the chief executive, John Hunter, says. “Purchasers in the million-pound-plus price bracket are attracted to the grandeur of period London buildings yet expect state-of-the-art technology.” Creating this hybrid has presented “numerous technical challenges” to the architect, Chris Gaylord, of Nilsson Architects, such as “calculating down to the last millimetre the correct placement of the movement joints between the traditional and modern structures”.
On Palace Street in Westminster stands a classic Georgian townhouse. Inside, however, one finds “Lutron lighting, integrated speakers, iPod docking stations and Sky+HD points connected via infra-red to the central Sky box”, says Bernadette Cunningham, of Thornsett, the developer (thornsettgroup.com). “Period features such as the front elevation and staircase have been retained.”
The trend is heavily influenced by international tastes, says Alex Michelin, director of Finchatton, another luxury developer (finchatton.com). “Buyers at this level want world-class audio-visual [equipment] to match what they get in hotels, on their yachts, at the most prestigious homes around the world.” Finchatton has just converted a Victorian building on Montpelier Street, opposite Harrods, into multimillion-pound flats. Again, it is new-build with a period façade, and is, wonderfully, “the first development in London to have a fibre optic backbone”.
The list of gadgetry includes “wall-mounted touch panels, multi-scene lighting, bulletproof perimeter CCTV, underfloor heating, motion sensors and panic buttons”.
The trend has even spread to the countryside. “Country house buyers do want a period property, but they will spend huge sums of money installing very modern living on the inside,” says Atty Beor-Roberts, of Knight Frank’s Cirencester office. “New build still retains a stigma for some people, but it’s quite common to find a wet room bathroom in an old cottage with inglenook fireplaces.”
One developer, Fairfax Properties (fairfaxproperties.co.uk), has capitalised on this craze for the best of both worlds. “Most people aspire to live in a Grade II listed Georgian rectory, because it is a status symbol — a grand house with gravitas,” says David Milligan, of Fairfax. The problem is that there aren’t very many of them around. Fairfax builds new period-style houses. He says: “Queen Anne and Georgian is what most people ask for. The number of people who now want a brand new Georgian house is about equal to the number who would prefer an original one.”
The desire for old and new is not restricted to the rich. Houses at Kevin McCloud’s new affordable development in Swindon, The Triangle (haboakus.co.uk), are modelled on a traditional terraced street.
Isabel Allen, the design director, says: “You have to offer what people will be comfortable with. Some cultures learn to love tower blocks, but we’ve never quite managed it in this country.”
Yet the interiors will be contemporary, with latest technology as standard. “Each house will have a home information portal which tells you when the next bus is coming, how much your bills are and what’s going on in the local community”. So will the next trend in affordable housing be the fibre-optic backbone?
Hip and heritage
At first glance, 3 Queen’s Gate Place looks like any other renovated Victorian house. But here first impressions mislead — this development of five flats in Kensington typifies the heritage outside, high-tech inside that is, for many, the 21st-century ideal.
As Adam Blaskey, of the developer Northbeach, explains, the seven-storey building is “effectively new”, although the 1860s shell of brick and render and the period detailing have been carefully conserved. Inside the sleek apartments only the windows and the cornicing belong to the period. The comfortingly bulky radiators appear to date back to the early 20th-century additions, but even these are new.
The high-tech equipment in each of the apartments includes Rako wireless lighting and the SpeakerCraft MODE system. This allows you to plug in your iPod in one room and listen to your music via a keypad in all, or one of the other rooms.
All this gadgetry does not come cheap. The prices of the flats, which are on sale through Farleys, the estate agents, range from £1.95 million to £4.95 million for the four-bedroom duplex on the ground and lower ground floor.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Celebrity short hairstyles
Short Celebrity Hairstyles 2008 fall and Short Celebrity Hairstyles
Short celebrity hairstyles are in vogue, firstly because these hairstyles are easy to manage and hardly take any time to get set and be on the go. Another reason why short hairstyles are much in vogue are because sheer number of hairstyles that are available for short hair
Friday, November 13, 2009
Gambar Spesifikasi Grand Livina
Nissan is spicing up the accepted Nissan Grand Livina 7-seater MPV with this new copy that appearance accessories from Impul. Called the Nissan Grand Livina Acquainted by Impul, it is adapted with a bodykit absolute of a new advanced grille, aperture for the advanced and rear, ancillary skirts, and an Impul rear addition spoiler.
The MPV is additionally adapted with the Impul sports abeyance arrangement which lowers ride acme by 25mm and are acquainted for a sportier drive with bargain anatomy cycle and pitch. The adventurous attending is completed with an Impul Blast II bankrupt muffler, and 17 inch Impul Aura SX-10 admixture auto captivated with Dunlop Formula D 01 205/45R17 tyres.
All apparatus are fabricated in Malaysia except for the admixture wheels, which helps Nissan action the Impul Grand Livina at alone a RM10,500 exceptional over the accepted Nissan Grand Livina as there is no prohibitive acceptation taxes.
The MPV is additionally adapted with the Impul sports abeyance arrangement which lowers ride acme by 25mm and are acquainted for a sportier drive with bargain anatomy cycle and pitch. The adventurous attending is completed with an Impul Blast II bankrupt muffler, and 17 inch Impul Aura SX-10 admixture auto captivated with Dunlop Formula D 01 205/45R17 tyres.
All apparatus are fabricated in Malaysia except for the admixture wheels, which helps Nissan action the Impul Grand Livina at alone a RM10,500 exceptional over the accepted Nissan Grand Livina as there is no prohibitive acceptation taxes.
Specification
Engine
HR15DE Code
Type 4 cylinder inline, 16 valve, DOHC and CVTC
Displacement (cc) 1498
Bore x stroke (mm) 78.0 x 78.4
Compression ratio 10.5:1
Max. output (PS / rpm) 109/6000
Max. torque (kg-m/rpm) 15.1 / 4400
ECCS fuel system
Transmission M / T 5-speed
Steering Rack & wings with EPS
Suspension
Front McPherson strut with stabilizer
Rear torsion beam with stabilizer
Brake
Standard System
Ventilated front discs
Rear Drums
Dimension
Length x width x height (mm) 4420 x 1690 x 1595
Wheelbase (mm) 2600
Ground clearance (mm) 185
Sidewalk weight (kg) 1185
Min. turning radius (m) 5.3 m
85/65 R15 tire size
Monocoque construction body
Fuel tank capacity (L) 52.4 L
Engine
HR15DE Code
Type 4 cylinder inline, 16 valve, DOHC and CVTC
Displacement (cc) 1498
Bore x stroke (mm) 78.0 x 78.4
Compression ratio 10.5:1
Max. output (PS / rpm) 109/6000
Max. torque (kg-m/rpm) 15.1 / 4400
ECCS fuel system
Transmission M / T 5-speed
Steering Rack & wings with EPS
Suspension
Front McPherson strut with stabilizer
Rear torsion beam with stabilizer
Brake
Standard System
Ventilated front discs
Rear Drums
Dimension
Length x width x height (mm) 4420 x 1690 x 1595
Wheelbase (mm) 2600
Ground clearance (mm) 185
Sidewalk weight (kg) 1185
Min. turning radius (m) 5.3 m
85/65 R15 tire size
Monocoque construction body
Fuel tank capacity (L) 52.4 L
Gambar Spesifikasi mobil Nisan New X-trail
Several years ago, at school, there was a adolescent guy called Bradley. Now Bradley was about 6-feet tall, was adequately lanky, and was as white as archetype paper. Yet somehow he managed to be blacker than Fiddy Cent. You see, his cap was consistently backwards, his agreeable repertoire comprised every rap song anytime written, and his jeans were baggier than a abrasion cutting a tuxedo.
Bradley’s botheration was image. He aloof couldn’t acquire what he was, and several years later, he was no hip-hop music producer. No, he was aloof addition white guy again, and was aback to normal. Which is why it affronted me at the time, that he couldn’t aloof be himself. Why did he accept to try to affect everyone?
The aforementioned goes with the Australian car market. What is it with bodies affairs four-wheel-drives back they’re acutely not activity to anytime go off-road? I accept several accompany who accept bought soft-roaders and debris to alike booty them bottomward to the beach. “I ability blemish it” was one of the responses, and what afraid me alike added was that they were asleep serious.
The aforementioned goes with the Australian car market. What is it with bodies affairs four-wheel-drives back they’re acutely not activity to anytime go off-road? I accept several accompany who accept bought soft-roaders and debris to alike booty them bottomward to the beach. “I ability blemish it” was one of the responses, and what afraid me alike added was that they were asleep serious.
Engine choices are also changed from two to one as only a 2-litre petrol engine is available. This is the MR20DE 4-cylinder engine, different from the one in the first X-Trail which had a QR-series engine. The all-aluminium MR engine series was jointly developed by Nissan and Renault and is used in the French carmaker’s models too. The 2-litre version for the new X-Trail produces 139 bhp/198 Nm and has enhanced efficiency with variable valve timing. It’s actually the same RON95-compatible engine as found in the Sylphy (but tweaked for enhanced torque) and like the sedan, it also uses Nissan’s XTRONIC CVT with 6 speeds.
The SUV’s engine and transmission also ensure superior fuel economy. Tests have shown that the X-Trail’s average fuel consumption is a healthy 14km per litre (Japan 10-15 mode) - and this is comparable to that of many sedans on the road today.
These include bi-xenon headlamps for improved visibility at night and during bad whether; an intelligent system for true keyless entry and startups; enhanced audio system with MP3 playback, six virtual CDs, USB port, AUX jack, SD Card connectivity, Bluetooth function and Telephone Control Input; as well as dual air bags, ABS, BA (Brake Assist) and six-star safety rating by the Japanese New Car Assessment Programme.
These include bi-xenon headlamps for improved visibility at night and during bad whether; an intelligent system for true keyless entry and startups; enhanced audio system with MP3 playback, six virtual CDs, USB port, AUX jack, SD Card connectivity, Bluetooth function and Telephone Control Input; as well as dual air bags, ABS, BA (Brake Assist) and six-star safety rating by the Japanese New Car Assessment Programme.
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