The world’s most luxurious baby bed – clad in 24-karat gold plating and lined with Swarovski diamond-encrusted quilting – with a cool price tag of $60,000, is making its GCC debut at Index interior design exhibition in Dubai.

The Luulu bed costs more than a year’s rent on a two-bedroom apartment in the Burj Khalifa, but its designers already have a waiting list of well-heeled families desperate to welcome their newborns into the lap of luxury.

To be unveiled at the Index interior design exhibition, which runs from March 26 to 29 at DWTC Trade Centre Arena, the ultra-modern crib – manufactured by a team of yacht builders – has been designed to mimic the feel of being in the womb, while offering parents a chic, high-end piece of furniture to add to their home.

Billed as being the epitome of diaper-doting luxury, the gold Luulu – which takes 200,000 man hours to plate – is perhaps more suited to the highway than the bedroom, with its soft interior shell lined with the same leather as the seats of Maserati supercars.

However, partners Marta Buzalska and Dariusz Panczyk – who run Luulu from their home in Gdynia, Poland, where they produce three different cot-styles, the gold of which is the most prestigious – actually took inspiration from the cream of the high-seas in dreaming-up the concept for their slick sleep pods.

Marta explained: “We came up with the idea while walking around Gdynia Marina, observing the exclusive yachts in the docks, while awaiting the birth of our baby boy Franek, and looking for an ideal cot. There were plenty of beautiful baby beds on the market, yet all of them were of the classic type. We wanted to have something exceptional, almost like the yachts themselves: a bed that would provide our sweetheart with security while looking good in our modern home.”

It was from this rather unexpected source of inspiration that the couple got to work in manufacturing what they wanted to be both the most luxurious and most comfortable baby crib imaginable.

"When designing the cot we firstly took into account the needs of the infants born prematurely," remarked Marta. "We created a nacelle where a baby could feel like he or she was still in their mother’s womb. We then thought it was important to have a cot that could be adjusted height-wise, and one that was mobile, making it easy to move with the baby inside to any spot in the house," she explained.

"Once we had the logistical side sorted, we focused on its decoration. Not only did we want to make it a beautiful space for a child, but we wanted a piece of furniture that would draw the attention of all who see it. With that in mind, we decided to dress it in exceptional materials," observed Marta.

“Its interior is the finest quality leather imported from Italy, more commonly found inside Maserati cars. The quilted interior is seasoned with Swarovski diamonds to look like the stars in the sky, while the mattress itself is flexible, totally natural, ecologic and hyperallergic, and was made according to all binding standards and attestations,” she added.

After completing their design, the specifications were given to a local shipyard, who specialise in the production of sailing yachts. Now, every cot is manufactured entirely by hand at the yard, using the same materials as the factory’s most exclusive yachts. The Luulu beds mirror the yachts through their modern design, symmetry and elaborate details.

The golden cot, and its more reasonably priced black and white alternatives, will be making their Middle Eastern debut at this month’s Index, the region’s biggest interior design event, in Dubai.

Show director Samantha Kane-Macdonald said: "Our greatest source of pride at Index comes from being able to bring all elements of interior design together, no matter the style, no matter the budget."

"We always have a packed sleep section and this year is certainly no different – but the Luulu bed definitely is!" she added.-TradeArabia News Service