Topic: Hasbro Inc.

A Craving For Cool

Big companies are outsourcing "cool" to nimbler, closer-to-the-ground outsiders. They might as well farm out their souls.READ»

Leadership Lessons from... Classic Toys

Associated Press staffer Mae Anderson wrote a very interesting article for TIME about the value of old-school toys in these tough economic days. In Hard Times, Nostalgic Toys Strike a Chord By AP / MAE ANDERSON (NEW YORK) — ...READ»

Everything I Need To Know, I Learned As A Jingle-Singer

Before I started my current career, I was a jingle-singer in New York. My job consisted of going to recording studios and singing commercials and doing voice-overs for advertisers. I sang for Coca-Cola, Ford, Clairol, Hasbro, ...READ»

Top 3 advantages of working with a small publishing company versus a large one.

Attention. Attention. Attention. Just kidding. Sort of. I’ll explain. When I was acting years ago, I started off working commercially with a boutique agency. I LOVED my agent, Robin Levy, and her staff, Leigh and TJ. It ...READ»

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Facebook and Twitter Offer Businesses Opportunities and Challenges

Facebook and Twitter offer businesses both opportunities and challenges around the world: About 60% of users are outside the United States.READ»

• Mr. Social: Ashton Kutcher Plans to be the Next New-Media Mogul

Yellow: An Illustrated Essay on Branding and Desire

A story about beauty, materialism and obsession, as told through 12 canvases painted by Debbie Millman.READ»

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Fudgetown: The Not-So-Sweet Side of Infinite Brand Attachment

Ruminations on an endless love for Keebler cookies...and why it doesn't guarantee satisfaction forever.READ»

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Cheese: The Economics of Entertaining

Debbie Millman's essay about financial independence and appetizer platters, designed by Rodrigo Corral.READ»

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Lawrence Weiner: Art Is of the Moment, Design Is of the Moment

A short film Debbie Millman and filmmaker Hillman Curtis created with conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner.READ»

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Introducing Guest Blogger Debbie Millman: Design Matters

As host of the radio show Design Matters, Debbie Millman has introduced over one hundred of the world's greatest designers, illustrators, authors and thinkers as her guests. So let me be the first to tell you how daunting it is to introduce Debbie herself.READ»

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Play Things

More ways the Web can amuse you and your friends.READ»

The Evolution of Dungeons and Dragons

This weekend was the launch of the fourth edition of the great geek pasttime of Dungeons and Dragons. Having played a preview adventure last month, it is interesting to see how Wizards of the Coast, the Hasbro subsidiary that ...READ»

Face Time With Meg Whitman

The CEO of eBay runs one of the few dotcoms that's still left standing. What will be the opening bid for her words of wisdom?READ»

Letter From the Editor

Land of the New Buick.READ»

The Safety Issues with Children’s Toys

Of all the things in this world that you would think should be safe for your children, you would think toys would be.READ»

Social Justice - Pioneer Human Services

"We've got two bottom lines -- the money and the mission."READ»

ToyBots Unveils a Goofy Vision of Internet-Connected Children's Toys

Toybots not only connect with the Internet, they feature 3G, GPS, and accelerometer capabilities too. They're a little creepy, but totally cool at the same time.READ»

Shopdropping at Wal-Mart: A Retail Experiment

Debbie Millman takes products of her own design to a Wal-Mart Supercenter to see how they hold up to the competition.READ»

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In Praise of the Purple Cow

Remarkably honest ideas (and remarkably useful case studies) about making and marketing remarkable products.READ»

Fast Company Recommended Events: December-January 2008

Coming in December and January: a "chip tunes" fest in New York, the World Economic Forum, and National Pie Day.READ»

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A Beginner's Mind

In his classic 1962 book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn argued that the people who achieve "fundamental inventions of a new paradigm have either been very young or very new to the field whose paradigm they ...READ»

Innovation For Beginners

In his classic 1962 book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn argued that the people who achieve “fundamental inventions of a new paradigm have either been very young or very new to the field whose paradigm they ...READ»

Fast Talk: Wising Up the Idiot Box

If you think the changes in TV in the past five years--TiVo, digital cable and satellite, and video on demand--are radical, you haven't seen anything.READ»

Innovation For Beginners

In his classic 1962 book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn argued that the people who achieve “fundamental inventions of a new paradigm have either been very young or very new to the field whose paradigm they ...READ»