1890s. it's a prime example of guilded era architecture and design. of course much of our focus is on modern design including design on a more personal scale. as martha teichner will explain in our cover story. >> what do beyonce, kate hudson. >> why would you want to look like everyone else? >> and martha teichner have in common? we're all part of the athleisure explosion. now the star performer in u.s. apparel sales. just a fad or something else. athleisure ahead. this "sunday morning." >> the breakers is a preserved monument to an era of opulence which is where the tv show jane pauley has been watching comes in. >> that's what i do best. >> tv's capital of home renovation, waco, texas, where fixer upper magic happens with the magicians, chip and joanna gaines. ahead on -- >> "sunday morning." >> not even a vanderbilt could manage to squeeze a whole golf course into this seaside estate. when it comes to designing today's golf coursesa legendary golfer is more than willing to chip in as jim axelrod will now show us. >> absolutely perfect. >> jack nicklaus may very well be the greatest golfer ever to swing a club. >> this is too busy here. street. >> today at the age of 76 he's also one of the game's most sought after course designers. >> most people work all their life to retire to play golf. well, i played golf all my life to retire to work. >> on the course with jack nicklaus, later on "sunday morning." >> osgood: from the summer house of vanderbilt to the house of dior. seth doane will be taking us to the south of france to visit the home of the legendary fashion designer, christian dior. >> when christian dior bought this house he dreamed of creating the perfect retreat in the french country side. today that dream is alive and well. you've seen the house, what do you think? >> unbelievable. breathtaking. >> later on "sunday morning," the house of dior. >> osgood: nancy giles gets a lesson in decorating with plants. ben tracy uncovers the art of the match book. lee cowan looks up the latest in skyscraper design. anthony mason stops off to chat with the man who redesigned london's double-decker buses. we'll have much more. first go to don tahler in the newsroom. >> may 22, 2016. president obama arrives in vietnam today, the president left washington yesterday for a visit and turning an old enemy into a new economic parter. and to help counter china's growing role in the region. he will also travel to japan to attend the 67 -- g7 summit to visit hish row she ma. taliban leader p.m. has been killed in a u.s. drone strike. intelligence and senior taliban commander confirmed his death. yesterday's attack took place inside pakistan near the border with average. reported alarms aboard aircraft suggest a quick spreading fire. 66 people died. in baltimore, exaggerator took charge down the stretch to win the peakness stakes on a sloppy track. anyway gist was third. the celebratory mood was offset by earlier incidents that took the lives of two horses and left a jockey injured. here is the weather. wet and cool across much of the west and the mid atlantic region. expect thunderstorms and heavy rain over the great plains. the week ahead scattered storms across much of the country but california looks golden. ♪ >> osgood: ahead -- higher and thinner. golfer jack nicklaus charting his own course. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> osgood: we're in the great hall at the breakers. it is great, isn't it, well imagine cornelius vanderbilt ii dressed to the nines welcoming his guests all of them in their formal attire of the time. nowadays martha teichner tells us casual is king. >> once upon a time there was casual friday. now it's more like casual 24-7 in cities and suburbs, coast to coast, for both men and women. you see it not just on the street, but in offices. if a billionaire ceo like mark zuckerberg can wear his hoodie to work, why can't everybody else dress down? ebbs september now, it's about more than wearing jeans or something resembling pajamas, it's about workout clothes that have grown up. there's a name for her look, besides gorgeous. athleisure. with or without a body like beyonce's, in or out of the gym, americans, american women especially, have made it the hottest thing in the apparel industry. >> so goes, i would say, any number of trends. >> that can be image driven. >> robbie myers is editor in chief of "elle" which put beyonce wearing her own athleisure clothing brand on the cover. >> it's athletic, whatever it is that you do, actually a real part of these women's lives. and they like the way they look. they like the way they feel. >> what about the people who never go near a gym but wear athleisure? >> the idea that americans want to be comfortable no matter what they do certainly, you know, has permeated the culture. >> where did it all begin? myers has a theory. >> might want to go back to jane fonda the famous work out tape of 1982. >> are you ready to do the work out? >> athleisure, way before it was called that. in 1998, along came lululemon, with premium priced yoga apparel that took to the streets. which brings us to 2015, americans spent nearly $44 billion on so-called active wear. up 16% over 2014. meanwhile, denim sales have taken a hit, down 5% or more every year since 23013. athleisure companies, such as fabletics, have caught the wave. >> i think when we started, we realized pretty quickly we were on to something big. but it is very rare to be able to grow a business to $200 million in the space of two and a half years. >> geraldine martin-coppola is general manager of el segundo, california, fabletics. whose cofounder and inspiration is the actress kate hudson. >> i am kind of obsessed with the splatter print. >> see the leggings? they were the leg up that launched athleisure for women anyway. >> what's your best selling item? >> leggings. it's a core essential style that the company was founded on. >> shawn kearney is head of design at fabletics. >> we update it in great colors, textures, prints. >> they create whole themed wardrobes. >> what is going to be the -- it's fast fashion. from design to delivery, eight weeks. fabletics lives mostly online. paying subscribers get discounts. new collections are released the first of every month. but with plenty of incentives in between to lure shoppers. feast your eyes on jamie and ken, brand ambassadors, doing for the fabletics blog, what you do, right? only in your dreams. >> there's a ton of things happening with the community, with social media. we have several million followers on facebook. it's just been easier to talk to the customer. >> the company has now opened seven retail stores as well. what you notice there in addition to all the different ages anded with pe types is hi-tech textiles. >> how big a factor is the whole concept of performance fabrics in this whole athleisure revolution? >> it's absolutely huge. >> durand guion is vice president for m men's and kids fashion for macy's. >> trevor keeping you warm, keeping you cool, wicking away moisture. >> think fancy new synthetics with sun screen in them even. but the magic word is compression, meaning snug and stretchy. >> you've got that compression pant. >> why are they called compression pants? >> because guys wouldn't buy them if they were called leggings. >> wear them under shorts. but the biggy for men is the light weight slimmed down sweat pant now known as the jogger. influencers for men's@leisure? >> are the superstar@lease, the steph currys, the lebron james. >> but athleisure has also made it out of the locker room on to the runway. here alexander wang for h&m. >> my real gut on this is something that is here to state. >> i don't think it's a fad. >> totally not a bad by any means. it's a complete, complete lifestyle shift. >> so,@pleasure for all? >> you were talking about leggings, i mean. >> absolutely. >> i'm in! >> osgood: some cottage the story of the breakers is next. ...what we're building together... ...and could this happen again? i was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me? i spoke to my doctor and she told me about eliquis. eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots and reduces the risk of them happening again. not only does eliquis treat dvt and pe blood clots. but eliquis also had significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. knowing eliquis had both... ...turned around my thinking. don't stop eliquis unless you doctor tells you to. eliquis can cause serious, and in rare cases, fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. if you had a spinal injection while on eliquis call your doctor right away if you have tingling, numbness, or muscle weakness. while taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily... and it may take longer than usual for bleeding to stop. seek immediate medical care for sudden signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. eliquis may increase your bleeding risk if you take certain medicines. tell your doctor about all planned medical or dental procedures. eliquis treats dvt & pe blood clots. plus had less major bleeding. both made switching to eliquis right for me. ask your doctor if it's right for you. look on the bright side. aveeno® skin brightening scrub and daily moisturizer with active naturals® soy. used together they make skin look healthier and more radiant in just one week. aveeno® naturally beautiful results® >> osgood: the breakers, this so called cottages the crown jewel of newport, rhode island. a city that you may be surprised to learn was a leading slave trading port during the 1700s. a summer retreat for southern plantation owners during the early 1800s. newport later on attracted leading industrial tycoons of the guilded age. chief among them was cornelius vanderbilt ii the grandson of the founder of the new york central railroad. vanderbilt ball the original breakers built of wood in 1885. after it burned he hired architect richard morris hunt who designed its replacement. completed in 1895, the rebuilt breakers is a 70-room italian renaissance-style palazzo. it covers nearly 140,000 square feet and features some 300 windows, many with commanding views of the ocean. not that the breakers is the only newport cottage a vanderbilt built. nearby stands the marble house, built between 1888 stand 1892 by cornelius' younger brother, william. also designed by richard morris hunt, william vanderbilt gave it to his wife alva as her 39th birthday present. today both the breakers and the marble house belong to the preservation society of newport county. both are also national historic landmarks. and make very clear why mark twain coined the expression, the guilded age. this is the largest of the breakers 27 fireplaces. all it takes to light a rip rip-roaring sphere just one small match. ben tracy pace homage to the match book. >> they come in different shapes, sizes and colors the little books and boxes concealing the fire within. but sparks of creativity can turn match books from simple fire starters into tiny works of art. >> they are, they're design gems. >> richard greene is what is called a flume mist. phillumenist. >> i don't particularly like that. >> match book collector. >> i prefer the term match heads. >> do you ever walk by a match book or box that you don't take? >> oh, absolutely all the time. those ugly plain white ones. >> you have standards. >> absolutely. don't we all? i'll show you a beautiful one. this is a favorite of mine the first thing i look at is the design. when you open it up you look at it inside. i look to see how the type has been used. whether they used the format of the match book in some clever way. >> some are clearly quite clever. others quite elaborate. the matchsticks themselves part of the design. greene's collection of more than a quarter million match books. >> this one happens to be for embalming fluid. >> catalogs how historically they have been used to sell everything from paint brushes to politicians. some are rare, some are racy. >> this happens to be called a -- slightly embossed. >> some are racist. >> here we have some political parties such alls the ku klux klan and john birch society. >> more than a century ago, pa pabst brewing of milwaukee was the first company to see potential in match books as mini billboards. 20 silent salesmen tucked insi inside. other companies soon followed. >> you just wouldn't be in business without having a match book. >> there is debate about who invented the match book. in 1892, pennsylvania at that time went attorney joshua pusey filed a patent for what he called the flexible match. it was meant to be attached to and enclosed by a suitable cover folded and adapted to be opened and closed as the covers of a book. but charles bowman, another pennsylvaniaian, patented the match book design we know today. these four words are among the most commonly printed phrases of all time. but the match book itself has long been under fire. replaced in large part by the disposable lighter and seemingly made irrelevant by smoking bans that have swept the country in the past decade. >> we have match books available at the front desk every day. >> michael is chef and managing partner at porter house bar and grill in new york city. his is one of many restaurants, bars and hotel, is that are giving the mooch book a second chapter. >> i get to remind people who have been here that they have been here. and this remembrance that they take with them, this little memory box, they get to keep, remember what they have been here. and tell their friends about us. >> there are couple of what we call barrels -- >> for richard greene it's not just about advertising. match books tell a story. our collective history, the good and the bad one square inch at a time. >> matches encompass every aspect of popular culture, whether it's entertainment or politics or industry or business, art, design, typeography. whatever it is, music. they're all in matches. >> osgood: ahead -- you are going with the -- all right. that's it. >> osgood: the real fixer uppers. when they actually did start saving. this gap between when we should start saving and when we actually do is one of the reasons why too many of us aren't prepared for retirement. just start as early as you can. it's going to pay off in the future. if we all start saving a little more today, we'll all be better prepared tomorrow. prudential. bring your challenges. [ "dreams" by beck ] hmmmmm... hmmmmm... the turbocharged dream machine. the volkswagen golf gti. part of the award-winning golf family. >> osgood: how is this for a kitchen oceans of room. you say a little redoing? our jane pauley snows just who to turn to. >> i want to show you what we're doing in the kitchen. >> if you're not already addicted -- >> this bracket is like screaming one more shelf. >> meet chip and joanna gaines. the rising stars of hgtv's "fixer upper." >> we take the worst house in the best neighborhood we turn it into a dream home. >> are you ready to see it. >> they renovated dozens of homes in waco, texas. >> here is the room. >> she has the vision. >> it's demo day. >> he executes the plan. and after weeks of construction, joanna has one day to set the stage for the big reveal. you. >> now the finishing touches. all the things that will make this house feel like a home i get to do tonight, i love this time. >> it's in my furniture warehouse. >> the hoarding zone. >> what do you call this selection? >> joanna's treasure trove? >> yeah. >> lintels. doors. old garden gate. full of possibilities she alone can see. >> when i look at something like that, i immediately see two twin head boards built into the wall. if i ever do a little girl's room. >> built into the wall? >> it makes it more interesting. >> joanna has the designer's eye, but chip was the original fixer upper. he flipped his first house while still a student at baylor university in waco. >> i'd just buy distressed properties and renovate them. >> how did you know how? >> that's the million dollar question. like mechanic might tinker with a car. >> how did you know how? >> trial and error. >> a lot of error. >> joanna was a communications major at baylor. and preparing to take over the family business selling tires. >> locally owned family operated tire store. >> chip became a very steady customer. >> he's always made me laugh. that's why i fell in love with him. something about his humor that, i don't know, i would always be rolling thinking this guy is interesting. >> newlyweds they started renovating small houses together. four years ago, joanna was discovered by a blog. and then hgtv came calling. >> within a few weeks they had camera crews down. >> chip was a natural. >> that's what i do best. i've always kind of been the type to where i felt like cameras were following me around sort of in a pretend way, you know. >> but joanne that was a revelation. >> he was actually pretty sure that there would be a star on this show and maybe he was a little surprised that it was you. >> i still to this day, i don't know if they're watching the same show that i'm watching. but there's a clear star here that has been born. and the country seems to think it's my wife and i'm telling you, it's me. >> well, it's both of you. >> the lone star state is big enough for two more stars. >> let me see what 16 feet is. >> they're big enough to share the spotlight. fans know clint harp, joanna's go-to carpenter. >> i met joanna, if i want to you build something can i draw some stuff down. at the time, jane, i had built maybe two or three tables and a bed. of which none have sold. >> you exceeded our expectations. >> way to go, clint harp. >> weep will say, how has it changed your life. i'm sitting with jane pauley. >> natural born entrepreneurs, both of you. when you have an idea it gets executed pretty darn fast. there's a real estate company, bed and breakfast, furniture line, paints and rugs. a book come out in the fall. and their most ambitious undertaking so far, the silos. twin rusting hulks on the waco skyline, now a landmark, drawing 25,000 visitors a week to the magnolia market. >> i just love the stuff she does. it looks like stuff you would have in your home. >> she's just brilliant. >> nobody's mentioned chip yet. >> chip is just awesome. >> i'm offering 50. >> oh, my, god! >> perhaps the ultimate fixer upper is the city of waco, tex texas. the unlikely capital of home renovation. >> i feel like to some extent this is california back in the gold rush days. or alaska during its boom. >> you know, i'm thinking if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. >> oh, i like that. >> oh, yeah. >> sinatra would probably be turning over in his grave. but i'd take that any day of the week. >> ingenious example of design. perfect for a rainy day. but design is all around us. susan spencer will show us throughout the morning. >> sure, it keeps you dry. but have you ever really looked at your umbrella? >> most people take it for granted. they don't realize the intricacy that are involved. you have a shaft, a runner, you have the stretcher and ribs. >> when it comes to design, says mechanical engineer dave kahng. >> press this button here. >> the case is open and shut. the umbrella is brilliant. >> there's no engine, no motor, no electricity, nothing. just one simple movement. eight arms extend itself. and it's a huge suffer sass fair. >> all it wants to do is protect you. >> does one thing. >> it's been doing that one thing for thousands of years. so what genius thought this up? >> some people say it was originated in china. some people say in egypt. but it was originally used for shape. imbra is the latin word for shade. >> each year kahng says, americans buy more than 33 million umbrellas. all shapes, all sizes. perhaps they would buy far fewer if the things lasted longer. >> we've all had an inverted umbrella. that fabric ribbed from the ribs. >> why is item buriesing ton inverted umbrella? >> you look foolish. >> kahng turned his umbrella obsession into a business. davek umbrellas. >> you find that your conscious as you walk down the street you look at people's umbrellas? >> i'm always looking for mine. >> we met him in new jersey. >> you'll see an umbrella lying in the street. >> it's sad. fallen comrade. >> he claims that does not happen to his umbrellas. >> made of steel, high quality fiberglass and aircraft grade aluminum. >> this is the baby. >> costing 50 -- we imported the wood from italy. >> for this one of burnished wood, $350. >> the roles royals of umbrellas. >> for $125, kahng even has an umbrella with a computer chip in the handle. >> if you accidentally leave this umbrella behind you walk a way 30 feet you'll get notification. >> making it hard to lose. >> your umbrella is calling you. >> remember how much i cost. don't leave me here. >> but forget the price, it is after all a masterful design. >> osgood: next, a visit to the house of dior. the actual house of dior. >> osgood: next, a visit to the house of dior. c white toothbrush >> osgood: next, a visit to the house of dior. the actual house of dior. plus whitening pen for 5 shades whiter teeth. brush, whiten, go! no mess, no waiting, no rinsing. colgate optic white toothbrush plus whitening pen. introduces new, easy-to-swallow tablets. so now, there are more ways, for more people... to experience... complete protection from frequent heartburn. nexium 24hr. the easy-to-swallow tablet is here. >> osgood:, today, also find house of dior. don't mean the fashion business, we mean the actual house. of the late christian dior. seth phone is there and he has company. >> there was plenty to catch one's eye as seemingly endless line of mercedes deposited fashionistas, models, and an oscar winner. even actress char leases theron agreed the real start of this night was the house. >> i'm living in a bit of magical fantasy. >> why? >> just walking through here, you can't help but try to imagine things that happened in rooms and my imagination goes crazy. >> just like legendary designer christian dior's imagination did when he created this opulent retreat in the french country side. >> i've had like the biggest smile, because it feels like it's filled with joy. >> theron, the face of dior perfume for more than a decade lent her star power earlier this month to the grand reopening of dior's chat toe de la colle noire, nestled in the provence region of south of france. historian showed us around. >> even all of these decades later, dior still looms large here. >> yes, yes. we are really proud of our founding father. >> dior bought the chateau in 1951 and started work on it. but then died unexpectedly just about six years later. the house fell into other ha until three years when the company bought it back and started restoring it to the way it was. the detail-obsessed dior had sketched out this entryway floor, just like he might have sketched a dress. skills he demonstrated forker ward rough mother row on cbs' "person to person" back in 1955. >> just what it that you're sketching there, mr. dior? >> i'm sketching a suit for this spring, a big collar. an awesome neckline. >> do you always sketch as quickly as that? >> yes, i have to do it. >> by using old plans and photographs and buying back original furnishings in auction the house is now part museum, part tribute. way for the company to reconnect with its roots. >> we are now a personal, private apartment of christian dior in the middle of the castle and we are in his personal office. >> dior wasn't always surrounded by such grandeura letter on his desk reveals just how far he had come after moving with his family to the nearby town of callian with few prospects. >> dior writes this letter in 1940. >> yeah. >> he's jobless. six years later he would create this company. >> yes. and seven years of aer he's the king of fashion. >> dior founded his fashion-forward company in 1946. injecting glamour back into women's clothing in the wake of world war ii. >> just after war, he anticipate the desire of people to come back to the golden age of cotour. >> dior dreamed up many of his designs at the fields and guard then inspired his creativity. >> christian dior had these rose bushes out here like this? >> yeah, exactly. because this castle was a farm, too. and he plant everything here. especially rose trees, too. >> sewed, armelle janody tends to these roses which only bloom in may. they are hand picked used to make the company's high end perfume. just as they were when dior lived here. >> they e so flagrant. >> this is the queen of the rose. >> these gardens are not far from the town of grasse, the so-called perfume capital of the world. >> perfumer used to say it is a spicy rose. there are lot of different fragrances in it. >> at 89, lucienne can barely see. but told us smelling the may rose took her back to when she picked flowers for dior himself in the mid 1950s. what do you remember of christian dior? >> it wasn't like the city guys, she recalled, he bought this property made it so beautiful. everybody in the village just adored him. >> so many years after his death, what is dior's impact on the fashion world today? >> i don't think it's a name that you can utter anywhere in the world without people knowing what you're talking about. there is an essence that still surviving through all of these years. >> at that glamorous grand opening, a dinner table had been set for 180. yes, all at one table. the fragrance of flowers fills the air. and the house of dior came alive once again. >> osgood: coming up. >> there's no other place in this part of city where you can have this view. >> osgood: living the high life. ,,,,,,,,,,,, >> osgood: within most of these newport mansions were designed, elegance meant building out. today it's all about building up. lee cowan takes the measure of the newest crop of skyscrapers. >> of all the manhattan skyscrapers, the empire state building finds itself in a curious position. just look up at all of its lofty modern neighbors. they are rail thin, like bean stalks sprouting above a forest of older, huskier building, and more going up all the time. the central park tower, set for completion in 2018, will soar more than 1500 feet. making it the tallest residential building anywhere. just a block away will be another 1400 plus tower this one set to take the record for the world's skinniest. these super-talls, as they're called, will eventually make manhattan look more like a pin cushion, changing the skyline one really expensive condo at a time. >> not quite a closet. >> no, not at all. >> a bit of grand space. >> there's no other place in this part of the city where you'll have this view. >> no. >> developer bruce eichner is counting on the wealthy to buy boo this the sky high skinny wren tour. >> this going to be somebody's bedroom? >> it is going to be somebody's master bedroom. >> and how much would one pay for this kind of view? >> well, for the full floor which this is, the price is approximate ly $20 million. >> the building is 65 stories tall, but with a tiny footprint. >> the building at its base is 75 feet wide. >> that's it. >> that's it? and then it walks out each floor about four and a half inches a floor, owe when you get to the top of the building you're 105 feet wide. >> they're like giraffes, balancing on one foot. remarkable from an engineering standpoint but perhaps more remarkable, is that they exist solely because there are enough people willing to pay enough to live way up here. >> what you're buying is the view outside. what you're buying is the location in the sky and that's what has value. well i started the museum in 1997. >> carol willis the curator of new york's skyscraper museum. what's different is these new skyscrapers aren't so much monuments to corporate capitalism as they are monuments to personal wealth. >> they're the 21st century version of the woolworth building or the empire state building a place where individuals can own a piece of the sky rather than a company or a developer. >> there is of course, a cost to building so high. it comes in the form of greenhouse gasses. whether it's the wilshire grand under construction in los angeles or the salesforce tower soon to be coming to san francisco. the production of the cement used to build them emits carbon into the atmosphere, contributing to global warming. but renewable skyscrapers, trees, may provide a more sustainable answer. as they grow, trees take carbon out of the atmosphere and even after they're harvested they store that carbon. the lone rock logging has decided to send some of its trees to a special mill that turns them into a new kind of green high-rise building block. >> it's going to change the way we build here in the u.s. >> john redfield is the chief operating officer at that mill, only lumber mill in the u.s. certified to make something called clt, which stands for cross laminated timber. it's made by gluing together layer after layer of wood planks at 90 degree angles then pressing it all into a thick panel. we know what you're thinking, we've been building with wood since we've been building anything. but what makes clt unique is it's as strong as steel and up to five times lighter than concrete. making these panels perfect to build a high-rise. >> basically took them about a day to put up all the columns. >> architect thomas robinson designed this four story all-wood build in portland using cls. it's similar to buildings in europe which has been using clt to build highrises for years. the u.s. department of agriculture has wanted to spur more tall wood buildings here in the u.s. but two years ago it announced a $3 million prize for the best all-woody sign. robinson's was one of the winners. this 12 story all wood big brother to his shorter version set to be built in downtown portland later this year. >> when the 12-story tower goes up going to be something similar to this? >> similar, but with ticker panels. >> there are skeptic, however, especially when it comes to fire. but robinson has an answer for that, too. >> i think people don't realize that wood has an inherent fire resistance when it's actually large. and it doesn't lose its strength as it burns. >> that, combined with a smaller carbon footprint, is starting to grow on a lot of folks. and says john redfield, the look and smell of wood doesn't hurt either. >> when is the last time you saw somebody hug a concrete column? they don't. but they sure like to hug trees. >> wood highrises likely won't reach as tall as these beams of steel and concrete, but will crane a few necks for sure. skyscrapers of whatever material are signatures of our cities. they are time capsules of our design that represent not only who we are but what and where we'd like to be. >> osgood: next, nancy giles. >> i'm so bad with plants. at a certain point i thought i'd get pictures of plants. >> osgood: now green is her garden. >> osgood: potted palms were the interior decoration of choice in the late 19th century here at the formal dining room of the breakers. as for the favored green preof today, nancy giles has been doing a little digging. >> so i've been looking around my house lately thinking, something's missing. there's hardly anything living in my living room. i figured maybe a plant would help. but something hip. something that will pop as the designers say. so i hit new york city's flower district where i met ashok kumar, ak to his friends. he runs tropical plants and other kids. >> what else is over here? >> this is alocosiz looks like elephant ears. >> what street this one here? my mom used to grow this. >> this is corn plants. they don't grow corn. >> but i didn't want the same old. i wanted cutting edge. what's the new, hip plant that everybody -- >> this is called figure tree. >> very popular. >> ak showed me what is properly called the fiddle leaf figure. it might seem familiar if you drool over design magazines. >> talk about this fiddle leaf figure. what is the big deal? >> it's the craze in the design world right now. really beautiful. >> it's an african figure tree that doesn't produce actual figures, by the way, interior designer brad sherman has been putting it to work. >> you can put it in to minimalist loft, it goes great with all sorts of interiors. >> beauty isn't everything. >> i have one small issue. i'm so bad with plants certain point i thought i'd just get pictures of plants. because everything i -- >> ak insisted that is not a problem with the fiddle leaf figure. >> this is very easy. people don't have time in new york. >> brad sherman begs to differ. >> fiddle leafs are more emotional glance what do you mean emotional? they cry? >> they're sensitive. >> that's why brad already moving on. >> it does look like a piece of sculpture. he showed me his yucca. >> it's definite ly withstand neglect. >> this is so pretty. >> but i wasn't giving up on the fiddle leaf figure. >> that's it. i went to a third opinion. how old is she? >> ten years, actual glee this is a ten-year-old plant? >> how did you keep it alive. >> some say negligent. >> she has one tucked away in her new jersey home. >> are you feeling like the hipness of you making a statement with the plant? >> i don't know about that. i've never kinda felt hip in my life. but if that's it, i'll take it. >> and that clinched it. i brought home my very own fiddle leaf figure. figuregy and i have an agreement. he'll increase my hipness fact factor. and i'll do my best to keep him alive. >> osgood: some food for thought just ahead. ,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> nothing quite says "dig in" like this unmistakable sight. >> something really iconic about this chinese takeout box. you see it, you know exactly what it means. >> so iconic, that peter kim will soon be featuring it in new york's museum of food and drink where he is executive director. >> it's a pretty amazing piece of design. it's all cut from one piece of paper. and it's folded up, so you don't have any seams. what that means is that there's no place for liquids to actually seep out. >> yet most people who get their chinese food don't look at that say, what a great box. >> it is a wonderous thing. >> a work of origami to which you never give a second thought. when did this box come over from china? >> it never came over from china, it is a uniquely american invention. >> this is an american invention? >> that's right. >> it was patented in 1894 by chicago inventor frederic weeks willcox. in the 1907s, that red pagoda, popularized in san francisco, was added along with "thank you" and "enjoy." as for the food inside -- >> chinese-american cuisine itself is very different from food you find in china. >> we have american food basically in an american box and we all think that we're going around being ethnic? >> yes. chinese food in the chinese takeout box is as american as apple pie. >> this is as chinese as i am. >> that's right. >> no surprise that the takeout box is made in the usa. the biggest company churns out a whopping 300 million a year. >> there are over 40,000 chinese restaurants in the u.s. and just to put that in context for you, that's nearly three times as many mcdonald's as there are in the u.s. >> there are three times more chinese restaurants than mcdonald's? >> almost, yeah. >> but back to that iconic box. peter kim likes to save the best for last. >> i'm going to let you in on a little secret. not only is this takeout container great for holding in food, but if you just pop out the wire handle like that and go like that. >> okay. >> then the container turns into a really northwesty little plate. >> oh, wow. you have done america a great service in pointing this out. >> something to keep in mind at your next swanky dinner party. >> there we go. >> got to get the ball off the swing. >> osgood: still to come. >> take down a little bit where you are. >> osgood: designing golfer, jack nicklaus. and later -- >> nothing compares to this place as a double-decker bus. ,,, >> osgood: billiards anyone? mr. vanderbilt and his guests played their in door game in a room deioned with walls of blue marble. as for outdoor, the if the sport is golf, it's jack nicklaus. jim axelrod takes us out on the green. >> it may lack like a baron wasteland, but actually this is just a step on the path to paradise. at least when this guy gets involved. >> i think this is too busy here. let's expand the lake, make sure we see water. >> jack nicklaus, widely considered the greatest golfer in history. also among the most prolific golf course designers the game has ever known. >> i think this spot right here is just a little high. >> on this "sunday morning," he is leading the charge at la gorci country club in miami beach with his design team in toe. he's been hired to redo the course one of nearly 400 his company has designed around the world. when you were playing, it was you against other golfers. this is you against the land. >> it fights back, too. >> different kind of opponent. >> well you, try to make the land and the wind and the weather be your friend. so you try to design around those elements so you're not fighting them but you're actually using them to help you. he's got no formal training. but at 76 years oldies collected a lifetime of golf knowledge right down to the to the smallest grain of sand. >> up complimented with a very fine sand. it plays a lot better. >> nicklaus was a ferocious competitor who won a record 18 of golf's major championships over 25 years. once the competitive part of your playing career was on the downside. >> on the downside. it's okay. >> well -- all go there. >> did the intensity of your desire to build the course design business then real up? >> a little bit. then about 1983 fellow who is ceo of my company came to me, i'm doing half a dozen golf courses a year, he says, jack, don't you think it's about time you made your of a vocation a vocation? >> it took him awhile for his design philosophy to evolve. thinking like the champion he was as a player. >> i got a reputation of building golf courses too hard because i was doing it for tournaments. >> but the longer he stayed at it the more he started to think like a businessman. >> it shouldn't be about my ego. probably has his own ego. not my job to go out and do a golf course that suits me. but a golf course that suits them. >> not to say his long list of courses doesn't include some of the best in the game. muirfield village near his hometown of columbus, ohio. valhalla in louisville, kentucky. castle pines in colorado. golf digest currently ranks them all in the top 100 courses in the country. but three quarters of his work today is overseas like these projects in vietnam and thailand. when we caught up with nicklaus in miami beach, he was just back from turkmenistan. that's right, turkmenistan. >> jack, you're 76, why are you going there? >> to do a golf course. most people work all their life to retire to play golf. well i played golf all my life to retire to work. >> he's getting just what he wanted. on the road 200 companies a year his brand extends far beyond golf source designs not just the golf understands you'd expect but wine, lemonade, even ice cream. with a portion of the profits going to charities the nicklaus family supports. >> mr. jack nicklaus. >> you've one the congressional gold medal. you've one the presidential medal of freedom. you're not a guy who needs to say, gee, what did i do with my life. so why press so hard now. is this to build a business to leave to your family? >> that's part of it. i need to leave that for my kids, my grandkids, leave the legacy of a brand and something that i've left here. >> he might take you in with a chuckle, recalling that even as a six-time masters champion, it took awhile for the men who run augusta to get him his own green jacket. >> 1963. i won the masters. they brought out 46 long, i was a 43 regular. fit me like an over coat. next year, try this one see how it fits you. it was tom dewew's jacket. governor of new york. i wore his jacket for the next 20 years. >> let me get this straight, 19786 the most famous green jacket care mow knee probably in the history you're waying tom dewey's green jacket? >> it's 30 years old. >> but when it comes to what really masters jack nicklaus, don't think he's mellowing. don't get to be the best ever without a little edge. >> why would you do it then if you knew? >> why would you do something when you are playing in the water? >> you don't need that. you don't need that. >> jack nicklaus knows an awful lot has come his way simply through his astonishing ability to hit a golf ball. >> the area that you're supposed to keep? >> but what he's designing now is yet another way to be remembered. >> my walk up to the 18th fairway at augusta something i remember, i'll cherish, be with me all my life. but this golf course will be here for a long beyond my golf game for lot of meme to enjoy and have fun with it. that's a legacy that you can't leave by just hitting a golf shot. >> osgood: still to come, a new take on old standards. >> 360 degrees. wish your skin could bounce back like... ...it used to? neutrogena® hydro boost water gel. instantly quenches skin to keep it... ...supple and hydrated... ...day... ...after day. with hydrating hyaluronic acid, which retains up to 1000 times its weight... ...in water. this refreshing water gel... plumps skin cells with intense hydration and locks it in. for supple, hydrated skin that bounces back. hydro boost... from neutrogena®. see what's possible. ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ >> osgood: we like to think that good pictures are timeless. but the man anthony mason now introduces us to says, think again. >> best way to see the city is the double-decker bus. now looking out the back is good, too. >> the backs have become so 360 degrees. >> in thomas heatherwick's work, his redesign of london's classic double-decker bus, the caldron he created for the london olympics or google's new california headquarters. you don't find a signature style. but the 46-year-old british designer says the world is growing too similar. >> there's great benefits to globalization and things that are wonderful and fantastic. but it means you need to put very deliberate effort now into helping things have their own soulfulness. >> similarity is your enemy? >> why do something that f it already exists? >> heatherwick's provocative work was celebrated at the cooper hewitt museum in new york last year. >> squeeze back to being the perfect object. >> when the "wall street journal" proclaimed him design innovator of the year. >> it's so noisy. >> in his london studio -- hadn't really fell through, can go all the way around. >> where heatherwick has also dreamed up a spinning chair. this is the rolling bridge? and a rolling bridge that curls up to let boats pass. heatherwick and his team of 180 architects, artists and designers are now about to make their mark in america. redesigning the interiors of the feffen theater at new york's lincoln center. and creating the pier 55 park. >> this side elevation that it has. >> to be built on 280 pilings in the hudson river. when did you first get interested in design? >> when i was little i just was tuned in to the functionality and aesthetics of things around me. >> his father, an educator and musician and his mothera jewelry designer, fed his fascination for ideas. did you at some point find yourself making drawings of ideas of your own? >> i thought i wanted to be an inventor. but then discovered you couldn't study inventing. in britain everyone has chit tee chit tee bang bang mentality that inventor has the word mad stuck at the beginning of it. >> at toged waiting the royal college of art he launched his own studio in 1984. >> they weren't considered part of architecture heritage. >> six years ago he was commissioned to do the first redesign of the double-decker bus in half a century. were you all nervous having to deal with something so iconic? >> i felt a huge responsibility. >> heatherwick add add door up front and sweeping win depo to the back. >> this had to do lots of jobs. and our role was to try to make something that would do all that, but also, i mean you can see, nothing compares to the front of a double-decker bus. >> heatherwick's most celebrated design may be the british pavilion he created for the shanghai world expo in 2010. >> it seemed like, does britain yet again talk about castles and queens and sherlock holmes? in. >> stead he wanted to highlight london as one of the greenest cities in the world. >> what if we built a seed cathedral. you mean, like a nut shop? >> so he implanted seeds in the ends of 60,000 acrylic rods. >> if you hold it to the light, you see daylight would come down. >> the dandelion shaped structure one first prize and drew eight million visitors. his next marquee project is a garden bridge. >> the under side of the bridge, it felt, must be something that's beautiful. >> a pedestrian walkway that will extend nearly 1,000 feet across the thames river. >> in effect these are like hands coming out of the clay at the base of the thames holding up a garden. and the garden takes over from there. >> you feel like you're trying to show people something like, look, this is what we can do? >> yes. >> there are lots of forces against anything with any specialness happening. so when something at all special happens, i feel very appreciative of it. >> osgood: the q-tip, next. nanc! woo! here's your balloon! ♪ i have the best team. oh, here i come! during toyotatime, get 0% apr financing on ten models. offer ends may 31st. for great deals on other toyotas, visit toyota.com here you go. and here i go! toyota. let's go places. but it's actually a triumph of predictive analytics. because of optum. through population health data, they provide insights so doctors and hospitals can identify high-risk patients. like me... asthma... potential hospital visit. so now thanks to optum, this asthma thing's under control. gravity not so much. this is healthier, powered by optum. from health plans to providers to employers. we connect all parts of health care. healthier is here. i my mom wants to understand, but she just can't see it. so excedrin worked with me to show my mom what i experience during a migraine. excedrin relieves my pain and symptoms. but their dedication to migraine sufferers doesn't stop there. oh my god... i'm so sorry, honey, that you go through this. now i finally feel understood. experience more stories at excedrin.com in the country have in common? 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