That is the problem of Ravenchase Adventures, a Honolulu-based company with an office in Paris that designs intricate treasure hunts for corporate team-building events and individual adventure-seekers.
Palm Springs is finding a balance between the past and the present and attracting visitors just as happy climbing canyons and sipping cocktails on a lounge chair as taking in the design and architectural treasures of the past.
A store called Shelter offers affordable keepers, among them the Japanese rice vases below (from $35 to $60), which were designed by Go East Treasures of Asia, a design company -- its name notwithstanding -- in Southern California.
The products whose design I most treasure have maintained a dignified constancy: Tabasco or Lee & Perrins.
The British puppet maker Billie Achilleos was the creative force behind the tiny treasures, designed to celebrate 100 years of Vuitton's inventiveness in leather.
Its program includes exhibitions on conflicting interpretations of uselessness in design and a treasure trail of personal collections of objects and memorabilia exhibited in different places along the route of the city's famous No. 28 yellow tram.
Most skyscrapers were controversial at first, for their design or for blocking treasured views of an older London landmark such as St Paul's.
Striking his usual insolent tone, he sends Carella a series of puzzling notes providing clues to his covetous designs on two cultural treasures, the Stradivarius violin that a celebrated guest soloist is scheduled to play at a concert and the rare First Folio edition of Shakespeare's plays from which the actor Patrick Stewart will read at a library tribute.
This landmark treasure, designed by George B. Post, architect of the New York Stock Exchange building, reflects the aristocratic impulse of 19th-century museum builders.
Pretty card designs can be treasured while eating or enjoying a drink, especially great for nature, animal, and seasonal themes.
