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...year-old dad and his 88-year-old mother with him. A Virgin Galactic prototype is taking shape on a hangar floor in California's Mojave Desert. New Mexico is negotiating leases with Virgin for its proposed spaceport, where space tourists could do some preflight vacationing. Designer Philippe Starck has been retained to add chic to Virgin Galactic plane interiors, hotels and spaceports. And despite the ticket price, sales are already closed for the first group of 100 passengers, called the Founders. "I'm absolutely sure that millions of people want to go into space," says Branson...
...visit Holland, perhaps Holland can take up residence with you. Swiss furniture maker Vitra, which has made furniture by Ray and Charles Eames, Frank Gehry and Philippe Starck, introduces Dutch designer Hella Jongerius' Polder, a couch that mimics the Netherlands' flat landscapes, upholstered in six fabrics. Windmills not included...
Want to release your inner designer? See yourself as a budding Tom Dixon or Philippe Starck? Then you'll love the household accessories on this page, each meant to be customized by its owner. If you can't resist the[an error occurred while processing this directive] urge to twiddle and tweak - but aren't into building things from scratch - there's a DIY designer goody...
...northwest wing of the Louvre and has been a Parisian institution since 1905, has been closed for 10 years. The restored and redesigned galleries reflect a new approach to presentation. The permanent collection, with pieces ranging from furniture by Baroque master André-Charles Boulle to contemporary designs by Philippe Starck and Marc Newson, will be displayed chronologically and by artist or workshop, allowing visitors to understand the historical and cultural contexts from which the works are derived. The sweeping collection includes 150,000 pieces of furniture, porcelain, glass, textiles, toys and jewels dating from the Middle Ages to the present...
...regulars who've come to believe that good jazz needs sticky carpets and nicotined walls could find the results a bit dazzling. But French designer Jacques Garcia, who also remodeled the opulent Hôtel Costes in Paris, has retained the club's laid-back ambience: red velvet, Philippe Starck lamps and brass rails (yes, they gleam), but he added another tier of banquettes to make the stage feel more like a boxing ring. "I wanted to give the musicians the feeling of absolute power," says Garcia. And where the food was always a bit of a joke - "A thousand...