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Martha Taylor-Brown: Page 27

The quartz from Caesarea

March 13, 2010
Back in 1987 Arik Tendler founded the company CaesarStone that will produce a new type of surface slab superior to any other material. His secret was quartz.

Young design star

March 6, 2010
Charlotte Ronson is one of the most sought after womenswear designers. Name a movie or music celebrity and the chance is that Charlotte designed the dress.

Simple, functional and beautiful

February 27, 2010
It's easy to be carried away when choosing modern furniture: you may end up with very artistic, beautiful pieces with no functionality at all. Fortunately, designers like Dylan Gold make functional yet very elegant furniture, suitable for every home or office.

Swedish 70s with a bit of extravagance

February 20, 2010
Swedish company LYX is driven by philosophy that Scandinavian designs with simple and clean lined can be melted with a bit of extravagance. That philosophy brings us some astounding pieces.

Weaving the past into the future

February 13, 2010
How can you be expelled from the most prestigious design school and then graduate cum laude? Well, if you are Marcel Wanders you can. Meet one of the most famous designers today.

The best knife you can get

February 6, 2010
Why would someone pay more than 30,000 euro for a knife? The answer is simple: it's perfect in every single detail. Diamonds included.

Instead of a car buy a pen

January 30, 2010
After selling pens and pen-parts for years Mario Ferrari took the next logical step and founded his own company. These days Ferrari da Varese proudly presents Bugatti Type A pen with a price tag of a decent car.

Princess Diane von Design

January 23, 2010
Diane von Furstenberg is an designer "greater than life". She was a princess, a friend of pop-icons, created her iconic wrap dress and opened stores around the world. And she was always on top.

The dream of Sotirios Voulgaris

January 16, 2010
In the late 19th century, Sotirios Voulgaris, the head of the Greek silversmith family, moved to Italy and opened his first shop in Rome. He named it Bulgari.

From Hungary to the White House

January 9, 2010
Judith Leiber was born in Hungary where she studied the craft of handbag making. After the Second World War her American dream came true: almost every First Lady from 1963 has carried her custom-made bags to the U.S. Presidential Inauguration ceremonies.

Secrets of Haute Couture

December 19, 2009
With the fall of the Iron Curtain the world met new and exciting Russian designers and one among the best is Valentin Yudashkin.

The equation of time

December 12, 2009
Martin Braun was raised in Karlsruhe, in an industrial and cultural German city. His early contact with the world of watch making pushed his life in an exciting direction.
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