Word: sleeking
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
British engineering firm Xtrac has come a long way in its 25 years. From two tiny offices, the company, which designs and manufactures hi-tech gearboxes for racing cars, now occupies a sleek, 88,000 sq. ft. (8,200 sq m), purpose-built site in Berkshire, a one-hour drive west of London. Xtrac sells its lightweight, high-strength components to the majority of teams competing in Formula One, motor racing's blue-ribbon championship. But the road ahead suddenly seems a lot bumpier. With Formula One teams racing to cut costs amid the economic downturn, Xtrac is selling fewer...
...line on March 11 that's completely devoid of buttons. It shouldn't be surprising - if the offensive against buttons has a four-star general, it's Steve Jobs. He and his Apple army have stripped buttons from iPhones, iPods and MacBooks all in the name of their clean, sleek aesthetic. Apple - trendsetter extraordinaire - has put the button on notice. If this trend continues, the button stands to go the way of the crank or dial: uncouth, uncool, unloved, unremembered. (See pictures of 30 years of innovation at Apple...
...says. “Everyone has their own and we try to have as many avenues as possible.” Since it was revamped in 2005 by design firm mediumbold, the HUDS Web site has become an integral source of information for the administrators and students alike. With sleek graphics and fun facts, it displays detailed menus and nutritional information. Students can order meals to go and arrange for their pick-up at dining halls across the campus. And Meyer “dialogues” through weekly posts on the HUDS blog. Last semester, students in the Environmental...
Donna Karan is known for having revolutionized the working woman's wardrobe with her sleek urban clothes. But recently, Karan has been honing another concept in the loft-like Greenwich Village space that once housed her late husband's studio. Urban Zen Foundation is Karan's new philanthropic venture that hopes to raise awareness and inspire change in the areas of advancing well-being, empowering children and preserving cultures. Alongside the Foundation is Karan's new retail concept, Urban Zen, where she sells a mix of her own creations and objects she has culled on trips around the world. Karan...
...other side of the broad rectangular room, where Renaissance objects of bronze and silver intermingle with sumptuous art-deco furniture, an elaborate cubist Picasso masterpiece - Instruments de musique sur un guéridon, 1914 - hangs above a Cézanne watercolor of a French landscape, which hangs over a sleek, black bookcase hosting a perfect little female portrait by the 19th-century master Ingres...