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Long, long ago--in what they are pretty sure was the 1974-75 school year--John Mackey and Kip Tindell shared a house with three other students near the University of Texas campus in Austin. They played a lot of poker--Tindell always won--but never became particularly close. After that year, they drifted out of touch...
...Moretzsohn was pleased with the large turnout and the party’s high-profile reputation on campus. “I think that it has come to be known as the hugest event,” she says. But not all partygoers were as enthusiastic. Alyssa J. Mackey ’11 went into the party a lot more jazzed than she left it, having heard from upperclassmen that it was the best party of last year. “We actually thought it was more of a big deal than it was,” Mackey says...
Design can sometimes seem pretty mundane?how hard is it to change the shape of a coffee mug??but often the most random life experiences can inspire grand ideas. Witness the way John Mackey, a six-time college dropout, changed his diet (from meat eater to vegetarian) and in doing so envisioned the nation's first natural-food market, which he eventually built into Whole Foods, a $9 billion business that has revolutionized the food industry. Similarly and against terrific odds, inspiration is what propelled ceramicist Eva Zeisel out of prison, where she had been confined on false accusations...
...Visionaries: PAOLA ANTONELLI ANDRE BALAZS YVES BEHAR DOMENICO DE SOLE ROB FORBES TOM FORD NORMAN FOSTER NICOLAS GHESQUIERE NICOLAS G. HAYEK NICK HAYEK JR. JAIME HAYON JOHN MACKEY FREDERIC MALLE JASPER MORRISON NAU COLLECTIVE MARK PARKER ANNE-SOPHIE PIC MIUCCIA PRADA PHILIPPE STARCK MARGARETA VAN DEN BOSCH ANDREW WEIL EVA ZEISEL
...operative word, however, was guy. Like many revolutions, this one liberated the men first. The shows focused on male antiheroes and their loud, angsty Y-chromosome dramas: Tony, The Shield's Vic Mackey, Rescue Me's Tommy Gavin, Dexter's serial killer Dexter Morgan, Deadwood's Al Swearengen, 24's Jack Bauer. These shows made TV more complex and challenging, but their definition of serious drama had a pronounced silverback streak...