Word: one-of-a-kind
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Department stores are also paying more attention to tiny brands. For fall, Saks is planning to create a special corner in its flagship store devoted to one-of-a-kind designer items--a kind of launchpad, perhaps, for the next Habitual...
...kitchen-appliance department, big spenders got to oooh and aaah over LG Electronics' $8,000 Internet refrigerator with built-in 20-GB hard drive, MP3 player and digital camera (so you can look up recipes, cook to music and e-mail photos of the results). A one-of-a-kind garbage can, the $55 Smart Bin from Innovative Products, automatically pops its lid when you wave your hand over its motion sensor...
...been making one-of-a-kind handcrafted toys, selling about 200 or 300 pieces a year at $100 each," says Kirk. His collectors were mostly Peter Pan--like adults. (Toy Story director John Lasseter has several.) Kirk decided to try to get into mass production and formed a company, Hoobert Toys. This did not go so well, financially. A couple of publishers made inquiries about whether he would like to do a book, "but Nicholas was the only one who offered to pay in advance," Kirk says. Nicholas is Nicholas Callaway, a publisher and packager of luxe books on photography...
There are two main antiquing areas in the city. A walkable collection of stores is concentrated in the French Quarter, mostly spanning eight blocks on Royal Street and seven blocks on nearby Chartres Street. These dealers tend to feature older, pricier and one-of-a-kind historic items. At the edge of the Quarter starts Magazine Street, which runs for six miles and ventures into residential neighborhoods that include the lovely Garden District. Shops on Magazine Street are more eclectic and offer newer, less costly antiques. These boutiques are spread out, so to take them in, it would make sense...
...chandelier. The seven resulting works did just that. Hella Jongerius made a chandelier frock. Georg Baldele created a rectangular "Glitter Box." But the favorite of V&A curator Gareth Williams was Tord Boontje's "Design Blossom," a tree branch strung with lights and crystals. The creations are all one-of-a-kind prototypes, but Clare Kubicki, spokeswoman for Swarovski, says the company hopes that the manufacturers of the chandeliers will put them into production. After the exhibition finishes its tour of New York, Paris and London this year, demand shouldn't be a problem...