Best big design indulgence goes to Marc Newson's gorgeous $1.5 million speedboat; and the little indulgence gong to the Bouroullec brothers' subtly smart Ovale dishes.
Michael Almereyda's film is so subtly smart, and veiled in such layers of suggestion, that you need to be on your toes from the beginning.
There was probably something at least faintly above average about the experience of David Bowie looking her in the eye and telling her that listening to her music – a dramatic, layered but subtly smart take on pop – felt like "listening to tomorrow".
A slippery, shiny club track helmed by Benny Benassi, like most of Breezy's work it is undeniably sexy, but it's also subtly smart too.
"I thought that the authorities can and should behave more subtly, smarter, and with cunning," he said".But it turned out that they behave roughly, treacherously, and recklessly, without concealing or masking their actions".
Other critics were more generous; Doug Elfman of the Las Vegas Review-Journal called it "another great and bizarre, twangy album of alternative-singer-songwriting stories about cars and horrible relationships", while a reviewer in the New Straits Times noted its "smart, subtly dissident, and always catchy pop".
On the subject of technology, where smart phones have subtly altered the experience as court side fans keep tabs on other matches, he remained convinced it had successfully walked the line.
Be yourself, and if people say anything rude or subtly offending, then come up with a smart, confident comeback like, "It's just a hair color", or "I am proud to be blonde, and I am shocked you would say such a thing".
To Veep viewers, Selina's Presidential makeover is utterly convincing, and the dawn of the power-dress is a smart move by the series producers, subtly indicating Selina's heightened ambitions as well as her amped-up vanity.
Smart and carefully structured, "Too Much" comments subtly on the useless information that surrounds young people as they leave the security of college to face the world.
The idea of the phrase being 'transitional' seems revealing – although the accessibility and always-on qualities of Glass make it seem like a 'frictionless' gadget in terms of its use, it seems smart to remind users - if somewhat subtly - that using Glass is an aside to life, and not life itself.
