Market Pulse: Fossil inks licensing deal w/ Diesel Sep 1, 2005
98 on Wednesday after the Richardson, Texas-based maker of watches, jewelry and fashion accessories inked a licensing deal with Diesel, an Italian design company, to make, market and distribute Diesel's jewelry collection. Financial terms weren't disclosed. (Yahoo Finance -- Jewelry & Silverware)
Museum shops sell home design next to postcards Nov 20, 2004
An $85 stainless steel cocktail shaker made by Italian design firm Alessi is on the shelf in the MoMA gift shop; upstairs, the 1957 original design by Luigi Massoni and Carlo Mazzeri is on display. The work of Japanese designer Sori Yanagi can be viewed at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and his $420 reproduction molded plywood "Butterfly" stool is for sale in the museum store -- and online. (SFGate.com -- Lifestyle & Leisure Breaking News)
• INSIDE GAMING: Aztar's up for sale ... What else is new? Sep 20, 2004
Harry Winston, Bruno Magli, Modafino Italian Design and Casa Fuente are some of the shops committed to the expansion. Like Breakfast at Harry Winston's, except Truman Capote made it Tiffany's but that's already across the street in the Bellagio. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Put a Cork In It Oct 15, 2003
This has always seemed especially true of a lot of Scandinavian design, which often has an earnestness that--and I know I am operating in the realm of wild generalizations here, but bear with me--doesn't excite me in quite the same way Italian insouciance does. It was designed by Erik Bagger, a 54-year-old Dane who was trained as a goldsmith and spent much of his early career working for Georg Jensen (Metropolis Magazine, NY)
