It's harder to measure quality in more subjective fields such as interior design or hair styling.
Perhaps they would have to be applied only to panels that could be easily swapped out, such as interior trim panels.
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Adored by such notable interior designers as Muriel Brandolini and Jacques Grange, bought by collectors from the United States to the Middle East and acquired for France's presidential palace, these precious objects will be on view in New York, when Van der Straeten's work is shown at the Ralph Pucci gallery in January.
The increased use of robots as well as moving manufacturing from East Coast cities to the interior of China, such as to Chengdu, is an attempt to reduce costs.
The company competes with other major automotive interior suppliers such as Lear, Faurecia SA and Magna International in this sector.
Recycled materials are also used for the back door trim, roof trim and headliner, carpeting and a number of other interior pieces such as the door panels and center console storage cover.
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Additionally, the bag came with neat features, such as built in pillow pockets and interior loops for sleeping bag liners.
The exhibition's pictures from this period, such as his Bauhausian shot of the interior of the Anhalter Bahnhof railway terminus, show his curiosity and humor, and that he had absorbed the modernist aesthetic being developed in Weimar Germany.
The LS 430, being the flagship, offers Lexus' most luxurious interior, complete with such amenities as a 14-way power-adjusted driver's seat, a leather and wood-trimmed shift knob, deep pile carpeting, vanity mirrors galore, lots of walnut or golden-eye maple, and a great (optional) navigation system.
It features similar exterior colors, carbon-fiber elements inside and out, enhanced leather equipment and numerous acid-green accents on items such as the brake calipers, illuminated sill plates, interior stitching and instrument cluster needles.
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Come to the neighbourhood local, Societi Bistro, to dine in the courtyard garden, with Table Mountain views, or in the atmospheric, brick-walled and wine-rack covered interior on unfussy bistro dishes, such as ostrich burgers or tomato fettuccine, all washed down with local wine or beers that have been expertly sourced.
An example is a stark set of black-and-white photographs by Tomoko Yoneda, showing heat burns on peeling wallpaper above a radiator, interior shots of poverty positioned in such a way as to provoke and unsettle the upmarket diner.
Few brands include enough information, such as the number of pockets and compartments, measurements, and detailed interior photos, for shoppers to judge them.
After years of growth in the major coastal cities, such as Shanghai and Beijing, interest has grown in the booming and vast interior of the country.
Mr Sarkozy - who is also France's interior minister - acknowledged that London and Paris "have disagreements, such as the Iraq business".
We raised our profile by making donations to government programmes such as the Shanghai Expo, and the "Go West" programme to develop the interior of the country.
But large-scale production requirements also mean that some jobs will be transferred to countries such as India, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Vietnam while others will move to China's interior.
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As labor costs in the industrial centers such as Shenzhen and Shanghai increase, the solutions are increased automation and also to move factories to the interior of the country, i.e.
And if one buys the Ultra Luxury Package, they will actually be pampered, thanks to such amenities as rear vanity mirrors, climate control, heated and cooled seats, reading lights and an interior air filter.
Marie-Antoinette's love of interior decoration is conveyed through the exquisite furniture and porcelain with which she surrounded herself, such as her mother-of-pearl and gilded bronze writing desk.
The interior ministry reports that 123 former fighters have been killed and 223 have been arrested for such activities as extortion and robbery.
And the absence of heat coming from the interior means that the moon is an inert lump of rock, bereft of interesting geological processes such as vulcanism.
As well as all the expected mega-yacht accessories such a helipad, Jacuzzis, cinema, motor-launches and interior design by a famous stylist -- in this case Britain's Terence Disdale -- she also possesses a number of unique extras, notably an indoor swimming pool covered by a glass roof.
The controls have rugged aluminum surrounds: aluminum is one of the predominant materials in the interior and is used for the air vent surrounds and the array of switches as well as for such features as the steering wheel spokes.
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