Word: reinvent
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...source for animal miniatures by teaming with trendy fashion designers like Alexander McQueen on the runway. Now the century-old crystal company wants to revamp lighting. "The chandelier is this luxurious, celebratory lighting fixture," says Nadja Swarovski, 34, who runs communications for the firm. "We challenged designers to reinvent it for today." Twenty- seven of them accepted the dare, and this month seven of the collection's 17 pieces--including Yves Béhar's Nest, above, a glowing cyclone suspended by strands of crystal, and Matali Crasset's Plexiglas Sky--were displayed at the Art Basel fair in Miami...
...strengthen governments, who can then make the transition to paying their civil servants well and establishing better institutions. With greater decentralization of production and more and more personalization of products, it is also harder for one nation to dominate an industry wholesale. Indeed, trade often forces old industries to reinvent themselves rather than completely disappear from a particular city or state...
...automation and robotic research center. As you might imagine, Parent is a car buff who enjoys renovating vintage automobiles, such as the 1955 MG TF 1500 he refurbished while on a two-year assignment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "We are not looking to eliminate cars, just reinvent them," Parent declares...
...automation and robotic research center. As you might imagine, Parent is a car buff who enjoys renovating vintage automobiles, such as the 1955 MG TF 1500 he refurbished while on a two-year assignment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "We are not looking to eliminate cars, just reinvent them," Parent declares. He says the latest electricity-powered model "is just a beginning." In the next three decades, he envisions roads populated by curvy, futuristic-looking CyberCars. Claims Parent, "soon you'll be able to order a [Cyber]Car on your cell phone." The traveling public seems to be warming...
Building on the report released in May, the Faculty presentation last week confirmed that many of our primary concerns about Allston planning are at least being addressed. Harvard has an opportunity to reinvent its modern undergraduate life with a contiguous and balanced campus; within reach is the elimination of weepy, freshly assigned first-year blocking groups sulking their way to Annenberg to grudgingly claim their Quad House t-shirts. Accordingly, we’re glad to see that plans currently include a minimum of two to three Houses built across the river—a replacement for the Quad Houses?...