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...Where it mostly remains. World War II ended Paris' heyday as the world capital of design, and indeed of the arts generally. Despite a brief renaissance in painting and film in the 1960s, Paris is today a beautiful city with great museums, a glorious past and a lot of visiting New Yorkers...
...They should take note. The next culture-and-design rivalry will probably involve Beijing and Shanghai. Masterpieces by American creators of fashion, furniture and consumer electronics are already being replicated in the Yangtze and Pearl River deltas and sold at big-box stores. Meanwhile, Chinese painters like Yue Minjun and Zeng Fangzhi are pulling in big bucks at auction, and Chinese filmmakers, writers and musicians are not far behind...
...meantime, green groups are pressuring electronics manufacturers to take responsibility for the afterlife of their products. The strategy is working. By reducing toxic metals like mercury and using fewer small pieces of aluminum and glass, companies like Apple now design their laptops to be more easily recycled. Sony has pledged to work only with recyclers that pledge not to export e-waste. And Dell, which since 2004 has offered free recycling for its products (customers arrange shipping online), recently announced an in-store recycling program with Staples. To confirm that its recyclers are really recycling, Dell uses environmental-audit firms...
...outside the famously secretive Apple knows what, if any, succession plans Jobs has in mind. Observers speculate that Apple COO Tim Cook, design chief Jonathan Ive and dark horse Tony Fadell (who took the iPod idea to Jobs) are in the hunt--and, of course, Schiller, who, after enduring the horror of Macworld, might deserve...
Multiple Choices. The Personality Hotels chain in San Francisco is running a "5-10-15" promotion at all its properties - Hotel Vertigo (which takes design cues from the eponymous Alfred Hitchcock film), Hotel Union Square and others. You can choose from three deals: pay just $5 for a room upgrade; get a $10 Starbucks gift card; or save $15 on valet parking. Room rates start...