"I'm gonna sit down and write me an epic," said Virgil (in Latin, though: Sederam et epos mihi conscriberam [please don't quote me on that]), and in about eleven years he had written the Aeneid, which now stands only slightly below the Iliad and the Odyssey in the body of world literature. (Ignore the political motivations for now. ) My point is that you can set out to create something for posterity--you can make a classic on purpose. Peter Kahane of AMEICO agrees. AMEICO's products include Antoni Gaudà chairs and Arne Jacobsen lamps, watches and cups, clocks and utility knives, a whole range of pretty disparate items. What binds them all together...read more