Topic: Paris (France)

Which Way Design: Seven Telling Events for the Fall

As surely as weighty new catalogues from Design Within Reach and Ikea land with a thump at your door, the fall design season awaits on the far side of Labor Day. This is the customary moment for design editors to preview fall events. ...READ»

Bike-Sharing: Cycling to a City Near You

Nearly every major city in the U.S. has plans for some sort of bike-share program, but there’s still plenty of room for growth.READ»

Freedom Ride

Recently no less an authority than Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, stated that the issue of "energy independence" is one of the nation’s major needs. In a letter dated October 17, 2008, she ...READ»

Give Us This Day Our Global Bread

Think of a product that is so local, it could never go global. So basic, it could never be branded. So fundamental, it could never be reinvented. Now think about bread -- Lionel Poilane's bread, that is.READ»

From the Paris Runways: The Art of the Auto

Things may be teetering on the brink of the apocalypse in Detroit, but there’s an alternative automotive world going on in Paris, where the 2008 Motor Show is currently underway. Paris is always a good place to pick up on ...READ»

Are Frequent Flyer Miles Worth the Effort?

They are, if you don't expect to get rewarded each time you try to use them.READ»

Paris Bike Plan Goes Kaput [UPDATED]

Sad news for advocates of green urban transport: The wildly successful and widely copied public bike program in Paris appears to be on the verge of collapse. Apparently, the bikes—which anyone can check out at street kiosks, with ...READ»

Coming to a City Near You

New York City submitted its bid yesterday for the 2012 Summer Olympics, competing in the finals with Paris, Moscow, London, and Madrid. My question to you today, dear readers, is a two-parter: For those of you from Los Angeles, ...READ»

Eiffel Tower: Repossessed

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21st Century Jewelry

 EgyptThe use of gold jewelry can be dated back to Egypt 3000 BC. Gold was the preferred metal for jewelry making during ancient times. It was rare, it was easy to work with, and it never tarnished.Magnificent bracelets, ...READ»

Marketing Tuesday: The Customer is King - or Just a Maharaja?

I flew half way across the world day before yesterday- further even- due to certain mishaps that occurred along the way. While doing so I came to certain conclusions. Here’s how it all unfolded… I missed my connecting flight ...READ»

Now February

A calendar of events this month.READ»

Man Ray: An Artist Any Designer Could Love

A new show featuring the modernist artist opens this week at the Jewish Museum.READ»

• Ken Carbone's Yes to Less blog

Road Rules - Rule No. 17

Know the place, know the people.READ»

Bikes for the Masses: An Experiment in Sustainable Transportation

As New York politicos attempt to follow London's lead and pass a bill that would charge a congestion toll for motorists who enter the busiest parts of Manhattan, two urban design organizations let their imaginations drift to a ...READ»

The Architect of Experience: Conversation With a Service Designer

Where interactive design meets industrial design, meets advertising, meets interior design, meets graphic design, meets sequential art. Savannah College of Art and Design president Paula Wallace interviews professor Peter Fossick.READ»

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

Travel Guide Books Get a Redesign

Three new travel series reimagine what a guidebook can be by putting design at the forefront. READ»

• NextTravel: The JetBlue of Hotels

'Stages' Exhibition at Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin

Lance Armstrong is powering his way back onto the international stage, but this time it’s not simply for sport. While Armstrong pursues yet another Tour de France title somewhere in Burgundy, the Lance Armstrong Foundation's ...READ»

Viva Le Louvre! At 20, I.M. Pei's Controversial Pyramid Defies Critics

From the moment I.M. Pei's design for the pyramidal addition to the Musee du Louvre was introduced in 1985, it was the subject of controversy and international attention. Critics derided it as a violation of the museum's classical integrity. But two decades later, it is one of the top tourist attractions in Paris.READ»

Work/Life: It's Fast, but is it Liveable?

I've just returned from bouncing around like an email peddling Viagra .... NY, Philly, Texas, Eugene, Seattle and finally IOWA, where I rode across the state with 10,000 others on RAGBRAI. Including Lance, who, at all times, seemed ...READ»

The Gucci Killers

Shanghai Tang has learned from its past mistakes--and now it's gunning to become China's first great luxury brand. Forget about cheap socks and DVD players. This is the next battlefield for global competition.READ»

Vintage Bohemia: Small Hotels Take On the Dark Side of Interior Design

A new book extolling the design trend of the past several years--a recreated, embellished vintage look incorporating brick, iron, wood, velvet, and fur--at last christens a genre of interior design seen from New York to Paris. Dark ...READ»

Global City of the Year: London

Where one of every eight works in a creative industry.READ»

• 10 Things You Don't Know About London
• Fast Cities 2008

The Art of the Business Vacation

Chef Charlie Palmer combines business and pleasure to restock his larder of ideas.READ»

My Favorite Bookmarks - Jonathan Peizer

Picks from the CIO, Open Society Institute -- New York.READ»