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...Paul Getty Trust, the problems posed by the tableware project were part of the attraction. Says he: "I was interested in objects that could be mass-produced and usable and of quality." All three requirements are handsomely met throughout the collection. There are sturdy, dishwasher-safe porcelain plates ($46 to $145 each), full-lead crystal bar-and stemware ($35, $36) and silver-plate candlesticks and bowls ($125 to $350). The collection shuns traditional five-piece place settings for eclectic offerings. There is, for instance, Venturi's complex "Grandmother," a pastel floral print overlaid with bold black dashes. "Miami Beach...
...chutzpah." That, apparently, was enough. "An architect stood to toast the venture," recalls Powell, 40, a veteran management executive. "But another said, 'Sit down, we've got too much work to do.' " Last month Swid and Powell showed buyers their new pieces, including four porcelain patterns and, to satisfy customers who want complete place settings, solid black and white plates, cups and saucers to harmonize with the designs. Store buyers are pushing them to add items like sheets and towels. But the women make it clear that they will go only so far in pursuing the vogue...
Meier is best known for the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, which opened last year, a gleaming white tour de force with a majestic presence. It is the latest in a distinguished series of structures in which Meier's signature porcelain panels and white pipe railings are used with remarkable consistency and yet unflagging invention. Among the others: the Smith House in Darien, Conn. (1967); The Bronx Developmental Center for the mentally retarded (1976); and the Atheneum, a visitors' center at the restored Utopian community of New Harmony, Ind. (1979). Meier has also designed museums that...
...creative extension of the modern tradition, and he applies the prescription to his newest assignment as well. "I will have 18 months or so to work out my design concept for the Getty complex," he says, "but I already know that it will not be a white, porcelain-clad structure like the High Museum or the museums I'm doing for Frankfurt and Des Moines. It would be out of place on that site. Besides, I felt ready to shift direction, to change my style a little, even before this commission came along...
Lagerfeld also has a line of fragrances manufactured by Elizabeth Arden that brings in $140 million yearly in retail sales. He designs neckties, eyeglasses (for a frame like his own: about $45) and porcelain pieces, even as he continues to work for Trevira textiles as a "fashion adviser." He does a special line of men's and women's clothes for Isetan, a leading Japanese department store group, and is pondering a serious plunge into men's wear. "Yes," he says, with a discreet suggestion of feigned resignation, "I'm afraid I will do that...