fashion design

Partying in the Name of Art

Linda Tischler — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:00:49 -0500

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.

Design Stars Shine at Marcel Wanders Event

Linda Tischler — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:28:54 -0500

The lunch started badly. A waiter spilled a glass of red wine down the back of Dutch design guru Li Edelkoort’s black silk caftan. She was not amused, and stormed out on the balcony with her plate of sesame noodles to dry off in the sun.

Bio and Interests: Carmel Perales

Carmel Perales — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:26:19 -0500

Raffles Education Corporation is listed on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange as the largest private education group in Asia. Since establishing its first college in Singapore in 1990, the Group has grown to operate three universities and 25 colleges across nine countries in the Asia-Pacific region: Singapore, China, India, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Mongolia, Australia and New Zealand, with a total student population of over 30,000.

Pop!Tech: What Can Innovators Learn from Pirates?

Linda Tischler — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:29:26 -0400

Matt Mason, author of The Pirates’ Dilemma, spoke at Pop!Tech this morning about what we can learn from pirates.

1. If you want to beat pirates, copy them. If pirates are adding values to your customers, it’s an example of market failure. Look at it as an opportunity to learn and do better.

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

Linda Tischler — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:11:56 -0400

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

Non-monetary economics, he says, are things like reputation and attention -- valuable properties, but traditionally hard to quantify. That is, until Google came along.

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

Linda Tischler — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:48:02 -0400

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 one of the world's most intractable problems: delivering health care information to one of the world's most severely affected regions.

Pop!Tech: Scarcity and Abundance in Camden

Linda Tischler — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:17:01 -0400

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 appropriate.

Pop!Tech: Live Long and Prosper

Linda Tischler — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:38:15 -0400

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 the best thing that could happen to our planet -- a huge brake applied to the rampant energy consumption fueled by a bull market, says Saul Griffith, co-founder of engineering think tank Squid Labs, and founder of Makani Power, a high altitude wind company. “A recession would be great for dolphins,” he quipped.

Art + Sex + Zaha Hadid + Brandbuilding = Chanel

Linda Tischler — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:02:38 -0400

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.

Is Good Design Bad for the Planet?

Linda Tischler — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:03:55 -0400

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 pair of shoes, and utterly irresponsible when it comes to lavishly illustrated design books. Design lust has helped turn my carbon footprint from a dainty size 7 ½ to something Michael Phelps would appreciate.
That doesn’t square too well with our current passion for sustainable design.

The Real Election: This year’s Coolest Design

Linda Tischler — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:31:05 -0400

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

If you could give an award for great design, what would you choose? OK – try and think beyond your iPhone. This is not a rhetorical question. If there’s something great out there that you think has gotten insufficient glory, here’s your chance to evangelize on its behalf.

Bio and Interests: Lyn Hart

Lyn Hart — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:45:08 -0400

Life After Project Runway -- on the Web

Gloria Sin — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:35:10 -0400

Each season, 15 designers compete for the chance to showcase their designs at New York's Fashion Week and to win $100,000 to fund their businesses. The competition takes place on the Emmy-winning Project Runway, a reality show all about discovering the next great American fashion designer.

Bio and Interests: Renee Cornish

Renee Cornish — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:41:02 -0400

Since I can remember, I have been interested in fashion and designing clothes for my dolls which grew into making my own clothes and accessories which then of course my friends wanted and so on and on...... I have had a dream to open my own boutique, have my own line of wearable’s and to eventually have my own center encompassing fashion, health, and good food. For the past few years I have started to brand my line of wearable’s and will be taking that to the next level this coming year. What I am really excited about right now, is the boutique that I am opening this Spring!

Elastic Kool-Aid Acid Test

Linda Tischler — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:17:36 -0500

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 jockeyed to get into the event, decked out in customary black, many puckishly accessorized with zany hats and goofy shoes.

Design of the Times

Linda Tischler — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:17:24 -0500

Devoted to cool design discoveries -- people, ideas, events, gadgets, gear, and whatever flotsam and jetsam washes up on my shores.