Former Talking Head and timeless Renaissance man David Byrne has written a cogent essay about how New York City is increasingly becoming an unaffordable playground for the very rich, with little room for a thriving middle class to call the city home. Like many of us, Byrne’s a little freaked out about upscale homogenization of […]
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The UK chocolate manufacturer maintains it has used a particular shade of purple since WWI Cadbury denied right to trademark Dairy Milk purple Cadbury has lost a five-year court battle to register a distinctive shade of purple as a trademark for its chocolate bars. Lawyers for rival Nestlé managed to overturn a previous judgment that […]
Just in time for those holiday photos. Photographer Marc Hurley shows you how to look more confident—and sexy—next time you’re in front of the camera.
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24 great infographs. Here’s how Germans and Chinese express opinions: More at: East Meets West: Infographic Shows Differences Between Germans And Chinese 24 pics | Bored Panda. While we are all so different individually, it seems easy to define people in groups according to tired stereotypes. Things get interesting, however, when different […]
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“We do not reject the machine. We welcome it. But we would desire to see it mastered.”
The New Yorker breaks down the Sochi logo, noting the lack of any graphic image—a sharp departure from previous Olympics. Some see hidden meanings though. As one commenter noted: “When the logo was unveiled, the joke in Russia was that the blue font symbolizes pipes with natural gas – the main Russian export that basically […]
