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...Katie M. Gray...
...shading and an inexplicably accurate grasp of perspective. He thus achieves an uncannily convincing suggestion of deep space that contrasts sharply with the roughness and irregularity of the paper he worked on. Here the torn edge of an envelope, there a line of writing peeking through a light gray ground, serve to continually interrupt the depicted illusion and assert a stubborn physicality. The result is a fundamental tension whereby the drawing/object seems to continually fluctuate between material and representation, object and form, refusing to take a steady place in our perception. And as far as I’m concerned...
...reserved a premier bungalow at Oberoi's Mauritius resort, he discovered upon arrival that he wouldn't have to bother walking the 20 yards to the spa because management had installed a personal sauna in the garden of his villa. "It's all about the wow factor," says Henry Gray, general manager of Oberoi's Udaivilas resort in Udaipur, India. "Nothing impresses this type of guest more than to walk in and find that their desires have been anticipated...
Phase 1, getting the Swoosh recognized, proved relatively easy. Nike outfitted top Chinese athletes and sponsored all the teams in China's new pro basketball league in 1995. But the company had its share of horror stories too, struggling with production problems (gray sneakers instead of white), rampant knock-offs, then criticism that it was exploiting Chinese labor. Cracking the market in a big way seemed impossible. Why would the Chinese consumer spend so much--twice the average monthly salary back in the late 1990s--on a pair of sneakers...
...wasn’t for its river perch, Newell Boathouse might resemble a cathedral. From certain angles, you can envision the building’s red and gray slate exterior cradling a congregation; the softly curved architecture of its roof serving as a shelter for a choir...