Medialink: Style and Design: Tastemakers 2006

--What accounts for good taste these days? House & Garden has chosen their tastemakers of 2006, and some of their choices may surprise you.

The magazine made its choices based on designers who were able to bring something that had never been seen before to their medium. Some of the magazine's choices -- like Thom Filicia from the show "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" -- were obvious for the unique vision they brought to a home or backyard. But how about the innovations designers brought to cars?

House & Garden also chose Vicki Vlachakis as one of their tastemakers for her design work on the new Saturn Sky. She used design elements inspired by -- what else? -- the sky for the car's look. A car designer being chosen by the magazine shows that cars are no longer just seen as a mode of transportation -- they also often make a statement about who you are.

This is a video report from General Motors . To watch, go to: http://media.medialink.com/WebNR.aspx?story=31800

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