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The Best of Etsy's Handmade Objects

Look past the handmade trash and you might just find some splendidly designed treasures on Etsy.READ»

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Puck Yeah: Clearwire's 4G Hotspot Can Replace Broadband [Review]

Clearwire's ugly little pucker proves itself to be a marvelous addition to a road warrior's weaponry.READ»

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Alex Bogusky Tells Fast Company He's Never Going Back to Advertising: Meet the New Gang at Crispin Porter

Alex Bogusky tells us he's done with advertising for good. The big question for Crispin now is how well its 1,000 employees will do now that their old leader--a solo pop superstar--has been replaced by a big band. Let's meet the members of that band.READ»

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Anti-Tourism Campaign Tars Alberta, Canada, Draws Parallels to Gulf Spill

The next region to lose tourists to the Gulf oil disaster might be... Alberta, Canada--not because of any direct connection to what's going on in the Gulf states, but as the result of an "anti-tourism" campaign from Corporate Ethics ...READ»

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Organic Valley's CEO George Siemon on the Crooked Art of Leadership

Siemon discusses why some of his most valuable innovations come from redesigning relationships, not products. Plus: why bosses sometimes get in the way, why the best leaders exert an almost invisible influence, and why everybody is smarter than anybody.READ»

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Aeron Chair Apprentice Invents a New Crutch

Jeff Weber spotted a design rarity: The market opportunity is massive, and the products out there are terrible.READ»

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Super Bowl 2014 at the Meadowlands From the Inside Out

The announcement that the 2014 Super Bowl will take place in New York has raised eyebrows for one big reason: weather. Of the decision, Greg Cote of the Miami Herald wrote: “The NFL, with this open-air Jersey Super Bowl, has ...READ»

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David Byrne on New Urbanism, Burning Down of Houses at CNU 18

If you were in the market for an introduction to the New Urbanism -- what is it for? what is it against? what is it about, really? -- your choices on the opening day of the Congress of the New Urbanism (CNU 18) were either a ...READ»

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Great Selection of Chevy Cars and Trucks at Bloomington Area Dealer

Eden Prairie Chevy dealer, Suburban Chevrolet, is expanding their impressive inventory of Chevy’s most popular vehicles with an even greater selection of award winning models like the Malibu and Silverado.READ»

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Great Selection of Chevy Cars and Trucks at Bloomington Area Dealer

Eden Prairie Chevy dealer, Suburban Chevrolet, is expanding their impressive inventory of Chevy’s most popular vehicles with an even greater selection of award winning models like the Malibu and Silverado.READ»

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Minneapolis: Broadband Everywhere, for Everyone [Fast Cities 2010]

Most municipal Wi-Fi initiatives end in the graveyard, but cemeteries are among the few spots not covered by Minneapolis's new $20 million wireless network, which blankets 95% of its 59 square miles. As an anchor tenant of the system, ...READ»

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Nook Outsells Kindle in First Month on Sale, Lessons for eReader, Tablet Rivals

Barnes & Noble's e-reader, the Nook, has busted the Kindle, according to figures released by DigiTimes research today. It accounted for 53% of all e-reader sales in March, although this can be put down in part to consumers' ...READ»

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Nalgene Ranks the Most and Least Wasteful Cities in America

It's time once again for Nalgene's annual ranking of America's most and least wasteful cities, a list based on a survey that measures waste, sustainability efforts, shopping habits, transportation, and reuse of items among 3,750 ...READ»

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The Top 50 Bike Friendly Cities in the U.S.

Wondering whether it's a good idea to ride your bike to work? Bicycling Magazine has put together a handy list of the top 50 bike friendly cities in the U.S. (Spoiler alert) Congratulations, Minneapolis, Minn.! Some of the choices ...READ»

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10 Riskiest American Cities for Cybercrime, 5 Reasons Norton's Study Is Flawed

Norton, one of the leading makers of anti-virus software, used their access to cybercrime data to rank the riskiest cities in the country--and they're not always what you'd think.READ»

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Caribou vs. Starbucks: Go Big or Go Homey [UPDATE from Starbucks]

Caribou's redesign makes a claim for Starbucks's pseudo-authenticity.READ»

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Reader Feedback: Dec 2009 / Jan 2010

The Future of All Media? The language and energy of Ashton Kutcher's Katalyst are right, but the goals seem fuzzy ("Want a Piece of This?"). Perhaps the best news is that Pepsi's top guns see that less control of the brand means ...READ»

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Social Network Rockets Houlihan Restaurants' Profits

Casual-dining stalwart Houlihan's reboots its chain with the help of its own social network.READ»

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Seven Steps to Staging Successful Splashes

This secret is well known in the entertainment industry. Imagine you are an agent, and one of your stars earns $3 million per night and you want to bump her up to $4 million a night. How do you do it? There really is no logical reason ...READ»

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Most Innovative Companies - Retail

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Most Innovative Companies - Company Index

Sponsored by The Top 50 AEG Los Angeles, CA Affymetrix Santa Clara, ...READ»

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Walking on Sunshine: Mumbai Clears Sidewalks by Making Pedestrians Airborne

A twenty-foot-high, two-mile-long elevated walkway is under construction in Mumbai, promising safer streets but angry shop-owners.READ»

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The Rise and Fall of Design Within Reach

This article, originally published in the December 2009 issue of the magazine, won the 2010 Deadline Club Award for Best Business Feature.READ»

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Seeing Double: Is It DWR or Someone Else?

Design Within Reach has made its own versions of at least a dozen works by other designers, but it says they are not copies.READ»

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Get Your Hands Dirty

A ceramics show at the Walker Art Center got Joe Duffy thinking about the importance of working with his hands.READ»