A new black box theater, designed by Hugh Hardy, will be perched on the roof of the Beaumont Theater with a terrace overlooking Lincoln Center.

Mr. Noorda was an internationally known graphic designer who helped introduce a Modernist look to advertising posters, corporate logos and the New York City subway system.

The English graphic designer Peter Miles, now living in New York, has used his spare approach with clients ranging from German arts publishers to indie magazines.

Renaud Dutreil of LVMH on his Gazelle. Lately, it seems, bikes are fashion, but purists worry that their beloved bikes are being turned into a showy status symbol.

After brunch, Jason Wu, the designer, unwinds in the fashion section of the Strand bookstore.Fashion is the last thing Jason Wu, the designer, wants to talk about on his day off.

Ria Charisse’s tiny gold-plated pewter hand is $20 at Swallow, her Carroll Gardens store.Just as Brooklyn has become a center for locally produced, handcrafted food, it has also developed a broad population of independent, often artisanal designers.

Fashion models were the center of attention at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute gala, an event that typically focuses on clothes and their designers.

Officials say that by the summer, they hope to have a final design of the parapets that will surround the memorial pools.

The student, who is from Long Island, won a contest in which 12,000 participants were asked to design a jersey to be worn by first- and second-year N.B.A. players during the All-Star game.

Mr. Lundquist, an architect and industrial designer, led the team that created the United Nations logo.