Federal authorities say IKEA is offering a free wall anchoring kit for dressers and chests that officials say can pose a tip-over hazard if not secured to a wall.
Read More Former Jos. A. Bank executives launch men’s apparel brand in Maryland
Several former executives of Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. plan to launch a retail brand that will be based in Maryland and sell classically styled men’s apparel for business professionals.
Read More GE Wants to Give Industrial Machines Their Own Social Network With Predix Cloud
GE is selling a new service that promises to predict when a machine will break down…so technicians can preemptively fix it.
An airplane’s “black box” flight data recorder helps investigators understand how a crash happened. But with ubiquitous sensors and the ability to analyze petabytes of data online, technology could some day predict how future crashes will happen, and how to prevent them. “I don’t want to promise that we will build it…but it is definitely possible,” says Harel Kodesh, manager of GE’s Predix cloud-computing service.
Vice Media Writers Vote To Unionize
Writers at Vice are reportedly unionizing.
In a surprise move on a summer Friday, writers at Vice Media have voted to unionize. The Wall Street Journal reports that Vice’s writers will be joining the Writer’s Guild of America, East (WGA), and that sources say Vice is prepared to recognize the union.
From Converse To Kanye: See The Rise Of Sneaker Culture From 1917 To Now
Elizabeth Semmelhack, curator of the Rise of Sneaker Culture exhibit talks about the evolution of kicks from the first Converse Chuck Taylors through Run DMC to Kanye’s Dons.
“The sneaker is the most baroque item of dress in a man’s attire,” says shoe expert Elizabeth Semmelhack, and she should know. Senior curator of Toronto’s BATA Shoe Museum, she put together the Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture picture book and traveling exhibition (through October 4 at the Brooklyn Museum) to celebrate the evolution of the athletic shoe from canvas high top to high-fashion status symbol that generates $55 billion a year in worldwide revenue.
Inside The Creative Office Cultures At Facebook, IDEO, And Virgin Airlines
The tech, design, and travel leaders have enviable creative cultures. Here’s how they do it.
What do the leaders in the industries of tech, design, and travel have in common? Facebook, Virgin Airlines, and IDEO all pride themselves in their approach to creativity and innovation. And their company cultures reflect their ethos.
How Princess Reema Is Opening Doors For Women In Saudi Arabia
In a country where women can’t legally take the wheel of a car, one leader is finding creative ways to offer them other means of control.
“She comes from a country where women can’t drive, can’t go outside, can’t go to restaurants, can’t socialize, can’t, can’t, can’t . . .”
How To Seek Out Creative Partnerships That Work
Instagram’s favorite doodle dad drums up collaborations with the likes of J.Crew, Bergdorf’s, and Alice+Olivia. Here’s how he does it.
He’s known for the loud red lips he paints on everything from store windows to designer handbags. The 150,000 fans on his Instagram account are among those clamoring to meet him in person at Bergdorf Goodman, buying the $45 J.Crew T-shirts and $725 Brian Atwood pumps he’s guest-designed.
The Spork, Redesigned
Move over, spork! Meet the tritensil.
The spork is sort of the ultimate kludge of a design. Take a spoon, put some tines at the end, and voila: you have an eating utensil that isn’t quite as good as either half of its portmanteau. Things get even messier when you throw in a knife, resulting in the so-called splayd, or sporf. (“Sporf?” Horf.) Depending on how the blade is positioned, you either get half a knife shoved in your mouth, or you get a knife in the palm. Brilliant.
