His first brush with interior design came when he studied interior architecture at London Metropolitan University.

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Get Michael Graves to design a toilet brush (as Target did) and you turn a mundane thing into an object of desire.

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You can design an excellent paint brush, but you need to put it in the hands of an artist to make a masterpiece.

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Most don't go as far as automaker heir Alfred Brush Ford, who is part owner of a Web site design company-and a Hare Krishna.

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