Chen called it "the bastard child" of all his past games and a continuation of TGC's past themes of connection, nostalgia, and self-reflection.
Some past themes will likely see a shift, meanwhile, as past years' fascination with VR shifts to a more AR focus.
There are some retreads of Moran's past themes – material that seems a tad overfamiliar.
Echoing some of his past themes, Mr. Zawahri laid out a strategy involving economic pressures and terrorist attacks to wage "war on its own land" against the United States and to force Washington to maintain high levels of military spending to weaken its economy.
It's a new kind of project for Borja, whose past themes include puffy goldfish and light sockets.
The Americana, where I'm spending a weekend, is the newly minted brainchild of the California megadeveloper Rick Caruso, the force behind the Grove in Los Angeles and a family of other open-air retail developments that turn up the design volume on the dreary shopping mall experience, past theme-park kitsch, all the way to something sublime, say, a Diamond as Big as the Ritz.
Past themes have included "Tailored for gentlemen", "Flights of fancy" and "A fresh twist" where designers gave their heritage-inspired work a contemporary edge.
Past themes have ranged from Osama bin Laden to the ban on smoking in pubs.
(Past themes have included "third-generation Italians," "investment bankers," "retired rockers" and "home sweet home," a show that included styles of traditional Turkish dress).
Examples of past themes include Nurses and Environment (1990), Working with the Poor; Against Poverty (2004), and Closing the Gap: Increasing Access and Equity (2011).
