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Issue: August 24, 2006 (Archive)

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Going with the flow Without water there is no life. Waste it and the quality of life inevitably goes down the drain. Striking a balance between those two extremes is Grohe, a sanitary fitting manufacturer, which has embarked on a "never-ending quest for the perfect water experience." HK architects have designs on Venice A group of 13 local architects, designers, photographers and writers will be exhibiting their works at the Venice Biennale architecture exhibition from tomorrow till November 21. Style in flux Transitional style is emerging as a strong force in furniture and interior design. It's a clean look that references the past but looks like today. Depending on whom you ask, the style is traditional with a twist, a bridge between traditional and modern, postmodern or contemporary. What makes Acqua Liana green? - Solar panels cover a regulation-size basketball court and can create energy for two average homes. Green and bearing it When you enter the bamboo front door, it's obvious Acqua Liana isn't a typical 15,000-square-foot oceanfront mansion. The foyer's glass floor, lined with strips of LED lights that change colors, sits over a pond of bubbling water. Formal but fun Designer Anne Coyle clearly remembers the first time she saw her clients' very large, very formal apartment in an historic Beaux Arts building overlooking Lake Michigan. "It reminded me," she jokes, "of Wayne Manor, Batman's house." Judging from her lighthearted makeover here, if Coyle were Bruce Wayne's decorator, Alfred would probably be answering the door in a lavender waistcoat. Art decor Here's your chance for a quirky accent piece: local design company GOD has teamed up with the Savannah College of Art and Design to sell works by the school's staff, students and alumni at its shop in the Peak Galleria. Thinking small Let glossy magazines cover mega- mansions. Decor inspiration for ordinary people, those of us who live in 400 square feet, not 4,000, usually comes from blogs, which feature real-life lofts, studios and bungalows. Making ugly look beautiful Fed up with her countrymen's consumer culture, Sarah Waxman, a design student at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NewYork, created a cast-ceramic bowl that looks just like the industrial molds that ceramic housewares are cast in, complete with seams and registration "keys." The 22-year-old American explains that the pieces in her line "are saying that everything you're taking in is manufactured." Weaving in history Those who have been to Thailand should have heard of Jim Thompson, the American architect who helped revive the silk industry in the country after World War II and, in the process, transformed his Thai Silk Company into a world-class brand.

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