Word: concepting
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...Lutz's first requests when he arrived at General Motors late last August was a new car. Not for himself; he already owns 17, including collectors' dreams like a 1934 LaSalle and a 1952 Aston Martin. No, GM's new vice chairman for product development was demanding a sexy "concept car" in just four months--in time for this week's annual Detroit Auto Show. Urged on by the man who recruited him, GM CEO Richard Wagoner, Lutz wanted to show industry leaders and critics that the world's largest automaker is moving to get its mojo back after years...
That's the big question: whether Lutz can push GM to produce not just one concept car that may or may not ever hit the streets but lots of beautiful, must-have cars. Despite a booming truck business and recent gains in market share against its troubled crosstown rivals Ford and Chrysler, GM still lumbers under the burdens borne by all the Big Three: in a stagnant economy, overcapacity and intractable labor costs have obliterated profit margins. Meanwhile, the soaring value of the dollar against the yen is giving Detroit's Japanese competitors an even bigger advantage than they already...
...wake of Sept. 11, a small gallery space opened in SoHo in an effort to provide another venue for the expression of grief, following in the idea of healing through art. The concept of Here is New York is remarkably simple but equally profound: Anyone—from a snapshot-taking tourist to a professional photographer —can contribute images somehow relevant to the attacks; the images are digitally scanned, reprinted and hung. Anyone can order a printed copy of any image for $25, with profits being donated to relief efforts. The layout of the gallery space reflects...
...current event” photojournalism. Certainly, some of the photos could stand on their own as photography; but overall this is work that must be seen and contemplated within a set context. The images have meaning because they speak to people affected by a great catastrophe. The concept of the show is perhaps itself art, while the individual photos were mostly not conceived by the original photographer as such but instead serve as a testament to the events...
Over the last four decades, “The Killer P’s” have redefined the concept of conference domination. Only twice since 1963—and not since 1988—has one of the teams failed to win or share the Ivy title...