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design
Designs That Move: Alessi’s Vacuum Cleaner
Designs That Move: Bang & Olufsen Speakers
“BeoLab 8000 stands poised on its cast-iron base; like a graceful ballerina balancing on her toes, the delicate look is combined with a robust construction and performance. The highly polished surface absorbs and reflects its surroundings, and is available in a range of bold colours, making BeoLab 8000 the perfect exclamation mark in any interior.”
Designs That Move: Sydney Lynch Necklace
“My design vocabulary derives from a wide range of sources which reflect my personal interests: the natural forms of rocks and seashells that I’ve collected since childhood, the lines and contours of landscapes where I’ve lived and traveled, the rich surfaces and intriguing shapes I find in weathered areas of the city. I’m interested in
Designs That Move: Terence Conran Chair
Sir Terence Conran is one of the world’s best-known designers. He founded England’s popular home furnishing store, Habitat, which brought good, affordable, modern design to the general public. In 1989, Sir Terence opened the Design Museum at Butlers Wharf, the first of its kind in the world.
Designs That Move: Louis Kahn’s Dhaka Assembly
Louis Kahn preferred simple materials – brick and concrete – but worked with them with astonishingly facility, creating spaces that are both highly functional and spiritually uplifting. For Kahn, architecture became the search for truth and buildings were living things. The Bangladesh project is a wonderful story in and of itself – a Jewish architect
Designs That Move: I.M. Pei’s Miho Museum
“Passing through a grove of peach blossoms in full bloom and through a cave, you arrive upon the village of the Peach Blossom Spring. What would you do if you were to create such a place?” I.M. Pei’s Miho Museum in Japan. Read the story of its design …
Designs That Move: Gehry’s IAC HQ
Frank Gehry designed this Manhattan building, the home to Barry Diller’s media and Internet business. Read the article from NY Times.
Hey, CEO! Do You Know How To Dress?
A few weeks ago, Businessweek published an article that caught my eye: Where MBAs Learn The Art Of Blue-Skying. For the longest time, high-tech has produced entrepreneurs and CEOs who are, for the most part, nerds. Fairly unidimensional, Silicon Valley is not known for its taste. It is known for its amazing talent in figuring out
