Detectives believe the jewellery designer and maker may have been specifically targeted.

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The focus was on a Japanese women in advertising in Shanghai, an apparel designer and maker, also in Shanghai, and an architect, based in Beijing.

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So last year, Paulo Bacchi, a well-known furniture-maker and designer from Brazil, was hired to create a new look.

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The risk is that, unless their strictures lead to action, the monitors' job will seem pointless and go the way of the crossing-sweeper, typewriter designer and hula-hoop maker.

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As longboards go, the Funk Chubby is on the shorter side, but its deck extends a few inches wider than most for added stability, according to the board's designer, Brooklyn-based furniture maker Daniel Moyer.

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Not surprisingly given its designer, Carton is a shot-maker's course with its fairways not overly tight but rewarding of well-shaped shots which demand accuracy.

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Top of the pile is Aston Martin, James Bond's car-maker of choice, followed by Apple and motorbike designer Harley Davidson.

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The game maker has posted an ad seeking applicants for the post of "industrial designer".

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