There's a price for everything, even in the Louvre: Tomorrow, Apple will be opening up their very first Parisian Apple Store, and it'll sit in the concourse right below I.M. Pei's glass pyramid. According to Bloomberg, this'll be ...READ»
Two years ago, when this concept was first shown off, we never thought it had a chance. But this week, the Andrea air filter has finally gone on sale--for $199.
The idea is simple enough: Plants naturally filter toxins. So the ...READ»
Here's an infographic that should help anyone who loves getting drunk drinking wine, but can't tell a pinot from a merlot from 7-Eleven's new cab sav.
For his class, Visualizing the Five Senses, NYU grad student Carl Tashian ...READ»
There are some things to be thankful for, because of the recession: Web-based purveyors of discounted fashion are thriving, and even when the economy comes back, we'll still have them around. Recently there was Gilt Group, which has ...READ»
Maybe you don't work at a big, high-powered graphic design house like Little & Company, but you can still benefit from their largesse. The firm traveled the world, amassing video interviews with some of the best design minds ...READ»
There's lots of perks at Google HQ out in California, but the design itself is a snooze. Things are a lot more interesting at their just-completed engineering offices in Zurich, Switzerland.
The common spaces are particularly ...READ»
Whew! The recession is over. Well, that’s a reliefOr so said the Commerce Department. The 3.5% GDP growth in Q3 proves it. Right?The announcement has been greeted with understandable and almost universal skepticism. ...READ»
Since it's election day, let's play an election-themed guessing game. Each of the following screen shots is from the Web site of a politician up for election today. Can you guess their party affiliations?
Bob McDonnell, running for ...READ»
"Godmother of Punk" Patti Smith didn't go to Pratt. She didn't have the money and, she says, she was "too erratic a student" to get past the admissions office. That didn't stop her, however, from enthusiastically accepting an award ...READ»
Randall Munroe's claim to fame is XKCD, a Web-comic devoted to geekery which has a rabid following. Today, he's scrapped the math jokes and dry wit for a massive infographic, illustrating all of the character interactions in Lord of ...READ»
