These were some of the directives that Ms. Lake provided to Anton Goss, 41, a Los Angeles-based set designer who's carved out a niche designing sets for single-named daytime talk-show hosts, including Oprah, Tyra, Ellen and now Ricki.
Harley Ellis Devereaux, based in Detroit, has carved out a successful niche designing forensic crime laboratories.
They said they had tried many different solutions to the quandary of where to put the bed — including, of course, using the niche designed for a Murphy bed next to the kitchen — before they arrived at an ingenious idea: raise the end of the living room about 18 inches, and slide the bed under the platform, a modern take on the trundle bed.
Niche designs that have focused blindly on eco-technologies have not worked, he says.
Understanding and controlling cell proliferation on biomaterial surfaces is critical for scaffold/artificial-niche design in tissue engineering.
Though approximate in nature, the simplicity and efficiency of the DREA formulation make it suitable for its original niche, namely design and preliminary design environments where more complex and expensive models may be inappropriate.
In recent years, the region has also capitalized on the nation's technology boom, establishing in Richardson a niche for designing, building and selling telecommunications gear.
Hyperbola found its niche in designing high-performance outdoor clothing, like ski jackets and raincoats, and supplies brands like Canada Goose, Lululemon and Patagonia.
The Next Step, along with start-ups like MyGradPad, is part of a growing niche industry designed to help young renters navigate the shoals of fly-by-night brokers and daunting paperwork.
