Step inside the family bus of Cowboys rookie Leighton Vander Esch | Lexan Polycarbonate Embossed Sheet

Last spring, Jimmy Iovine, the C.E.O. of Beats, asked to meet with Robert Brunner. As Brunner recalled, “He walks in, he says, ‘I sold the company!’ ” Iovine couldn’t then name the buyer; Brunner’s best guess was Samsung. When he learned that it was Apple, which had paid more than three billion dollars, he e-mailed Ive: “Well, we need to have dinner.” Brunner recalled that Ive, in his reply, referred to the “odd symmetry” of the moment.

We stood by a scale model. Ive said that, in an earlier iteration, the campus was “trilobal.” I imagined a three-petalled flower, or the symbol for radioactivity. The single loop seemed to reflect the imperial part of the studio’s spirit of imperial solicitousness. Under Cook, Apple has experimented with a softer, less neurotic image, and has, among other things, strived to improve its performance as a proxy employer of overseas factory workers. It’s determined to make the case, as Cook put it, that the company’s leaders shouldn’t be thought of as “greedy bastards looking for more money.” A private walled garden, costing an estimated five billion dollars, may not catch this mood.

Smart lights work overtime to convince you that you get more function than form. You can change the color to the exact hue you want, have them turn on and off as you see fit, and even connect to other tech in your home to convince people you’re home when you’re not. These aren’t just lights, they’re making your house safer and you basically never need to replace them!

Each function may be individually selected and displayed on the main part of the screen to provide more detailed information and user options. A side panel provides access for up to five frequently used functions: navigation, media, phone, news and weather1. A permanent menu bar in the lower portion of the screen provides easy access to the home menu, vehicle settings and parking aids.

Ive told me that he never planned to move: he and his wife bought the house for family vacations, and sold it when it was underused. But he also connected the sale to what he called inaccurate reporting, in the London Times, in early 2011, claiming that Apple’s board had thwarted his hope of a relocation; he did not want to be shadowed by gossip. In 2012, Ive was knighted in Buckingham Palace; by then, he and his wife had become U.S. citizens, although they did not relinquish their British passports.

The light, stiff, aluminum-intensive body, together with double-wishbone front- and Integral Link rear suspension provides the perfect basis for agile handling, superior ride comfort and outstanding refinement.

Key information such as speed, turn-by-turn navigation instructions and driver assistance system warnings can also be displayed to the driver using the latest-generation full-color head-up display. The virtual images projected onto the windshield appear to hover in front of the driver, allowing the driver to quickly and easily process the information while remaining focused on the road ahead1.

Artistic ExcellenceMaja Hoffmann of Luma Arles; luma-arles.org. Interiors by India Mahdavi; india-mahdavi.com. Landscape design by Bureau Bas Smets; bassmets.be. Chapter One bookcases by India Mahdavi from Ralph Pucci; ralphpucci.net. Jean Royère seating and cocktail table, Charlotte Perriand console, and Jean Prouvé bookcase and dining table; all from Galerie Patrick Seguin; patrickseguin.com. Curtains by India Mahdavi india-mahdavi.com. Rug by Fedora Design; fedoradesign.com. Diagonale table (left) by India Mahdavi from Ralph Pucci; ralphpucci.net; with Family chairs by Junya Ishijgami; jnyi.jp. Game table (right) by Jorge Pardo; jorgepardosculpture.com; with Pierre Jeanneret chairs from Galerie Patrick Seguin; patrickseguin.com. Custom banquette by India Mahdavi;india-mahdavi.com. Dining table by Martino Gamper from Nilufar; nilufar.com. Vintage Jean Royère chandelier from Galerie Patrick Seguin; patrickseguin.com. Sisal rug by La Manufacture Cogolin from House of Tai Ping (T); houseoftaiping.com. Custom bathroom design by India Mahdavi; india-mahdavi.com. Poltrona di Proust armchair by Alessandro Mendini from Galerie Kreo; galeriekreo.com. Transcloud lighting, in small and medium; both by the Campana Brothers; campanas.com.br. Custom cabinetry, curtains, and tilework, all by India Mahdavi;india-mahdavi.com. In study dining area, Hat Trick and Cross Check armchairs, all by Frank Gehry; knoll.com. Table by Martin Szekely from Galerie Kreo; galeriekreo.com. Custom bookcases and curtains, all by India Mahdavi; india-mahdavi.com. Sisal rug by La Manufacture Cogolin from House of Tai Ping (T); houseoftaiping.com. Mosaic by Pierre Mesguich Mosaïk Ltd.; mesguichmosaik.co.uk. Pool design by India Mahdavi; india-mahdavi.com. Bluffer sofas by India Mahdavi from Ralph Pucci; ralphpucci.net. Ottoman by De Padova; depadova.com. Rug by Fedora Design; fedoradesign.com.

Off-road mode increases the ride height by 1.8-in (46mm) compared to Normal mode at speeds below 32mph (50km/h) for a ground clearance of 9.9-in (251mm) and automatically lowers by 0.7-in (18mm) between speeds of 32-50mph (50-80km/h) to provide an ideal combination of stability, comfort and ground clearance during longer journeys on rutted, unpaved roads or surfaces.

I’m not going to lie; I thought that the Peel might actually be the exact same case as the MNML, just rebranded, before I was able to compare them in person. After all, they’re both super-thin cases made of the same material with the same basic design. In my opinion, the Peel has a slightly better design, but it’s also more expensive than the MNML.

Andrew Grace is a remodeler and owner of Grace Construction based in Ligonier, Pa. To see more from Andrew about creating board-and-batten siding out of both wood and new materials, check out “Better Board and Batten,” in FHB #272.

Yao, Z., Lu, Y. W. & Kandlikar, S. G. Effects of nanowire height on pool boiling performance of water on silicon chips. International Journal of Thermal Sciences 50, 2084–2090 (2011).