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Mark Anderson's 10 Predictions For 2009

Strategic News Service forecaster Mark Anderson delivers his predictions for 2009 -- his predictions from last year were 96% correct.READ»

Spinning the Recession: Sheik Majed Al-Sabah

Americans may be in a state of gloom about the economy, but it's still a beautiful day in the neighborhood, if you live next door to Sheik Majed Al-Sabah.READ»

• Spinning the Recession: David Melancon, Ito Partnership
• Spinning the Recession: Michael Burke, CEO of Fendi

Spinning the Recession: David Melancon, Ito Partnership

Feeling guilty about ordering that $14 capiranha while headlines trumpet economic collapse in every quarter? Morgans Hotel Group has a message for you: "F&%k the Recession!"READ»

• Spinning the Recession: Michael Burke, CEO of Fendi
• Spinning the Recession: Sheik Majed Al-Sabah

Partying in the Name of Art

This is what Art Basel Miami looks like: it's Wednesday night at the Mondrian, the city's hottest new hotel, and a crowd is gathering for the official opening party -- a cocktail soiree toasting Marcel Wanders, the hotel's designer.READ»

• Design Stars Shine at Marcel Wanders Event
• Scene Report: Art Basel Miami 2008

Design Stars Shine at Marcel Wanders Event

Inside the luncheon at Art Basel Miami celebrating the opening of the Miami Beach Mondrian, the first hotel created by Dutch designer Marcel Wanders.READ»

• Marcel Wanders Designs Miami's Mondrian
• Masters of Design

Pop!Tech: What Can Innovators Learn from Pirates?

Matt Mason, author of "The Pirates' Dilemma," spoke at Pop!Tech this morning about what we can learn from pirates. These seven tips may save your company.READ»

• Pop!Tech: Is Larry Page the Ben Bernake of the Internet?
• Pop!Tech: Cellphones Used to Fight AIDS in South Africa

Pop!Tech: Is Larry Page the Ben Bernake of the Internet?

Chris Anderson, author of "The Long Tail," spoke at Pop!Tech about non-monetary economics -- a cheery idea, given the current state of monetary economics.READ»

• Pop!Tech: Cellphones Used to Fight AIDS in South Africa
• Pop!Tech: Scarcity and Abundance in Camden

Pop!Tech: Cellphones Used to Fight AIDS in South Africa

Is the cellphone the most promising new weapon in the fight against HIV/AIDs? A group of designers, tech companies, health care providers and AIDs activists are betting that mobile phones can help crack this intractable problem: delivering health care information to one of the world's most severely affected regions.READ»

• Pop!Tech: Scarcity and Abundance in Camden
• Pop!Tech: Live Long and Prosper

Pop!Tech: Scarcity and Abundance in Camden

In a world where both the bottom and top of the pyramid are reeling as markets melt down and tectonic economic shifts are shaking the planet, a conference dedicated to the theme “Scarcity and Abundance” seems stomach-churningly ...READ»

• Pop!Tech: Live Long and Prosper
• Pop!Tech: Ending the Conference Bag Arms Race

Pop!Tech: Live Long and Prosper

Is there an upside to the current recession? Well, maybe, if it means we travel less, turn down the thermostat, and think deeply before flagrantly consuming more stuff. The combined effect of that parsimonious lifestyle is likely ...READ»

• Pop!Tech: Ending the Conference Bag Arms Race
• Pop!Tech: How Can You Use Social Media to Get Things Done?

Art + Sex + Zaha Hadid + Brandbuilding = Chanel

Fueled by a fortune built on a handbag, a glossy white art-filled spaceship has touched down in Central Park. It’s designed by Zaha Hadid, the Pritzker Prize winning Iraqi architect and underwritten by Chanel, making for a kind of architecture-meets-fashion-meets-art-meets-brand promotion fantas-magoria.READ»

Is Good Design Bad for the Planet?

You betcha. As somebody with four iPods -- from a clunky old fat white one from the Paleolithic era, to a sleek new iPod Touch - I’ll be the first to confess that I’m a sucker for a sexy gadget, an easy mark for a cool new ...READ»

The Real Election: This year’s Coolest Design

Sick of the presidential campaigns already? Here’s an election worth tuning in for: the Cooper Hewitt’s annual People’s Design Award competition.READ»

Life After Project Runway -- on the Web

These five Project Runway alums are facing the biggest challenge of their careers: how to use Web 2.0 tools to propel their 15-minutes of fame into a viable business.READ»

• From Project Runway to the Web
• Project Rehab: Tim Gunn Tries to Make it Work at Liz Claiborne
• Put Some Style In Your Lifestyle
• Green is the New Black
• 9 Daring Ideas That Blend Fashion and Sustainability
• Green Fashion Goes Mainstream

Elastic Kool-Aid Acid Test

Given the amount of pushing, shoving, and line-jumping going on at last week’s opening of Design and the Elastic Mind, you’d have thought MOMA had just gotten a shipment of Wii’s. Hundreds of the city’s design-obsessed ...READ»