Famous South African jewelry designer Yair Shimansky created full-sized Diamond encrusted soccer ball devoted to the opening of the FIFA World Cup held from June 11 until the final on 11 July. Dazzling soccer ball is studded with 6,620 white diamonds and 2,640 black round brilliant cut South African diamonds with a total weight of 3500 carats. Shimansky soccer ball weighs around 2,2 kilograms (4.8 pounds).

“It took about three months from conception of design to manufacture of the first crystal soccer ball,” says Michele Meyer, Marketing manager for Shimansky. Aside from the ball, Shimansky has also created a 9.3 carat World Cup dome ring worth nearly $16,000 and a pair of silver commemorative World Cup cufflinks worth $129. Price: over $3 million.
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This chalk Ping Pong table was designed by Studio Aruliden exclusively for Puma.
Clever ping pong table was handmade in a limited edition. It features such designs and material decisions as ash wood legs, storage compartments and a ceramic chalk.

Its chalkboard surface designed to engage players and spectators in new creative ways. A steel chain-link net introduces steel elements to a sport often played in basements or a neighbor’s garage. Price: $3900. Available from Conranusa.
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The first adiCup took place in New York City in 2002 to complete it in an annual football tournament. This year’s adiCup devoted to the 2010 FIFA World Cup hosts in four large cities worldwide: NY, Tokya, Berlin and London though May and June. NYC team slots have been filled with a record 28 crews, from various creative platforms such as music, media, fashion and hospitality. Opening Ceremony, V Magazine, UNDFTD, and Freeman’s Sporting Club takes place on Saturday, May 22, on the main field at New York’s Pier 40, Westside Highway, W. Houston Street.

A special edition adiCup 2010 Consortium pack has been created for each of the host cities, including a soccer jersey, bag and boot in honor of the games. For the USA pack, UNDFTD x Arkitip Magazine designed the pack which will be released at retail on June 11th. Finally, to celebrate adiCup, 2010 FIFA World Cup edition, Adidas has launched adiCup.com, a website dedicated to adidas ‘fanatics’ interested in tracking every update and stat of this year’s global events.
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Danish designers Anders Lynge and Soren Bak Hansen continue their series of Garia Golf cars by launching their latest Garia Edition Soleil de Minuit. It was designed exclusively for the world’s greatest luxury show Top Marques Monaco 2010, where it will be revealed in April 2010.

Garia is the only golf car in the world created with a meticulous attention to design and luxury. The result is a truly unique golf car that is guaranteed to give you an exceptional driving experience. Garia Soleil de Minuit is the most expensive golf car ever made by a manufacturer. It is priced at $52,000 (€39,000). More info from Garia.
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Most expensive car manufacturer Aston Martin as well as Bentley launched a range of hi-tech skis. Special-edition DBS Prague skis were handmade by Austrian ski specialist Differences and are offered in such colors: Morning Frost White, Quantum Silver, Almond Green, Silver Blonde.

Construction of each ski are perfect both for slalom or freestyle skiing and for the casual skier. The race-derived materials make them perfect for all downhill descents. The high-technology construction boasts the latest materials including composites, aluminium and carbon.
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Talent of British fashion designer Paul Smith is endless. For over 30 years of his creativity Tom established 13 different collections for men and women. Fashion clothing, designer accessories, luxury fragrances, unique furniture is not the whole list of his creations. The collections are wholesaled to 75 countries and there are 17 shops in Britain. This year Mr. Smith in collaboration with renown highest quality ski manufacturer Edelwiser decided to produce a collection of designer skis in a tonal signature multi stripe.

The Paul Smith Swing 162 with bindings is perfect whether you’re a newbie or an expert. The ideal quiver for all skill levels, on the groomers, in the backcountry and touring. Each pair of Paul Smith’s skis is produced on-demand and individualized with the owners name. The skis are hand-made and built with state of the art materials like wood cores, laminated sidewalls and graphite bases for optimized flex and torsion characteristics. Price: $1,300. Order from paulsmith.co.uk.
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Garia Golf Car, designed by Danish designers Anders Lynge and Soren Bak Hansen., is claimed to be the world’s most exclusive golf cart ever. It will be officially debuted at the Geneva Auto Show in 2010. But we offer you to take a look at this sexy cart right now.

Garia golf car features a double wishbone front suspension inspired by Formula1 cars, built-in refrigerator, hand-stitched seats and hydraulic brakes on all four wheels and custom paint by your choice. This golf cart is built to the highest standards. The aluminum profiles in the frame are finished by the same company that supplies aluminum profiles to Aston Martin, Jaguar and Volvo.

It also features hydraulic brakes on all four wheels with discs in the front and drums at the rear. The Garia pursues the celebrated Scandinavian practice of clear-cut and classic lines pooled with functionality. It is an effort to reinvent the traditional golf cars so far. Price: $17,499.
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Luxury brand Tiffany & Co offers stylish and useful sport accessory for the all of tennis sport players and admirers. This is a fashion designer tennis ball set that consists of four tennis balls packaged in a sterling silver container. The container keep tennis balls at optimal playing temperature.

One of the tennis ball can’s few adornments is a Tiffany’s logo stamped on the lid along with the engraved numbers 925 and 1837 when a company was founded. Hurry up to offer this cool tennis ball set. It has a limited edition. Price: $1,500.
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Stewart Golf produces dream golf machines! The company was founded in 1980 by Roy Stewart. Together with his son Ross and grandson Mark Roy Stewart combined their concept ideas and continued their production in collaboration with talanted design engineers David Funnell and Jon Miller. And now Stewart Golf takes a leading place in the golf industry and doesn’t stop to amaze the customers by its newly products. Thus, F1 Lithium Pull Cart is a great example of a hard work of the design engineer team. The results of this process are simply stunning.

The F1 Lithium is not simply an updated version of the X Series remote golf machines. Several exciting product ideas were generated and after much deliberation, the concept for a totally new powered trolley is chosen to take to the market. With the exception of a handful of minor components, every piece of the F1 Lithium is new. The F1 Lithium occupies just one third of the floor space of the X3R and 40% less overall volume. F1 Lithium comes complete with the purpose designed F1 Golf bag. It has been designed with an integrated structure and locking mechanism, it is included with the F1 Lithium. Price: £2,500.
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