Word: designations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...point of view, took hold in a widening variety of activities and businesses. (The trend was initially detected by such different observers as Harvard professor Robert Putnam, who called it bowling alone, and Faith Popcorn, who called it cocooning.) Book publishing was done at home, as well as graphic design, data analysis, all forms of consulting and repair services. The necessity of intermediaries was further removed in such areas as shopping, banking and real estate. Independent rock-'n'-roll record producers competed from their home offices with big-label corporations. People were encouraged to distance themselves from other people...
...Aronoff Center for Design and Art This Cincinnati design school occupies an unpromising site, shoved between two older buildings and on top of a parking garage. Nor does its central feature, an 800-ft.-long subterranean corridor, seem to be the most compelling vehicle for delivering great architecture. But Peter Eisenman, never a safe designer, pushes all sorts of boundaries, including walls, floors and ceilings, to create spaces that are bewildering, exhilarating and compelling...
...Canon ELPH 490Z Yes, yes, this tiny aluminum point-and-shoot boasts a foolproof loading mechanism and powerful zoom lens, but what makes it truly revolutionary? Efficient design that features a swing-open lens cover, which turns the camera on and reveals a multifunction flash unit and a red-eye-reduction lamp. This canny placement of the flash inside the cover increases the effectiveness of the lamp feature by positioning the flash up and away from the lens...
...Hair" may be gone, but the opportunities for good theater at Harvard continue. I hear, for instance, there's a show going up at the Loeb at the beginning of reading period that requires the audience to help design the set. And while I would never stop encouraging students to go into Boston for a night on the town to see a professional show--I, too, have joined the proud tradition of Crimson editors crying at the production of "Rent" at the Schubert--we have an amazingly talented theater community here at Harvard. Help fill the audience at the many...
...SAMUEL SKAGGS and ALINE SKAGGS This Utah grocery-and-drugstore magnate and his wife gave $100 million to San Diego's Scripps Research Institute to establish the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, which will study new approaches to pharmaceutical design. The Skaggs donation matches the largest gift ever made by an individual for medical research, a $100 million donation to the University of Utah made by chemical-industry executive Jon M. Huntsman...