Written on: Thursday, February 26th, 2009 | Filed under:
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Michael Grecco wanted to be a great Hollywood photographer ever since his days on assignment with People, where he shot journalistic pictures to illustrate lifestyle stories. “I immediately started to request more opportunities to take portraits,” he says. “I’ve been attached to the portrait ever since I was a little kid, but when I started to shoot serious actors, there was a whole new added depth of expression that our collaboration would provoke that was exciting. Actors certainly raise the bar of every shot.”
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[Rendering of proposed Nestlé headquarters in Glendale, California by Wolcott Architecture Interiors. Image courtesy of the architect]
Roy Huebner and his firm, Wolcott Architecture Interiors, are rethinking the corporate workplace
The Web may be a non-spatial medium, but the online world is exerting a big push on the three dimensions of office space. More to the point, the communication habits of Generation Y—where people call Moscow or Singapore as readily as a friend sitting across the street—are convincing interior design firms like Wolcott Architecture Interiors of Culver City to rethink the design of workplaces for people who take universal access in stride. “The Internet, the I.M., texting—this is how people communicate nowadays,” says Roy Huebner, a senior account executive at Wolcott. “Even the telephone is becoming archaic.”
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[Montblanc International CEO Lutz Bethge, Lang Lang, and President and CEO of Montblanc North America Jan-Patrick Schmitz. Photograph By John Sciulli ©Berliner Studio/BEImages. All Rights Reserved]
First in a series of spotlights on the world’s great charitable organizations
“I am deeply impressed by Montblanc’s sincere and exceptionally strong global commitment to culture,” says classical pianist Lang Lang, Montblanc Foundation’s culture chairman and brand ambassador. “It has always been my dream to spark an interest in classical music in even more people, particularly more young people, and I am delighted at the opportunities this collaboration presents.” Lang Lang is an exemplary ambassador for Montblanc. The now-brilliant pianist grew up under difficult circumstances in China, experiencing hardships while striving to develop his skills.
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[Cast glass and steel sculpture by Trinh Nguyen at Red Rock, Las Vegas. Art selected by Daniel Fine Art Services]
On the job with Evalyn Daniel-Putnam, renowned art consultant
The owners wanted to create something new: a resort and casino, removed both conceptually and physically from the frenetic glitz of the Las Vegas Strip. “There is a difference between extravagance and excess,” reflects Evalyn Daniel-Putnam, the Laguna Beach-based art consultant. Her firm, Daniel Fine Art Services, specializes in creating and installing important collections of contemporary art for corporate clients, including some of the most elegant and exclusive hotels in the world.
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