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Holy Ship! Marc Newson Designs 1960s-Inspired Power Boat

It's a steal for $1.5 Million!READ»

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Jeff Koons and BMW Unveil Art Car at Paris Le Mans [UPDATED]

The 17th BMW Art Car was unveiled in France yesterday, two months after artist Jeff Koons had previewed it before the world's media. Originally a 3-D computer-aided design, it's lost a dimension, been printed onto vinyl and wrapped ...READ»

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Michael Crichton on the Block: Record Haul Expected from "Jurassic Park," "ER" Creator's Collection

Most people know Michael Crichton as the guy who threw over his medical practice after hitting the big time as author with a knack for penning movie-ready novels, first with The Andromeda Strain, then with Jurassic Park and State of ...READ»

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Jeff Koons Previews His BMW Design

The new car will be the 17th in BMW's fabled "Art Car" series.READ»

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Roll & Hill Wants to Make American Design Accessible

Jason Miller's Roll & Hill wants to be that all-too-rare thing: an accessible maker of American design.READ»

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Obscura Digital: iGoogle Artist Themes

One of Obscura's best known projects, iGoogle Artist Themes involved turning an entire city block of the Meatpacking District in New York into a series of projected, interactive billboards, where the work of artists like Jeff Koons ...READ»

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Jeff Koons to Design Car for BMW

The pop artist has been tapped to create the latest in a long line of "art cars." Should be wild, judging from recent history.READ»

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New MOCA Director Deitch Will Close His Gallery But That Doesn't Quiet Angry Art Mobs

Jeffrey Deitch will close his gallery before he begins work as MOCA's new director on June 1. That's no consolation to critics who think it's a dangerous choice for the museum--and art.READ»

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MOCA Names Jeffrey Deitch as New Director [UPDATED]

The once-troubled Los Angeles institution rocks the art world with a radical new model for museum leadership and a high-profile new leader.READ»

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Not So Heavy Metal: Three Experimental Designs

Good designers have a way of fashioning surprises from familiar materials. Here's three new projects--all of which elevate metal into something wonderfully strange--that made us sit up. Tim Parson's zooms in on materials with a ...READ»

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The World's Most Horrifying Candy

You'll never guess what Stephen J. Shanabrook uses to mold his chocolate truffles.READ»

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Obscura Digital Can Make Your Brand Big...Really, Really Big

We recently named the firm Obscura Digital one of the top ten innovative companies in advertising and marketing, but their work really puts traditional advertising to shame. Obscura first worked the festival circuit, creating ...READ»

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What Recession? Jeff Koons' $25M Sculpture Forges Ahead

Although one artist's opening has already been postponed due to a lack of gold, a monumental $25 million work by Jeff Koons is now entering the fabrication stage. It's a 70-foot replica of a steaming locomotive from the 1940s, ...READ»

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Obscura Digital's High Def Projections

A multi-media design lab out of San Francisco lights up companies such as GM, Google, and Oracle with mind-blowing projections. READ»

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Work/Life: Getting my front tire past NY's toughest gatekeepers

It's fitting that my latest experiment relates to the "/" in work/life – the sliver of time spent getting to and from the carpeted cubicle, counter or cockpit. I've been conducting a test with the tikit, a new kind of folding ...READ»