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DIED. Warren Platner, 86, architect and designer whose graceful steel-wire chairs, tables and ottomans for the Knoll furniture company have been continuously produced since 1966; in New Haven, Conn. Platner, who worked with Eero Saarinen and I.M. Pei, had a role in some striking examples of modernism, including the interior design of Chicago's Water Tower Place, a vertical shopping mall, and Windows on the World, the restaurant that sat atop New York City's World Trade Center...
...Grass is Greener As a grass, bamboo grows far quicker than trees. What's more, stands of bamboo, unlike forests, can be replanted and harvested rapidly. This sustainability, plus the fact that it's durable and malleable, is bringing bamboo to the attention of hip furniture designers like Adapt Design. Check out the sleek range of bamboo chairs and tables at adapt-design.com...
Another thing about the Austin flagship: it is a she, like a yacht or a sports car, not a he. "See how this is softer, more rounded, more curved, more welcoming?" asks Robb, pointing to the lines of casings and walls. "A store design is about creating an intimacy or a connection. This is a more feminine design. The colors are warmer, shapes softer. The world was overly masculine in the 20th century, and it needs to be more balanced in the 21st...
...item at Whole Foods escapes design. The produce department appears art directed. Vegetable displays are torn down and put back up nightly. Strawberries are stacked airily in their baskets to resemble Chinese lanterns, a technique pilfered from Asian fruit markets. Over in prepared foods, cut fruit and portobello-mushroom kebabs are designed by a woman who travels from store to store training team members to do the same. "Shopping is 60% impulse, so the more the food is presented in a beautiful and exciting way, that all becomes part of the experience," Robb explains...
...longer dining hours” anyone? A lack of platforms has also resulted in UC elections turning into popularity contests. Last May, a bill was proposed to the UC to shift to direct elections and attract more people eager to manage financial statements or design cool social events. This would have led to more sophisticated electoral platforms, and consequently, more devoted representatives in all committees, rather than just one. Regrettably, it got shot down. Despite support from experienced delegates like President John S. Haddock ’07 and burly backing of the ad hoc Undergraduate Council Reform Commission (UCRC...