Topic: Mecca

Not a Hoax: Mecca Redesign Leaked [video]

Mecca, the holiest city in Islam, is going to be redesigned, and a proposed master plan just leaked to YouTube. Because of the extreme sensitivity of the project, details about the redesign have been sparse. Nonetheless, it ...READ»

The Good Brand

Brands are less and less about what we buy, and more and more about who we are. That means your cola can't just taste good. It has to feel good, too.READ»

A Peek Inside a Saudi Prince's $485 Million Flying Palace

Steam room? Check. Concert hall? Check. Garage for Rolls? Check.READ»

A Quiet Coup: Turkey's First Mosque Designed by a Woman

Women's rights in the Islamic world are grim; even in Turkey, which has a secular government, feminism is still a foreign concept. But Zeynep Fadillioglu has quietly pulled off a coup: She's the first woman in Turkey to design ...READ»

Strategy

"Those who out of cowardice use their wealth to pay Danegeld to the preachers of hate and destruction must be taught that this aggression will boomerang. A nuclear war stirred up against the 'infidels' might end up displacing Mecca ...READ»

American Design, California Style

If the U.S. has its own brand of design, it's California's free-wheeling, try-anything-once culture that's driving it.READ»

• Brett Lovelady's ASTRO Design blog

Introducing Guest Blogger Steve McCallion: Consumer Experience King

When we named Steve McCallion as a Master of Design in 2006, we called him "The Mind Reader"--a title you don't just toss around haphazardly. But in his role as executive creative director at Ziba Design, in the burgeoning creative ...READ»

Apple Store Is Highest Grossing Retailer on Fifth Avenue

The 10,000-square-foot Mac Mecca at the corner of 59th Street and Fifth Avenue in Midtown is pulling in an estimated $350 million annually.READ»

First Person Eye On Event Coverage Conflux 08

First Person Eye On Event Coverage Conflux 08 Cartography Aids Social Change NYC Regina Debatty Moderator By Donald Schwartz, FC Technology Moderator Author’s Note: This story is a work in progress covering the ...READ»

Introducing Guest Blogger Paula Wallace: Taking Us Back to School in Style

Savannah, Georgia is probably the last place you'd expect to find a bubbling hub of design innovation. But one visit to the boutique that sells the work by students at the Savannah College of Art and Design and you'll see that this is not some student shop; this is a world-class design store.READ»

• Paula Wallace's Design (Education) Is Changing blog

Come Experience the “Birthplace of American Fly Fishing” in the Catskills Region

BETHEL, NY, MAY 8, 2007 – The teeming rivers and streams of the Catskills region in New York have long been considered the “Birthplace of American Fly Fishing,” with fly fishing roots dating back to the late 19th century. It ...READ»

Lululemon’s Cult of Selling

Lululemon has created a cult following for its yoga gear. Its secret? The Secret, as well as other controversial self-help classics.READ»

• Big Stretch

Paul McNamara

General Manager, Enterprise Market Segment at Red Hat Inc., Durham, North CarolinaREAD»

Urban Evolution

People don’t have to buy what big business sells. The music business knows this all too well. What still sells is honesty and great beats. There is little of that on MTV and less on major-label Hip Hop. But “little” isn’t the ...READ»

Revolution in the Living Room: Conversation With a Furniture Designer

An Italian furniture designer fell in love with American design at an early age, but was disappointed by its current state. So he relocated to the U.S. to help shake things up.READ»

• Paula Wallace's Design (Education) Is Changing blog

Sisterhood Is Digital

Anita Borg is a living legend among computer scientists. She is also leading a worldwide movement to redesign the relationship between women and technology. Some of the world's most powerful technology companies are finally paying attention.READ»

Buckman Labs Is Nothing but Net

Buckman Labs makes chemicals -- but it sells knowledge. The challenge: invent a way for the global salesforce to spend more time with customers and share its brainpower.READ»

Collision Course

What happens when the defining industry of the old economy meets the defining medium of the new economy? Meet the in-the-trenches change agents who are working to reinvent Ford, Toyota, and Volkswagen.READ»

Nokia Rocks the World: The Phone King's Plan to Redefine Its Business

Nokia already owns the global cell-phone market. Now Tero Ojanperä is launching the world's biggest delivery system for services, apps, and entertainment.READ»

• Infographic: Big -- But Not Bulletproof