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Research is essential to the design process, and Gelman was such a passionate researcher that “The Wing was already a fully formed human being,” says Oberman. “We just helped get it dressed.”
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“I started with a concept and it evolved into something that is, first and foremost, a brand,” says Gelman. The Wing begins as a physical space, but “the possibilities are really endless.”
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