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...after-school snack a heavenly spin, producing kid-size, round toasted sandwiches or pastries (fruit turnovers, anyone?) in a jiffy. The heat-guard handle - though not what one would expect from the Devil himself - is safe for kids, who will get a kick out of the device's signature design feature - a pair of horns. iwantoneofthose.com Get a grip Avoid a stovetop traffic jam even if all burners are firing by snapping off the detachable handles of Woll's new cookware line.The handles make it easier and safer to transfer pots into and out of the oven, too. directcookware.com grate...
Anything seems to go in design today: styles clash, boundaries blur and hipper-than-thou types talk of "hybridity." And few practitioners better reflect the pick-and-mix trend than Barcelona-based product designer[an error occurred while processing this directive] Jaime Hayón. The 32-year-old Spaniard has a taste for the theatrical, so calling the latest overview of his work (at the Aram Gallery in London until Nov. 4) "Stage" is entirely appropriate. Playfulness is a hallmark, too. Having won a cult following in 2004 for his zany yet unsettling space-invader figurines - which were...
Theater set design is by nature ephemeral, rarely exerting an influence beyond the end of a show's run. Not so the fabled British designer Oliver Messel's scheme for the Royal Ballet's The Sleeping Beauty, first staged in London in 1946.[an error occurred while processing this directive] When it opened in New York City in 1949, wrote the legendary ballerina Margot Fonteyn, "Applause greeted the set before anyone danced a step." (Though five other designers of The Sleeping Beauty have been subsequently commissioned, Messel's was a fairy-tale setting the Royal reckoned had never been bettered...
...audience at the original London show, the British construction magnate Robert McAlpine was so enchanted by the stage set that he decided he wanted a bit of Sleeping Beauty's magic for his own domain. So he commissioned Messel to design a suite, a penthouse, a pavilion and a roof terrace with fountain for his luxury London hotel the Dorchester. The result, which opened in 1953 and has been restored but never altered, is truly fit for a princess. The entire scheme is an essay in riotous cod rococo: swagged chintz, contorted gilt (even the bathroom fittings are gold-plated...
...American Society of Landscape Architects yesterday awarded two Graduate School of Design faculty members with Excellence in General Design, the highest award the society bestows. Eliot Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture Michael Van Valkenburgh and Design Critic in Landscape Architectire Michael J. Blier each coordinated projects with their design firms to win the two awards of excellence. The recipients were selected from a pool of 500 nominees. Van Valkenburgh and his firm, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, are receiving the award for a seven-year landscaping plan at Wellesley College. The firm is in the midst of redesigning 13.5 acres...