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...Lead Sister: The Story of Karen Carpenter by Lucy O’Brien (Nine Eight Books/Rowman & Littlefield) “It’s like being haunted,” Karen Carpenter said of the eating disorder that led to her death in 1983, at...
...The story of a carpenter who became an icon, Harrison Ford’s biography has a certain seasonal appeal....
...“The combination of texture, humour and the trompe l’oeil design ‘hanging’ with game honours old traditions… For Janet and Cameron, God really is in the details....
...But my favourite of his films, Safe and Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, which used Barbie dolls to dramatise the teen sensation’s descent into anorexia, are his most disquieting and airless....
...On one hand they have a balance sheet and a P&L like anyone else, and right now they’re not looking great....
...I ask how she transitioned from such cacophonous sounds to being an artist whose crystalline voice has been compared to those of Joni Mitchell and Karen Carpenter....
...Karen Grimson is the curator who looks after the art and design collection of Dacra, the real estate company founded by Craig Robins in Miami 35 years ago which was instrumental in the creation of Miami’...
...With a background at L’Oréal making cosmetics containers, Paslier began crafting seaweed materials in his kitchen. Now, Notpla processes about 30 seaweeds from around the world....
...“We can employ gardeners and a live-in carpenter and start restoring parts we never thought we could — even rebuilding [the property’s] towers,” she says....
...I still dream of that trompe l’oeil corrugated iron tent — veranda, stained glass, flags and all. If you have a question for Luke about design and stylish living, email him at lukeedward.hall@ft.com....
...En route to the Master of Wine course, Scott worked for the American wine writer Karen MacNeil and the impeccable Spottswoode winery in Napa Valley....
...It is marking its new charge by offering his “L’Infinito” (1989) at Art Basel’s Unlimited section for large-scale works (September 24-26)....
...John Baldessari, Karen Kilimnik, Merlin Carpenter and Henry Flynt contribute words on canvas, and more provocative performances are captured with Gustav Metzger’s “Auto-destructive art” and Adrian Piper’...
...Two years ago I dedicated my collection at Carpenters Workshop Gallery to the country. It was inspired by cherry tree blossoms....
...There’s nothing geeky about transport posters, assures Karen Lansdown of Travel on Paper....
...Individual efforts, meanwhile, include the 8,000sq m workshop near Paris run by Carpenters Workshop Gallery – a leading name in collectable design – to uphold the skills of the French arts décoratifs, and...
...Although Boohoo has more deals under its belt — acquiring Karen Millen, Coast, Oasis, Miss Pap and Warehouse over the past 18 months alone — Asos has also sized up plenty of targets....
...Tom Lear, a 20-year-old carpenter, joined the movement three years ago. He began building his own tiny house after discovering a global community of fellow enthusiasts online....
...Matthew L Tompkins is an experimental psychologist and professional magician....
...Karen Summers, one of the godmothers of the craft, began her career almost 20 years ago. She had just had her first child and found herself at home with a bit of time on her hands....
...They are seemingly at ease — despite the noise of technicians and carpenters working — when they step outdoors to say hello....
...The owners are South African — Karen Roos, an author and former editor of Elle Decoration South Africa, and her husband Koos Bekker, who is chairman of technology group Naspers....
...Karen Howes, co-founder and CEO of interior design studio Taylor Howes, found herself dreaming up furniture designs when she failed to find the pieces she wanted for a project....
...Advent Candle Holder by Karen Blixen for Rosendahl, £85 This candelabra is made from zinc alloy and available in a gold or silver-plated finish. connox.co.uk Reflections of Holidays Square Bowl by Versace...
...At the AA, he benefited from the teaching of George L Legendre, an architect who in 2006 succeeded in designing Henderson Waves, a 274m-long pedestrian bridge in Singapore, with a single equation....
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