Designer Sky+ Boxes

As if Sky's Sky+ box isn't appealing enough (record any programme for the next week you want into the box's hard drive just by pressing a button), Sky has teamed up with a load of UK fashion designers to produce some nice limited edition boxes. Good news as far as we're concerned - we're getting tired of the stacks of silver boxes that are piling up under our TV. Matthew Williamson, Cath Kidston, Neisha Crosland, Wale Adeyemi and Eley Kishimoto worked on the designs.

Matthew Williamson's dragonfly design looks set to be the firm favourite (we've seen it and it's lurvely). The boxes are on sale from Monday 8th November, and they're bound to sell out in about 6 seconds because they cost the same as a standard box - £199 + standard installation. They're on sale exclusively in Selfridges Oxford Street, Selfridges Birmingham Bull Ring and Selfridges Manchester Trafford.

Call TechZone at Selfridges on 0207 318 3688 to order yours.

(Details from press release):

Highlights of the collection include:

•Dragonfly by Matthew Williamson, "Creating a gorgeous environment at home should be as important as wearing beautiful clothes. I love watching TV and am using my designs to change the cosmetics of Sky+ into something feminine and stylish. My Dragonfly design is simple and chic and softens the hardness of the Sky+ box."

•Flower Print by Cath Kidston, "The combination of colours on my classic flower print Sky+ box design will modernise any living room"

•French Knot by Neisha Crosland, "Fashion constantly recycles, and retro designs and classic patterns are enjoying a real renaissance at the moment. The most effective way to revive these designs is to reproduce them in a unique and innovative format such as on the Sky+ box."

•Rainbow Graffiti by Wale Adeyemi, "I wanted to create a design for Sky+ that not only highlights my signature urban style, but provides notable originality, taking what is at the heart of my collection from the street and the catwalk straight into the living room."

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