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...KIDS Finally, modern design for the tots. DWRjax, Design Within Reach's first collection of furniture and accessories for young'uns, isn't just beds and tables. The line consists of more than 60 imaginative, versatile pieces, ranging from play caves and riding toys to whimsical chairs and rugs. Also thinking outside the box is Maclaren, where style seems to be climbing the corporate ladder. The baby-products company is experimenting with a new array of vibrant colors, fabrics and designs. It recently hired Phillippe Starck, Lulu Guinness and Burberry to design sophisticated strollers, like the Starck Buggy, which sports...
...LASER CUT Furniture or sculpture? The answer was both for the vanguard brother-sister team of Thien and My Ta Trung at Canadian design studio Periphere when they created the all-steel, rococo-esque Iceberg table, with a laser-cut snowflake pattern in bright mirror chrome. In similar fashion is the Conran Shop's Prince chair, with a wool-covered rubber seat and back?originally designed by Louise Campbell for an invitation-only competition to give form to a chair for Denmark's Crown Prince. Swede Monica Forster was inspired by snow crystals and sunbeams when building her zinc-plated...
...SECESSIONIST When Ronald Lauder, son of beauty legend Estée Lauder, opened the Neue Galerie on New York City's Upper East Side, he knew he was sharing his love of Viennese art and design with the world, but he probably didn't think he would be setting a fashion trend. The Wiener Werkstätte and the Secessionist movement that came out of Vienna in the early 20th century are influencing fashion and home design. Fabric manufacturer Maharam has reissued the fabrics of Dagobert Peche, and young designers like Proenza Schouler are picking up on the colors and graphic detail...
...Tokyo designer Tao Kurihara, 32, has quietly grabbed the fashion world's eye with her delicate corsets and innovative handkerchief-inspired trench coats. A protégé of Rei Kawakubo, Tao graduated from London's Central Saint Martins design school before going to work for Comme des Garçons. She is among a handful of designers to watch in Paris...
...IXUS CAMERA Canon has added two models to its Digital IXUS range: 750 and 55. The former maintains a ?perpetual curve? design and comes in silver gray or satin beige. The 55 has a starburst radiating from the lens ring and is finished in silver-white palladium plating on stainless steel...