Word: designer
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Hadid's furniture line, Seamless, follows a less traditional route to the market. Auction house Phillips de Pury & Co. commissioned items to be crafted by Established & Sons, a British furniture maker. Eight to 12 pieces of each design will be made. After a short exhibition, the entire collection will be auctioned off for large sums at Phillips...
...playthings for little girls, dolls take on a much more artistic function as interpreted by the artist Alexander Girard, who died in 1993. The Wooden Dolls, above, originally made by Girard in 1963 and inspired by his love of folk art, have been re-created by the design firm Vitra. More of a decorative item than a toy, the colorful and slightly kooky figures delight...
Sleek redesigns of everyday objects abound this year. With this stylish storage solution from Andrew Lang Product Design, bicycles no longer need to clutter entryways. The colorful plastic Cycloc attaches to your wall with three screws. French design company Lexon has the wood and aluminum Dolmen radio, which lets you tune in to any FM or AM station. You can channel your inner '40s film star when you attach Hulger's P*Phone retro handset to your cell phone. Allowing you to avoid radiation exposure from your cell phone, it's a more glamorous alternative to a hands-free headset...
...just 25, Ambra Medda, below, is the toast of the design world. She is responsible for helping lift the industry (once thought of as the illegitimate stepsister of art) to the same level of esteem that the art world has long enjoyed. In December 2005 Medda, along with Sam Keller, co-founded Design Miami/, a fair created to run in conjunction with Art Basel Miami Beach. It was a forum for collectors, dealers and experts at the highest level to come together to converse, shop and exhibit. What started out as an experiment became an immediate, roaring success?it raked...
...fashion-world glitz when Leonardo Ferragamo (Salvatore's son) acquired the company in 1998, recently introduced the newest model in the SwanLine, the Club Swan 42, above. Created in partnership with the venerable New York Yacht Club, the yacht is the first in a new one-design class and is intended to level the playing field in racing with strict equipment regulations...