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...years ago, Home Depot started to think about its own improvement. Facing slow growth and fierce competition, the largest retailer of home-improvement products needed to reverse its potential fate in the tough business climate. Enter Peter Arnell, the advertising guru and product designer who has developed an unprecedented relationship with the home-goods superpower. This fall Arnell and Home Depot will unveil Orange Works, a line of innovative products for all facets of the home. In collaborative laboratories, Arnell and his team examine a design problem and test-drive ways to fix it. Their first product, the Home Hero...
...will enter the vast, windowless shop through large Gothic doors in the front or a cloud-festooned hallway that leads from the rear parking lot. Classic Diesel design aspects, such as the worn-in, vintage atmosphere of other locations, have been discarded in favor of unique lighting techniques and product displays. The stark cement floor gives way to a decorative metal-studded wood-marquetry design near the entrance. In addition, men's and women's clothing and accessories will be dedicated to the brand's most fashion-forward looks. But jeans devotees needn't worry: Diesel's signature denim...
...Fork (Phaidon Press) Following the success of Spoon, 10 renowned design-world figures, including I.D. Magazine editor Julie Lasky, curate a book showcasing 100 cutting-edge product designers...
Tord Boontje (Rizzoli International Publications) Martina Margetts, who teaches at London's Royal College of Art, and Dutch product and furniture designer Tord Boontje collaborated on this comprehensive look at Boontje's designs over the past decade...
...also has no public relations department nor even a business card - just his cellphone and backpack and motorcycle, deciding each morning at which location he'll spend the day. Alain Cojean would be a decidedly unconventional CEO, if ever he cared to take the title. Daily menus and product development is more and more solely in the hands of Fred Maquair, his associate and old friend of almost two decades. After the first few restaurants opened, Cojean bought a large kitchen in an industrial section of the Left Bank, where the food for the day is prepared then delivered...