Robert Keane had one year to plot out his business. He went to INSEAD
business school in France with the idea of an opportunity. Over the
course of his one-year MBA program, during a class on new ventures, he
had a chance to ...READ»
Much ado has been made about Newsweek's Green Rankings of the biggest corporations in America. But public perception of sustainability is just as important as reality--the greenest company in the world is worthless if it has no ...READ»
Ikea doesn't usually show at furniture fairs, but this year the Swedish home furnishings company made an exception at ICFF, to unveil a sprawling new line of ambitious designs. The so-called PS line is Ikea's flagship for ...READ»
Rooftop solar panel installation is often a time-consuming and complicated process, but Armageddon Energy's new prefab panels are practically roof-ready when they come out of the box. A solar "clover" ...READ»
"Your movie made me physically sick," one audience member told Gary Hustwit (left), the director of Objectified, the eagerly anticipated film about industrial design, last night at a screening in New York.
Far from ...READ»
The country that unleashed ABBA, IKEA and H&M on the world is gearing up to impress us once again--this time with Europe's largest wind farm. Swedish company Markbygden Vind AB wants to build 1,101 wind turbines in the northern ...READ»
Ikea is introducing an online car-sharing service in conjuction with Comuto, the French ride-sharing company behind Covoiturage.fr, for 26 IKEA locations in France. Last week, we reported that IKEA would enter the eco-friendly car ...READ»
Mattias Hansson helps train 1,300 students a year in digital media, interactive art direction, and digital business management in Stockholm and on a former prison island off the coast of Sweden. Graduates are hotly recruited by such firms as Crispin Porter + Bogusky and Ideo.READ»
There's a moment, at the beginning of the documentary Objectified, where Jonathan Ive, Apple's head of design, takes his iPhone out of his pocket and wipes it along the hem of his shirt to remove the ...READ»
Think of a "green" product, and you probably imagine something made of recycled, non-toxic materials. But actually, the key to ensuring that a product has a light carbon footprint is making sure it ships in the tiniest space ...READ»
With the 44th president of the United States being sworn into office, brands across the nation have geared up to join the celebrations, capitalize on the fervor or just underscore their patriotism. From cookies and cupcakes to comic ...READ»
I found this interesting little tidbit in Gawker yesterday. And this morning when I read in The Boston Globe that a global marketing firm predicted that Internet advertising will continue to grow despite economic woes I read the ...READ»
