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...insulate the interiors from the brutal equatorial sun. Their fruit makes for a handy snack. Lotus ponds punctuate factory floors. ?If the fish die,? says Hardy, ?we know something is wrong.? The compound is designed to be light on the ground. If the Hardys closed shop, the whole area could be back to rice paddies in three months' time. The breathtaking showroom is a cathedral of curving bamboo, designed by renowned Malaysian architect Cheong Yew Kuan. It's easy to chuckle when Hardy speaks of building replicas on the roofs of malls in the U.S., turning...
...opened the Madison Avenue store, taking over chief design duties for the label from his father, who still runs the Paris shop. The younger Mendel, however, wouldn't mind if the company, still privately held, lost the family management by being bought by a fashion conglomerate. ?I'd like to do accessories, bags, shoes,? he says. ?I'd also have a more global reach. For that, I need additional backing.? His timing seems perfect...
FOOD FOR LESS Forget vip phone lines, advance reservations and jaw-dropping dinner bills. Some upscale restaurateurs have set up shop in more humble locations such as, uh, the sidewalk. Danny Meyer (of Blue Smoke, the Modern and Tabla fame) last year unveiled a ?roadside? food stand in New York City's Madison Square Park. The Shake Shack serves up affordable fare like cheeseburgers, crinkle-cut fries, hot dogs, frozen custard, beer and even breakfast?you can eat your warm heirloom apple fritter and Shack-a-ccino (total: $5.31) on a folding plastic chair under the shade...
...sculpture? The answer was both for the vanguard brother-sister team of Thien and My Ta Trung at Canadian design studio Periphere when they created the all-steel, rococo-esque Iceberg table, with a laser-cut snowflake pattern in bright mirror chrome. In similar fashion is the Conran Shop's Prince chair, with a wool-covered rubber seat and back?originally designed by Louise Campbell for an invitation-only competition to give form to a chair for Denmark's Crown Prince. Swede Monica Forster was inspired by snow crystals and sunbeams when building her zinc-plated, polyester-powder-coated Cake...
Last month Rubinacci opened a London branch of his famous Via Filangieri shop. Located in the heart of Mayfair, on Mount Street, the new addition may just give the Savile Row folks a bit of a scare...