Zebra skins adorn chairs with gilded edges, a Shanghai Tang trunk doubles as a bar, local cooking pots become showerheads in outside showers, and a rectangular crystal light fixture designed in-house was, Lazarus insists, such a hit that Fendi copied it.
Accenture's researchers are also dreaming up ways for the elderly to share digital scrapbooks online with their grandchildren, and smart systems that talk you through simple home-improvement tasks, such as installing a new light fixture.