King's earliest fans were Hollywood set designers desperate for a new futuristic-looking chair.

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In the collection's most unusual element, many of the tie-dye gowns were embellished with large, futuristic-looking collars and other attached pieces made of what the sisters call 3-D double-faced foam.

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Superficially the stories heralded the introduction of Apple's retro-futuristic-looking iMac desktop (see "Back to the future"), but fresh off two back-to-back profitable quarters (the first in three years) the underlying message was clear: Apple is back.

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The Diffrient chair's slightly sinister-looking exposed backbone looked futuristic.

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