OruKayak. Duh. Content suggested by Lee Darling from Randa Accessories, London, UK.
A new company dedicated to unlocking the wonder and discovery of the great outdoors— even for city dwellers.
At Oru Kayak, we believe that spending time outdoors makes people happier, healthier, and more productive. Our products offer a way to explore and connect with the natural world—even when you live in a city. We hope your Oru Kayak journeys are as fun and fulfilling as ours have been. http://www.orukayak.com/
Governor Chris Christie with his Rainbow Loom Bracelet
Until his grandchildren got Rainbow Loom kits, Ralph Fatigate had never owned a bracelet. Now he has nine, all made of tiny colored rubber bands. He wears them to meetings with bankers around the world.
“Accessories: The Major Importance of Minor Things” Lord Chesterfield once described dress as the “ style of thought” If that is true, then accessories act as punctuation, sometimes providing a point of exclamation, other times signaling a transition from one colorful phase to another. Just as no serious writer undermines his prose by neglecting essential commas and dashes, no true elegance ignores the opportunity to better communicate his own style”
From "Dressing the Man" by Alan Flusser
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THE WORLD'S TOP 10 MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES IN DESIGN
MUCH OF WHAT IS FUELING THE BEST IN DESIGN IS THE DESIRE TO MAKE LIFE EASIER AND MORE ENJOYABLE.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY (March 5, 2014) –
Tata Accesorios Globales, the
largest belt manufacturer in the Western Hemisphere and the premier leather
manufacturer of high-end leather accessories in Guatemala, is assisting Mercado
Global in their leather-detailing expansion program.
A Climachill tank from Adidas.Photo By Courtesy Photo
Adidas has launched Climachill, an active cooling apparel technology that provides an instant chilling sensation to help athletes perform in warm conditions. The line incorporates fabric woven with titanium and 3-D aluminium cooling spheres. The technology lowers athletes’ body temperature so they can train harder and run longer.
When the Woodville Mall opened, in 1969, in Northwood, Ohio, a suburb of Toledo, its developers bragged about the mall’s million square feet of enclosed space; its anchor tenants, which included Sears and J. C. Penney; and its air-conditioning—seventy-two degrees, year-round! Two years later, the Toledo Blade published a front-page article about the photo-takers and people-watchers who gathered around the mall’s marble fountain, “that gushing monument to big spending and the shopping spree.” The story quoted an anonymous businessman: “The water has a great calming effect on a person, especially when you’ve been badgered all morning.”
This week, Woodville is being torn down. So are countless other malls across the U.S.—so many that there’s a Web site devoted to “dead malls” that are out of commission. In some cases, the buildings have been converted into community colleges, corporate headquarters, or churches. Others, like the Woodville Mall, have become so damaged by water, mold, and…
The Merovingian
Ties. Lots of ties. Mathematicians have revealed there are over 177,000 distinct ways to knot a neck tie – more than 1000 times the number that was previously thought. They got their inspiration from an unusual style featured in the film The Matrix Reloaded. Even John Kammeier doesn't know how to tie all of these knots.
Fashion’s become a street fight for market share.
To grow and keep ravenous investors happy, retailers need to do everything they can to push their competitors out of the consumer’s mind — in the process squaring off against everyone from the store across the mall to the hot new line, the latest gadget, the new food trend, the most popular app and more.
Costume Designer Milena Canonero takes us inside Wes Anderson’s latest flick
The fact that Wes Anderson’s films are often set in a hard to place date and time could be difficult for the life of a costume designer, but not so says The Darjeeling Limited and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou collaborator and three-time Academy Award winner Milena Canonero. “It makes everything so much easier and more free,” she says of their latest undertaking The Grand Budapest Hotel, out today.
3-D Printed Oreos
At this year's SXSW, South by Southwest Festival, Oreo is demonstrating a vending machine that uses social media to determine flavor and color combinations for 3D-printed cookies.
On the corner of 72nd and Madison on New York’s Upper East Side, sits the Rhinelander Mansion, a palatial building that houses the flagship location of Ralph Lauren’s global empire. And yet, “The Mansion” (as it is affectionately known) is far more than a store, it is the epicenter of the RL universe. It’s a physical manifestation of Ralph’s vision, complete with imposing antiquities, more Americana than a field at Brimfield, and of course the full breadth of the brand’s collections.
At a time when advances in science and technology have changed our understanding of our mental and physical selves, it is easy for some to dismiss the discipline of philosophy as obsolete. Stephen Hawking, boldly, argues that philosophy is dead.
Not according to Rebecca Newberger Goldstein. Goldstein, a philosopher and novelist, studied philosophy at Barnard and then earned her Ph.D. in philosophy at Princeton University. She has written several books, won a MacArthur “Genius Award” in 1996, and taught at several universities, including Barnard, Columbia, Rutgers, and Brandeis.
Randa Accessories Rotates Management Positions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY (February 26, 2014) – When Randa Accessories, the world’s largest men’s accessories company makes management changes, the bar is set very high. Therefore, it is good news for Randa that the company has a strong, and deep, talent bench from which to draw.