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  • Peter Zec: Searching for Excellence in Design

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    Prof. Dr. Peter Zec, an expert on business communication and design, presents a clear picture of a company’s strategy, which only keeps its self-determined freedom of action if it does not delegate the uncertainties of the market to marketing and trend researchers. Based on the results of the “Red Dot Design Award,” Zec demonstrates that [...]

  • History, Memory, and the Book: Exploring a Diachronic Dimension in Contemporary Chinese Art

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    This talk has two themes. First, I want to reflect upon a fundamental problem or dilemma in presenting contemporary Chinese art in the West. Second, I want to explain the purpose and content of this exhibition, which to a large extent responds to this problem.
    In a lecture I gave at the MoMA earlier this [...]

  • Living Brands: Carmen Marc Valvo

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    VIDEO: From Queen Latifah to the Princess of Sweden, Carmen Marc Valvo designs dreams for women of all sizes – from size 2 to 22. Carmen’s uncompromising attention to detail and flair for flattering every figure makes him a favorite of perhaps the broadest range of women draped in haute couture.

  • Duroseau Couture Fashion Show

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    VIDEO: We tag along with our friend Christian Ruart to a fashion show he’s producing for Duroseau Couture. We put a microphone on Christian, wind him up, and let him do his thing.

  • Cuba: Old Men of the Mountains

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    In March of 2004 I boarded what would become the last direct flight from Miami to Cuba. While commercial aviation to Cuba has been forbidden for years, educational trips could fly direct.
    Most likely conforming to the misguided whims of everybody’s favorite Cuban lobby, which somehow seems to promote policies that hurt the Cuban people [...]

  • STYLELOUNGE

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    VIDEO: We produced this TV show for STYLELOUNGE that aired on the Beauty & Fashion channel.

  • A Journey of Dmitri Shostakovich

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    With the centenary of Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich’s birth (September 26th, 1906 – August 9th, 1975), 2006 marks a revival year for this greatest of Russian 20th century composers. In commemoration of Shostakovich’s life, events are taking place worldwide, including performances, screenings of films including never before heard film scores, films of classic performances of his [...]

  • Judith Ripka

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    VIDEO: Raymond Nadeau profiles Judith Ripka jewelry line in New York City.

  • Creating the Perfect Design Brief

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    We made the most of our time at the Design Management Institute’s annual conference in Vermont.
    Our interviews with interesting thought leaders in the design industry didn’t stop with Robyn Waters. We also had a chance to sit down (and have a few glasses of wine) with Peter Phillips, design guru and author of Creating the [...]

  • Gen Art Fashion Show: Lincoln Mayne

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    we filmed many of the fashion shows at this year’s new york fashion week and are producing some tv shows around fashion week that will air on the beauty and fashion channel.
    we’re starting in on post-production to create a few half hour shows based on the many hours of backstage footage, interviews with designers, models [...]