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...Kred, about 10 km north of Bangkok, makes for a wonderful escape from the oppressive crush of the city's streets. The lush island is known for the fine quality of its clay and its skilled artisans who craft intricately decorated pottery as well as the more utilitarian red flowerpots seen all over Bangkok. The concrete path that circles the 1,000 hectare island can be walked in about an hour and a half. Go in the late afternoon, when the air is cooler and families sit out on their front porches preparing dinner. After a few hours of hearing...
Cost: Cell phones range from approximately $100 for the utilitarian to $300-plus for the most fashionable models. An average service plan is about...
...turns into the Connelly Center lot, the mood begins to change. By the time they enter the building—a utilitarian brick box—all the tutors have assumed a business-like attitude...
...about ethics and public policy: President George W. Bush’s Aug. 9 decision to restrict federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. While critics dismiss the decision as merely political, we insist that our country’s concern for human dignity requires the rejection of a utilitarian view of human life...
...Since the 1920s, Denmark has led the world in the design and production of furniture with beautifully clean lines that is devoid of decoration and some-times uncomfortably utilitarian. Salto calls it the "less is more" approach that was championed by the Bauhaus school of architects in Germany in the 1920s. According to Erik Krogh, a professor at the Danish School of Design, Danish furniture emerged thanks to the innovative work of Kaare Klint, a cabinetmaker who started putting Danish furniture on display at world exhibitions. "Up to my generation, we trained as cabinetmakers, and the attitude of a craftsman...