The Google acquisition offer was likely a play at scooping up an impressive, design-oriented team and a high-profile former Facebooker would have been a nice addition.
Sure, the Frank Lloyd Wright chair, Frank Gehry barstools and Alexander Calder brooches are all impressive design objects, but they represent only a small fraction of the gallery's inventory.
Originally part of Brazil's role in a South American naval arms race, she held the distinction of mounting more heavy guns (fourteen) and more turrets (seven) than any other dreadnought battleship constructed, in keeping with the Brazilians' requirement for an especially impressive design.
With a clean, yet edgy style, which is perfectly integrated into the BMW interior design approach, the new system has a range of impressive design features that discerning consumers have come to expect, as well as some that are unique to this model, such as the Floating Frame solid aluminium grilles.
But the Jumpdrive Triton combines crushingly-fast speed, a good size, impressive design and reasonable price all together.
The bridge at Dartford could have been designed by the enterprising architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava, but a post-industrial England that finds engineering little more than an embarrassing necessity rejected the Spaniard's impressive design in favour of a bridge that, although mighty, does little more than yawn its way across the Thames.
Still, Beneteau may be better situated to weather the coming storm, for the company provides a textbook example of how impressive design and modern production methods can overcome many obstacles.
MOST impressive, Design Miami had a vigor that was missing from Art Basel, which was seven times its size.
