Word: unexpectedness
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This is an apt moment for such a venture, since at present the design world seems poised at an intersection between a fondly reimagined past and a dazzlingly envisioned future--between cherishing what has gone before and vaulting toward something totally unprecedented. The creative friction between these two apparently warring...
The Concept: The Bouroullecs like to take existing objects and push their functionality to the limit, thus extending their uses in unexpected ways. Instead of a public phone, this is a public umbrella, or Street Umbrella, as they have dubbed it. A mobile phone is incorporated into the handle, and...
The unexpected souvenirs often cause tears, obstructions or infections—and, in extreme cases, death.
John Galliano was predictably unpredictable at Christian Dior; Julien Macdonald went back to basics at Givenchy; Karl Lagerfeld played with pretty at Chanel; and Donatella Versace retreated to the Versace boutique. At a time when the world's economy is shaky at best, the designers at the haute couture shows...
The DSM works like this: imagine you are Tony Soprano in the first season of The Sopranos. You have, in DSM-ese, "recurrent, unexpected panic attacks." You also have "persistent concern about having additional attacks," and you fear you're "losing control, having a heart attack, 'going crazy.'" You aren...