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[The living room of a suite in Putman’s new Hong Kong hotel, The Putman. Photo © Andrée Putman]

French doyenne of design Andrée Putman illustrates that life is best lived not in black, white, or gray, but rather in rich contrast

By Claire Naa

Upon opening the door to Andrée Putman’s office in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, visitors are immediately blinded by the light shining through the space’s playfully constructed design of glass openings and windows. Seated behind a black desk is a tall woman dressed in a stark white suit, her ash blond hair billowing slightly in the breeze from a nearby fan. The window behind her allows the light of day to shine gleefully on an elegant necklace—an item, the woman explains, that she has worn every day since she unearthed it at a flea market and replated it with white gold.

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Lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman Celebrate 50 Years of Collaboration and Bringing the Art of the Lyric to Film  

By Janet Margolis

“Your girl is lovely, Hubbell,� Katie says as she strokes the lock of hair on Hubbell’s forehead. The music swells as The Way We Were’s title song and accompanying scene become entrenched in our hearts forever.
This year, “The Way We Were� songwriters Alan and Marilyn Bergman are celebrating fifty years of artistic devotion to their life’s work: writing lyrics, many of them to the soundtracks of well-known films.

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