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...clothing. His performance is followed by a blonde’s chugging of her umpteenth beer. Five minutes later, her head lolling, she faintly murmurs, “Where did the wasabi go?” She tries to get up, professing her need to go to the bathroom, cannot make herself erect, and slumps back down.Just try to ignore the wildlife, Kavulla. Think of calming things, like Shinto priests putting drunkards and hussies into stockades for defiling Japan’s sacred honor...yes, that’s it, calm thoughts.I concentrate on my table, and an hour into...

Author: By Travis R. Kavulla, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dressed Up, Acting Up | 10/11/2006 | See Source »

...entire scheme is an essay in riotous cod rococo: swagged chintz, contorted gilt (even the bathroom fittings are gold-plated) and vibrant color (the bedroom juxtaposes canary yellow with magenta). The penthouse walls are decorated with gesso oak branches mounted on mirror to evoke the tangled briars that grew up around Sleeping Beauty's castle. There are lamp fittings shaped like birdcages, twig-like door handles on which perch golden birds, a tented ceiling, painted silk walls and an abundance of cherubs and shells, as well as a number of watercolors by Messel, two of them designs for The Sleeping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ballet Suite | 10/9/2006 | See Source »

...until Nov. 4) "Stage" is entirely appropriate. Playfulness is a hallmark, too. Having won a cult following in 2004 for his zany yet unsettling space-invader figurines?which were, not surprisingly, big in Japan?Hay?n then broke through last year in that most conservative corner of product design, the bathroom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hybrid Vigor | 10/9/2006 | See Source »

...boudoir-like fittings for upmarket Spanish bathroom manufacturer Artquitect, with crystal-ceramic basins on dressing-table-like legs, laser-cut mirrors and gilt surface finishes, left the design trade press in a lather of excitement. Showtime, Hay?n's subsequent furniture collection for another Spanish design brand, BD, also gives period features a sleek pop twist. There is a gleaming lacquered sideboard that can have up to six differently shaped legs, and a canopied armchair that resembles a 21st century hansom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hybrid Vigor | 10/9/2006 | See Source »

...small home version of its smell machine for $30 a month. It comes with scent choices like eucalyptus mint, citrus musk and lavender with ylang-ylang, a derivative of a south Asian evergreen tree said to have aromatherapeutic benefits. "By comparison," says Van Epps, "plug-ins scream Grandma's bathroom aerosol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scents and Sensibility | 10/8/2006 | See Source »

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