Alexander McQueen Loses Design Award To Folding Plug (POLL)

Alexander McQueen recently lost the Brit Insurance Design of the Year Awards to a folding plug, Vogue UK reports. McQueen’s Spring/Summer 2010 collection took the top spot in the fashion category but Min-Kyu Choi’sFolding Plug System was named overall Design of the Year.

“Thought-through, responsive and modest, the folding plug shows how intelligent, elegant and inventive design can make a difference to everyone’s life,” said judging panel chairman Antony Gormley.

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2009 Los Angeles Auto Show

If the North American auto show season has an official kickoff party, the Los Angeles Auto Show is it. In addition to world debuts of the 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe, 2011 Toyota Sienna and VW Up! Lite Concept, the 2009 LA Auto Show again played host to the Green Car of the Year announcement, which went to a diesel car for the second year in a row. The LA Auto Show is also a first chance to see and touch the cars unveiled around the world in the eight months since the New York Auto Show, which this year included jaw-droppers like the 2011 Lexus LFA and 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG.