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...problem, aside from the pawing, is that for every one of the fair's 175,000 visitors there are 175,000 different opinions on what constitutes best of show. Nonetheless, Williams came back with some winners. Universally loved was the tree-branch chandelier designed by Tord Boontje using Swarovski crystal. Williams selected only one of Milan's reissues: the "bad-tempered chair," designed by Ron Arad and made of carbon fiber by Vitra, was originally launched by Vitra as the "well-tempered" chair and made of stainless steel in the 1987. Also of interest...
...COLLABORATION Seeing the Lights Some of the most fun in Milan comes from seeing which unusual suspects show up. The 107-year-old Austrian crystal-maker Swarovski has been making a splash in the fashion world by collaborating with edgy designers including Julien MacDonald and Alexander McQueen. This year Swarovski tried to make the same impact in Milan by teaming up with young industrial-design talents. The mission? To reinvent the chandelier. The seven resulting works did just that. Hella Jongerius made a chandelier frock. Georg Baldele created a rectangular "Glitter Box." But the favorite of V&A curator Gareth...
Race also factored into the blocking decision of roommates Kate G. Ward ’05 and Crystal I Chien Farh ’05, who found themselves sometimes at odds over their views on self-segregation. Ward, from upstate New York, is of a mixed European-Catholic background. Farh is of Chinese descent, and was born in the U.S. and raised in Hong Kong. “Probably the biggest thing that bothered me is that she said she feels more comfortable with Asians than whites,” Ward says...
...avoid such crises. Demand for arresters--and for many of the 7,000 other products the company makes--is affected by the weather, the economy and changes in building codes. What Sioux Chief really needed was a fortune-teller--and now Howard has that job. His crystal ball: a $4,995 Forecast Pro software program from Business Forecast Systems, based in Belmont, Mass. These days Howard's prophecies help everyone at Sioux Chief stay sane...
...Gary A. Mohammed ’03 is in hot water with authorities for repeatedly trying to make crystal meth out of the materials in the Adams House salad bar. “I can’t stop,” Mohammed commented as he rolled a fat joint of hummus and bacon bits...