I'm off to today to Maison and Objet, in Paris. "10 Years of Trends, Encounters, Passion and Home-Style". This will be my first M and O, and I've heard nothing but good reports from past years. Of course, I plan…
Continue Reading →I mentioned I have been following Richard Kuchinsky's new blog, called first pullover. He has been posting his first hand impressions, comments, and pictures, from the Bread & Butter event this past weekend in Berlin. Some of the booths look…
Continue Reading →All though the Core77 interview with Rob Walker has been up for a while, I finally gave it a read today in some free time. The interview is very insightful, and I recommend it to anybody with interest in the…
Continue Reading →I know this made the circuit a while ago, but the incredible "Concierge Service Club": quintessentially, has recently opened an L.A. office, and now hosts a weekly party at Hollywood Roosevelt's Tropicana Bar for members only. They seem to be…
Continue Reading →The Peninsula in Hong Kong and the Bauza Hotel in Madrid, are just two of the 100 "Sexiest Hotels" of 2004-2005, ranked by Sexy Inc, Sky Radio, and Travel Ala Mode. They evaluated over 1000 properties--and they chose the winners…
Continue Reading →The word's first "Undersea Restaurant" has opened in The Maldives. The restaurant is a part of the Hilton Maldives Resort, on Rangali Island. The restaurant, which is called Ithaa, sits five meters below the surface of the Indian Ocean, surrounded…
Continue Reading →I got a chance to meet, hang out with, and go on a little adventure with the great folks at Freebord yesterday. It was really a treat. If you haven't seen their inventive way to literally ride the streets as…
Continue Reading →Wired has a wonderful article about the prospect of every kid having a computer; and MIT's Media Lab's plan for a $100 laptop. They say the goal is closer than many might think--MIT is working with AMD, Google, and News…
Continue Reading →An article on Guerilla-Innovation led me to finally address this developing body advertisement trend. This whole human space advertising business--as much as I want to ignore its absurdity, is catching on quickly. Most of us have heard about the 20…
Continue Reading →The first Stand-alone iPod store in the country has now opened. How trendy-- I see this idea catching on to be potentially very successful. The store opened up in San Luis Obispo, California. The shop offers every iPod model and…
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