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Top Design. Top Design is an American reality television series. Interior designers competed to win cash and receive a spot in New York's Designer showcases. The first season premiered on January 31, 2007, following the season finale of Top Chef. Todd Oldham was the host, while famed potter and interior designer Jonathan Adler was lead judge.
Preston Thomas Tucker (21 September 1903 – 26 December 1956) was an American automobile entrepreneur who developed the innovative Tucker 48 sedan, initially nicknamed the "Tucker Torpedo", an automobile which introduced many features that have since become widely used in modern cars. Production of the Tucker '48 was shut down on 3 March 1949 ...
Preston Tucker died of lung cancer six years after the trial. Although only 50 Tucker 48s were ever produced, 46 of them remained roadworthy and in use as of 1988. All of Tucker's innovations —aerodynamic styling, padded dash, pop-out windows, seatbelts, fuel injection, and disc brakes— were gradually adopted by larger automakers and are found in nearly all modern cars today.
Width. 79.0 in (2,007 mm) Height. 60.0 in (1,524 mm) Curb weight. 4,200 lb (1,900 kg) The Tucker 48, commonly but incorrectly referred to as the Tucker Torpedo, was an automobile conceived by Preston Tucker while in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and briefly produced in Chicago, Illinois, in 1948.
Parsons School of Design. Occupation (s) Designer, artist, and DJ. Label. Heron Preston. Heron Preston Johnson[1] is an American artist, fashion designer, and disc jockey. He is a co-founder of the men's streetwear brand Been Trill, alongside Virgil Abloh, Justin Saunders, and others; and founder of his eponymous brand, Heron Preston.
Preston Hampton Haskell, III is founder and former chairman of The Haskell Company, the largest privately held construction company in Florida [1] and a top design/build firm in the United States. [2] He was also a minority owner of the National Football League Jacksonville Jaguars. In 2011, he was named a "Florida Icon" by Florida Trend magazine.
Close-up of the headstock of a Portuguese guitar. Preston tuners or machines (also known as peacock, fan, or watchkey tuners) is a type of machine head tuning system for string instruments, named for English cittern ( English guitar) maker John Preston and developed in the 18th century. [1] [2] Preston claimed to be the inventor of this design ...
Preston bus station. Location within Preston city centre. Preston bus station is the central bus station in the city of Preston in Lancashire, England. It was built by Ove Arup and Partners in the Brutalist architectural style between 1968 and 1969, to a design by Keith Ingham and Charles Wilson of Building Design Partnership with E. H. Stazicker.