1.   A watchman guards the entrance to the Nagai Koen shelter, an impressively neat collection of brushed aluminum structures on the edge of the park.

2.   But this joystick-like device, while made to look like brushed aluminum, is actually plastic.

3.   If the Jaguar demands a deep, dark color, the magnificant German machines from Mercedes, BMW and Audi look most natural in something approaching brushed aluminum.

4.   In cars with stick shifts, the shift knob is the traditional pelota shape with stitched leather and a brushed aluminum pull ring to engage reverse.

5.   In its exposed rivets, Torx-head screws and brackets, its leitmotif of brushed aluminum rings, it flirts with a half-dozen Machine Age schools of design.

6.   Inside, the Project Vantage is trimmed not with wood, like most luxury cars, but with brushed aluminum and carbon fiber.

7.   Jackson, the furniture designer and former magician, uses theatrical scrims set in brushed aluminum frames to manipulate light.

8.   The base station is a brushed aluminum pyramid, and the handset, with its asymmetric but ergonomic swoop, is a brilliant and comfortable design.

9.   The Lincoln Blackwood is equipped with a short, carpeted pickup bed with brushed aluminum sides.

10.   The new ceilings are brushed aluminum, but only few ceramic floor tiles needed replacing.