Working with Placido Domingo, we have coined the term 'American Ring,' and the designers and I are using American history, mythology, iconography and landscape to set the operas.

Designers have always shown outlandish and exuberant clothes, but that hasn't always translated to the streets.

I think one of the most interesting trends for spring is military. We saw it for fall, but for spring it's being shown with a floaty dress and I think it's made designers very creative, like, how do I do military but lighten it and make it soft?

It is so important for designers not to run scared, and not to be too worried about what's safe and what's commercial.

I don't like the table work where I'm talking about myself, I'm talking about the play, what I meant. I love when actors and directors and designers say, 'What if we did it this way?' Or 'Did you ever think of doing this?' Or 'I see it in a different way. May I show you?'

Expression does a lot to let developers and designers work effectively together. I grew up as a developer, and I don't have any particular design skills.

Designers are considering a new re-entry vehicle with a metal skin. This would eliminate the tile system used on the space shuttle, which is expensive to maintain.

I think this is very exciting. We're trying, as a region, to be users of alternative energy and be the designers of new technologies for this. This falls right in line with what we see as the future of our region.

It's odd that a lot of designers were on the Slavic slant.

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