Thomas Vecchione is the head of Workplace Design and a Principal at Gensler, a leading global architecture and design firm. We don’t always think of work environments as the forefront of contemporary and industrial design, and Vecchione is actively – very actively – changing that.
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Whitewall's summer issue (out this week) features an interview with Vertu's Chief Designer, Frank Nuovo. Remember Nokia's interchangeable covers? You can thank Nuovo for that who was the Chief Designer at Nokia for years. He predicted that cell phones would become a fashion accessory. He left in 2006 to work on Vertu's design solely. I spoke with N...
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Helidon Gjergji’s “Waves” up now at the Chelsea Art Museum (May 15-June 13) almost didn’t happen. He was invited to do the installation just days before analog TV was scheduled to switch to digital. It wasn’t that he was worried he wouldn’t get to watch his favorite network sitcoms, it was that the main materials in his planned project ...
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