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...Loewe Lamps Loewe’s creative forays in Milan have done much to spotlight – and elevate – artisanship in recent years....
...In a Cinderella-blue colour, with a deep V neckline, the look called back to the Prada gown Nyong’o wore when she took home the Best Actress award a decade ago....
...A long V-shaped fissure which cuts dramatically through the backrest, when seen from the front, reveals the silhouette of Batman’s horned mask....
...Write to the FintechFT team at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com....
...Xerox wants to give HP’s board its walking papers We’re all guilty of overusing the David v Goliath trope but in the case of Xerox and HP, it really does apply....
...One has a curving V-shaped base (£12,000) and the other stands on a solid column (£8,000)....
...Givenchy’s also quietly returned to the men’s schedule, presenting looks in its couture salons on the Avenue Georges V — a stand-alone menswear show is on the cards for June....
...I don’t think I’d ever met an architect in my life before going to Cooper [where he studied architecture and gained his first degree in 1970]....
...It has higher cabin air pressure, better lighting and larger windows....
...Victoria & Albert Museum Cromwell Road The V&A returns as the LDF’s official hub and host of the Global Design Forums — a series of talks, including Merel Bekking on “Brain Manufacturing”, which explores...
...“Lighting now is either minimalist or decorative,” according to Trend Lab, the new research and intelligence centre at Milan’s Salone del Mobile....
...Victoria and Albert Museum As the festival’s official hub, the V&A will host talks about the future of design and a series of installations....
...They began by designing furniture and lighting for clients including Isokon, Capellini and Flos....
...Design is critical, and there are multiple solutions to the 3D jigsaw puzzle of business class: yin-yang; staggered herringbone; “stacked-V”. Jamco’s DoveTail seat has a layout like parquet flooring....
...Meanwhile, in the US, the fabric was sold to more than 200 designers via Greeff Fabrics Inc. Yet it wasn’t always obvious that it was destined for such success....
...One night, when I return from central Milan, an hour’s drive or 40-minute train ride away, the lobby takes on the feel of a somewhat tacky nightclub, with loud music, purple lighting and bottled cocktails...
...And the Grand Palais is the best location possible, with its lacy glass and limpid natural lighting....
...Top shareholdings: Resolute Forest Products; Dex Media; Cooper Tire & Rubber Company; IBM; Merck & Co; New York Times. Portfolio Value: $2.5bn....
...the Brooklyn-based lighting company Roll & Hill....
...Here is our guide to what else is happening in Milan this year: … Euroluce Euroluce is held every other year and showcases every conceivable type of lighting....
...Danish students in skinny jeans traipse around photographing pieces of lighting (and each other)....
...In case you’ve been hiding under a rock these past few weeks you’ll have noticed that the fashion carousel of New York, London, Milan and now Paris is nearing its full rotation (actually, maybe that’s why...
...The hotel forecourt turns into a Dubai-esque display of rainbow-coloured fountains, garishly lighting up the waving palms. A wedding party in full regalia arrives at the Méridien....
...The comments, in a report by the US-based consulting company Compass Lexecon, represent unusually strident criticism from a big tobacco company and come after Alison Cooper, the chief executive of FTSE 100...
...Moggridge moved to New York in 2009 to become director of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, part of the Smithsonian Institution....
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