Word: interiorities
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...years since its founding, Swarovski has established itself as the largest supplier of high-end crystals to the fashion and design industries, adding sparkle to jewelry and evening bags as well as a growing number of interior-design products, from expected items such as chandeliers and vases to more original pieces like curtain tassels. Crystals are essentially sand and water and chemical coloring agents fired and then cut and polished by machine, so a factory visit would seem harmless...
...says, she realized Swarovski had not been effective at communicating its link with fashion. She launched several initiatives, including setting up a showroom in New York, where American designers are invited to paw through 200 drawers filled with crystals. There are event sponsorships and clever collaborations with fashion and interior designers, the most successful of which has been Crystal Palace, launched in 2002 for inventive lighting projects. Several of them, particularly Norwegian designer Tord Bontje's Blossom chandeliers in the shape of a branch (the small one is priced $15,500), have been widely copied. "We never just give money...
...Many are keen to remind her that it isn't yet her battle to lead. Party members will not choose their standard bearer until November. But opinion polls suggest Royal is by far the most popular of the left's possible candidates, and the only one who could beat Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, leader and all-but-anointed candidate of the main party of the right, the Union for a Popular Movement. Deliberately, Royal is avoiding a direct battle with her party rivals, an indication, her campaign advisers insist, of her determination to create a new political dynamic...
...explains. He demanded to know what the dealership's top salesmen made--and got the job. Banishing all doubt--"You can't sell a $40,000-to-$50,000 car with menial thoughts"--Adams took four days to retail his first vehicle, a Ford F-150 Lariat with leather interior. He knew that many fellow salesmen don't notch their first score until their second week. "Right now, I'm above average!" he exclaims. "It's a new day God has given me! I'm on my way to a six-figure income!" The sales commission will help with this...
...hard man to see. Even for those who gain access to the Presidential Palace in Kabul, his office is nearly invisible, tucked into the corner of a two-story building and marked only by a plainclothes security guard who sits outside its wooden door holding a machine gun. The interior of the office is adorned with large Afghan rugs, cream-colored sofas and a marble fireplace; behind Karzai's desk is a bookcase that prominently displays the collected writings of George Washington. From the serenity of that perch, it's tempting to gaze down at the blossoming rose garden below...