Several leading designers now suggest that Nissan is setting the design standard, which would be a first for a Japanese company.
That became Ek's design standard.
How did a somewhat wonky design standard become such a strong marketing tool?
James Starley's 1871 Ariel set the design standard for the ordinary bicycle.
The furniture and dishes in the social hall have clearly been selected for a single design standard: they were free.
Yet even as his office grew, Lord Foster consistently managed to stamp all his work with a strong architectural identity while maintaining a high design standard.
Tailored wide-leg trousers worn with voluminous sleeves set the design standard that other labels will work hard to compete with this week.
Some of the issues were addressed by a committee of the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers, which developed a new design standard for low-power wireless technology.
These were business towns — with regularity of design standard in all of these river cities, travelers talked of their attractive business climates rather than their physical beauty.
When during her trial run the "Malolo" was rammed and a gash torn in her hull, her survival made the Gibbs design standard.
Determined to transform the district and set the design standard for others to follow, Mr. Robins hired the New York architect Walter Chatham in 1997, starting him with a slender budget of $1 million to spruce up Dacra properties.
