A row of toggle switches sits atop the dashboard, with a giant nautical compass sticking
out of the center stack for an appropriately analog feel.
Likewise, you'll never wonder what time it is with the large, microwave - style digital clock staring
out of the center stack.
Not exact matches
Take your final
stack of filo dough, with the triangular guides and hollowed
out centers, and place it in the baking dish over the previously set layers.
Using the
center of a doughnut cutter or similar smaller circle, cut
centers out of half the biscuits and
stack them on the other half, making a bowl in the top
of each biscuit.
The only down side is that the alphanumeric display for time, compass heading, and outside temperature located at the top
of the
center - dash
stack now cries
out for an upgrade.
A new floating
center stack provides a sculptural design that extends to the bi-level dash, while a new three - spoke steering wheel rounds
out the driver's area
of the cockpit.
It also has an odd gauge - like clock that feels
out of place in the top right
of the
center stack.
It looks far more expensive than most
of its classmates, both inside and
out, with a well - designed, clean
center stack.
A small silver switch at the bottom
of the
center stack creates a second personality beyond that
of your average Italian commuter; that «DNA» selector really does bring
out another animal.
The controls are laid
out so they are easy to find and use, with the exception
of the infotainment system's control knob mounted in the
center stack.
Back
out of the driveway and the screen sitting atop the
center stack displayed... nothing.
In fact, I dub myself the official champion
of the CX - 9's
center stack layout, declaring it the best
out there from a switchgear standpoint.
On top
of that, some are toggles, others are buttons and all
of them require me to spend time looking way down into the depths
of the
center stack to figure
out where everything is housed.
The interior is well laid
out, with a dashboard and
center stack that are low and
out of the driver's sight line.
The rest
of the
center stack is laid
out in a horizontal design with buttons and controls placed in logical groups by function, and a slight seven degree tilt toward the driver for optimal ergonomics.
Here's the thing about high technology, whether it's in the
center stack or the engine bay or the arcane control systems that keep the car
out of the ditches: You can get almost all this stuff in other cars at a small fraction
of the price
of the McLaren 650S.
The ILX Hybrid prominently sports a hard drive - based navigation system that projects
out of an eight - inch display recessed atop the
center stack.
Like the CTS, the Provoq has a prominent
center stack that houses the audio and climate systems, as well as a navigation system that rises
out of the top
of the instrument panel.
A practical, well laid -
out dash and
center stack replace the somewhat flashy look
of the predecessor model.
The rest
of the interior is comfortable and well - designed, the Opel - Buick design language plainly seen in the
center stack layout and dials — they could be right
out of an Opel Astra, and in fact, probably are.
The instrument panel, for example, has been moved from directly in front
of the driver to the top
center of the dash, and the transmission lever, climate vents and typical
center -
stack controls are mounted on the flat end
of what seems to be a thick cylinder growing
out of the minivan's floor.
The
center stack is nicely laid
out and all
of the controls are easy to reach and use.
Interior appointments are a strong suit, with good seat comfort and a solid array
of comfort and convenience features — once you figure
out the basics
of managing it all through the relatively non-intuitive
center stack.
HAWK's business
centers on renting
out shallow - water jackup rigs, twelve
of which are currently «cold -
stacked» (inactive), to various drillers in the Gulf
of Mexico and (when business is good) the Mexican coast.
Most Trade
Center shoppers are shocked at the number
of dogs circling in their
stack small cages barking
out of frustration.
Punctuated by beautiful rock formations and sea
stacks characteristic
of the unforgettable Oregon coastline, the beach extends from the north at rocky Chapman Point to the south at Silver Point and is graced in the
center by iconic Haystack Rock, rising 235 feet
out of the ocean and featuring an ecosystem
of bird life and tidepools that simply can not be missed.
2006 Renegades: 25 Years
of Performance Art at EXIT ART - A Selection From The Archives, Exit Art, New York, NY Do Not
Stack, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now, The Asia Society, New York It's Time for Action (There's No Option), The Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland New York, New York: Fifty Years
of Art, Architecture, Photography, Film and Video, Curated by Lisa Dennison and Germano Celant, Grimaldi Forum, Monte - Carlo, Monaco Still Points
of the Turning World, Site Santa Fe, Sixth International Biennial, curated by Klaus Ottmann, New Mexico Into Me /
Out of Me, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art
Center, Long Island City, NY Six Degrees
of Separation, STUX Gallery, New York, NY LOVE!
Creed has become particularly renowned for his aggressive deployment
of a range
of seemingly banal materials such as a blob
of blu - tak stuck in the
center of a wall, sheets
of letter paper that are filled in with highlighter or ballpoint pen, collections
of an enormous variety
of balls,
stacks of lumber, or neon spelling
out simple words or phrases such as «Things», «Feelings» or «Everything is going to be alright».
Recent solo shows include: On the Grid, Palm Springs Art Museum, Architecture and Design
Center; The Flat Field Works, Middelheim Museum, Antwerp; Eye on Design: Andrea Zittel's Aggregated
Stacks and the Collection
of the Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs Art Museum; Lay
of my Land, BALTIC, Gateshead, and at the Stockholm Konsthall; Andrea Zittel: Between Art and Life, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; Production Site: The Artist's Studio Inside -
Out, Museum
of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Schaulager Basel; Small Liberties at the Whitney Museum
of American Art, New York.
So next time you start a meeting, have everyone take
out their phones, put them on silent, and
stack them up in the
center of the table.
I can just see you now — your chin lifted high and chest puffed
out as you walk
out of the copy
center with your
stack of fresh resumes.
I couldn't figure
out how to
stack them nicely enough around the
center to make it worth my effort, but that little road bump didn't stop me from snagging more than my fair share
of free stir sticks at a time, like 8 or 10, over the course
of a month.