Steampunk is also characterized by showing the inner workings of an item, such as cogs and gears, as a design element.

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The stylish slip-ons, which Vogue magazine declared "cool shoes for a cool cause, " have become a must-have item among fashion elite and received the People's Design Award from the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt Museum last year.

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It enables the production of a single item quickly and cheaply and then another one after the design has been refined.

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Sony's Xperia Tablet Z was a hot item at last week's Mobile World Congress because of its sleek design and functionality, with the ability to withstand getting wet a cool add-on.

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We searched for the vessel on the auction site--sure enough, item 4611149242 popped up, a "405' stunning new Frank Mulder Design Gigayacht" with a "luxury office area, salon, cinema room, fitness room, and two person cabins for children, personal assistant, or bodyguards".

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The FCC report said the engineer wrote a "design document" for his work that listed as a "to do" item the need to discuss "privacy considerations" with a company lawyer, something the agency said never occurred.

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