The drama about the Times Square bombing event is continuing, and now a suspect is in custody, thanks to science and forensics. But it looks like the suspect's grip of science wasn't so hot: His bomb probably wouldn't have been as ...READ»
Artist Molly Dilworth wins a competition to paint over the recently pedestrianized square; the soothing blues that will supposedly cool the streets down.READ»
You've probably heard the refrain "Make Earth Day every day" a thousand times, but the 40 year-old holiday has at least one important use: innovative brand initiatives. After sorting through the muck of press ...READ»
The main strips of Las Vegas, Hong Kong, and Times Square are on the cutting-edge of illuminated media façades--emblazoned with hyper-animated, neon advertising. But there's a parallel movement to harness the technology for ...READ»
You may have had an early night, but innovation was not in hiding. Oh no, sirree, it's been waving banners at oil conferences, shopping online, and appearing in court while you were asleep.1. He's been under the radar for a month now, ...READ»
When Faisal Shahzad allegedly drove his Nissan Pathfinder, packed with explosives, into Times Square on Saturday, he was likely aiming for a place dense with tourists, theatergoers, sidewalk hucksters, and at least one naked cowboy -- ...READ»
Marshall and Eric McLuhan argued that an emerging medium is best understood by considering four questions or probes. They called these four questions the Laws of Media. Every new medium extends some capability, turns into its ...READ»
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»
Janette Sadik-Khan cut through the congested knots of Manhattan traffic with a novel concept: Close some roads to cars. Green Light for Midtown, a project launched last May, has turned lanes of Broadway in Times Square and Herald Square into pedestrian zones--and sped up traffic.READ»
While visiting New York this week for the American publication of his latest book "Cities for People"--a kind of manual for making walkable cities--Jan Gehl invited me to sit with him in Bryant Park to observe the sidewalk ballet and discuss what he calls “the needs of the urban habitat of homo sapiens.”READ»
It seems simple and mundane, but I'm always fascinated by the things business people carry. What's in the briefcases. What they take home in their tote. What rests in their laptop bag when they travel. The most recent fascination ...READ»
Positive personal impact is one of the keys to success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success. If you want to create positive personal impact you need to do three things: 1) build and nurture your personal brand; 2) dress for ...READ»
This week, in New York City, there's a tale of two squares -- one is Times Square, and the other -- seven blocks south -- Penn Plaza.
The GOP national convention has turned Penn Plaza, which encompasses Penn Station and Madison ...READ»
As principal of Worldstudio, designer Mark Randall has done branding and design for everyone from JP Morgan to Estée Lauder. But on the side he's also managed a design scholarship program that has awarded $700,000 in college ...READ»
What's an ad? Brian Collins runs a studio within a giant agency. By using design to rethink brands, he and his band of creative misfits are changing the answer to that question.READ»
He's sent cavemen into the subway, posted lifeguards on Manhattan's sidewalks, and strung laundry across Times Square. Now Sam Ewen says the next big thing in advertising is honesty. Honestly.READ»
