Word: minimalist
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Even good TV animation today is about doing more with less: less movement, less texture, less detail, as in the minimalist Powerpuff Girls, with its static figures "flying" against a pulsing background. If Samurai Jack (Cartoon Network, debuts Aug. 10, 7 p.m. E.T., then Mondays, 8 p.m. E.T.) looks like no other cartoon on TV, that's because it's maximalist with a capital MAX. Richly textured backgrounds, constant visual surprises, a thrilling music score--this 'toon gives you your cable bill's worth...
Beijing's choicest cocktail crowd gathers on nearby Xingfu Cun Zhong Lu, at the Neo Lounge, which is minimalist, marble-topped and features a large Buddha stoically surrounded by champagne bottles. All your favorite Western poisons are available. Also on tap: the deafening cacophony of bright young things, local and foreign, that is part of the scene from Tokyo to Toronto. To be part of it, call (86-10) 6416-5615. Too tame? Pop around another corner to Club Vogue, on Gongti Dong Lu, where the state-of-the-art sound system has channeled the dubby deckwork of some...
...scale. But the new creative director, Scott Fellows, has something most designers don't: a Harvard M.B.A. (He also attended the Fashion Institute of Technology.) He and his thirtysomething former Harvard roommate, Abel Halpern, who is a managing director at Texas Pacific, have added all the right ingredients: a minimalist new store in Berlin and one on its way in Los Angeles (appositely opposite Gucci and Prada, which started this whole thing), editorial wooing and an edgy ad campaign. Oh, yes, and clothes. The Milan runway show in March drew accolades. Don't be surprised if your teenager starts haranguing...
...scale. But the new creative director, Scott Fellows, has something most designers don't: a Harvard M.B.A. (He also attended the Fashion Institute of Technology.) He and his thirtysomething former Harvard roommate, Abel Halpern, who is a managing director at Texas Pacific, have added all the right ingredients: a minimalist new store in Berlin and one on its way in Los Angeles (appositely opposite Gucci and Prada, which started this whole thing), editorial wooing and an edgy ad campaign. Oh, yes, and clothes. The Milan runway show in March drew accolades. Don't be surprised if your teenager starts haranguing...
...them smiling. Stick a camera in any child's face, and that's what he'll do: perform, to please the gawking outsider. After a while this approach looks like exploitation. It's sad to say, but one of the world's great directors has produced a minimalist minstrel show...