Available with immediate effect from specialist eyewear stores: Mercedes-Benz Style - unique design now also for spectacles

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Designed by the automobile designers at Mercedes-Benz, developed in collaboration with the eyewear specialists at Rodenstock: the new Mercedes-Benz Style Eyewear Collection for spring/summer 2013 will be making its debut at opti 2013, the international trade show for optics and design (25 to 27 January 2013). Also taking a starring role at the specialist show is a unique pair of Mercedes-Benz Style Iconic Eyewear sunglasses, whose sculptural design idiom and progressive, distinctive styling reflect the design idiom of Mercedes-Benz and offer a foretaste of the Mercedes-Benz Style Eyewear Collection 2014.

All in all, the Mercedes-Benz Style Eyewear Collection spring/summer 2013 comprises six pairs of sunglasses and nine designs for prescription lenses. Common to all is the brand's hallmark design idiom and their high-quality finish. The glasses are available from opticians now.

Among the highlights of the Eyewear Collection are the models MBS 1024 and MBS 4010. In the case of the sunglass design MBS 1024, the combination of rounded lenses in polished titanium frames with silk matt side pieces delivers a stylish interplay of matt and reflective effects. The spectacles are available in four different colours. The Driver's Edition features Rodenstock SunContrast or polarised lenses, providing full UV and glare protection in conjunction with an individual prescription, so enhancing safety.

Some of the latest designs involve frames in multi-layered acetate, which allows a harmonious combination of two colours, for example red and havana brown in the case of the model MBS 4010. These prescription lens spectacles, with their attractive sporty shape and rounded frames, are also available in dark green, olive and black-brown.

About Mercedes-Benz Style

Mercedes-Benz Style, like Mercedes-Benz itself, is a name synonymous with design and innovation. Mercedes-Benz Style conveys innovation through the sophisticated and intelligent design and styling of its products. This is immediately recognisable from the very deliberate and distinctive use of innovative materials, colour combinations, structures, shapes and light. Since 2010 the designers at Mercedes-Benz have complemented their commitment to classic automobile design with work on other products, in cooperation with selected partners.

Credits: Daimler AG

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Mercedes-Benz Style and Silver Arrows Marine create 14-metre motor yacht: Mercedes-Benz Style to present the looks for first ‘Silver Arrows’ motor yacht in Monaco

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More than 125 years after Gottlieb Daimler built the first motorised boat and cruised up the River Neckar, Mercedes-Benz Style and Silver Arrows Marine are presenting designs for a luxury motor yacht against the backdrop of the 2012 Monaco Yacht Show. The 14-metre-long seagoing Granturismo combines design elements typical of Mercedes-Benz automobiles with innovations hitherto unknown in the boat industry. The result is a progressive and emotionally appealing luxury yacht featuring the passionate design language of Mercedes-Benz. The yacht also represents the next stage in Daimler's vision of all-encompassing mobility: along with Mercedes-Benz vehicles on land and the Eurocopter EC145 Mercedes-Benz Style in the air, mobility on water under the aegis of the three-pointed star will also soon now be possible.

The motor yacht is being developed and will be built by UK-registered boat-building company Silver Arrows Marine whose team includes world renowned marine architects Martin Francis and Tommaso Spadolini, between them responsible for some of the most capable and luxurious craft in the world today. The ‘Silver Arrow of the seas’ is due to come on to the market in 2013.

“Giving shape to a boat was an exciting challenge for automotive designers like we are,” said Gorden Wagener, Head of Design Mercedes-Benz Cars, at the presentation of the yacht's design in Monaco. “Our task was to explore how to apply the Mercedes-Benz design language to the particular proportions and specific requirements of a boat. We wanted to create something special and what we have come up with is indeed unique. The ‘Silver Arrow of the seas’ embodies pure emotion and stands for luxury, style and pleasure.”

The crème de la crème of designers and boatbuilders

The new yacht, styled by Mercedes-Benz designers, is being engineered by the project partner, Silver Arrows Marine. “Silver Arrows Marine is a new brand with the best team of experts for extremely high-end maritime products,” Gorden Wagener said. As well as Martin Francis and Tommaso Spadolini, the Silver Arrows Marine team consists of specialists in all areas of luxury yacht development and construction.

Mercedes-Benz Style and Silver Arrows Marine have been working closely together to implement the designers’ interior and exterior style concepts in line with their precise specifications. The Mercedes-Benz Style team has been involved in the project from the beginning, collaborating with Silver Arrows Marine on the yacht’s innovative layout and use of space, shaping the exterior and interior and choosing materials and colour combinations. Silver Arrows Marine is responsible for the boat's technical equipment and construction, with the first yacht expected to be launched within a year of the presentation of its design.

On the design collaboration with Mercedes-Benz Style, Silver Arrows Marine Chairman Ron Gibbs said: “It has been a privilege to work with professionals as passionate about design as we are passionate about boats and the sea. I am confident that together we can deliver innovation and elegance in a motor yacht that changes the way people see boats in this class.”

Granturismo in its finest form

At 14 metres in length, the new yacht's design makes it suitable for a wide range of uses. The innovative versatility and intelligent use of space are particularly impressive. While ideal for a day on the water with friends, the motor yacht can also offer overnight accommodation. The elegant and timeless interior appointments offer a level of comfort and luxury commensurate with the Mercedes-Benz name.

About Mercedes-Benz Style

In addition to their work in the field of automotive design, the designers at Mercedes-Benz have been working since 2010 on a range of designs for other products, in cooperation with selected partners. The first product to come onto the market, in 2011, was the Eurocopter EC145 Mercedes-Benz Style helicopter, the first of which have now been delivered to customers. This was followed in 2012 by an exclusive furniture collection, produced in cooperation with the Formitalia Luxury Group, one of Italy's leading manufacturers of designer furniture. The Mercedes-Benz Style label encompasses transport-related products as well as furniture and lifestyle products.

About Silver Arrows Marine

Silver Arrows Marine is a collective of internationally renowned marine architects and engineers who are behind some of the greatest luxury motor yachts currently in service. Registered in the UK, Silver Arrows Marine works on an exclusive basis with leading specialists in all fields of luxury motor yacht design, development and construction to build high-end boats that make no compromises in their elegance, functionality and sheer usability.

Credits: Daimler AG

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