Rather than a classical design in line with the Jefferson and Lincoln memorials, Gehry proposed a progressive design that he said would seize on Eisenhower's modesty.

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Hamilton Airship, a South African company, is taking a similar approach, but has updated the classical rigid-airship design with a novel twist.

ECONOMIST: Pushing the envelope

The way that the house welcomed the indoors in, the adaptation of Italian garden principles to a flat Florida swamp and the siting of the house next to Biscayne Bay -- all of this, combined with classical house and garden design, resulted in a work of genius.

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Wiley's work, now more than ever, pushes the lines between design and high art, reinventing classical portraiture for a contemporary world.

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Without specific guidelines and working off a few very simple design principles, the designers went back to what Michael referred to as Swiss classical graphic design but adapted it for the digital environment, which meant adding things like motion and animation effects.

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