A Colorful Menu
Household appliance makers are always looking for ways to make their products and brands look unique. New colors and decorative trends in glass ceramic cooktops offer innovative solutions. Colors convey emotions and values. They can give a product an exclusive look and influence a consumer’s buying behavior much like a compass that guides them on [...]
Architectural Digest Home Design Show
The sixth annual Architectural Digest Home Design Show, returning to New York City’s Pier 94 March 8-11, 2007, will feature the best in home products from nearly 300 companies. The annual four-day Show open to the public Friday to Sunday with an interior design trade and VIP consumer preview on Thursday comprises more than 110,000 [...]
Autonomous Transportation System
Photo: A computer rendered image of the S.A.T. Project running through an airport lounge. According to the UN, by 2030 about 5 billion people are expected to live in cities. Together China, India, and Brazil are projected to have as many urban inhabitants as the entire developed world (Hinrichsen, 2002).
America’s Greenest Buildings
Does your office environment get you down? Then you might want to consider working with Tom Hicks. A vice president at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), which awards ratings to buildings that achieve environmentally friendly targets, Hicks has the fortune to work in a building that has achieved “gold” status, and on a floor [...]
Europan 9
Today, Monday 5 February, 2007 the ninth session of Europan is launched. The generic theme of Europan 9 – European urbanity, sustainable city and new public spaces – specifically involves collaboration with the cities and urban developers in the organizing countries. Indeed, the ultimate aim of the European vision of the city is to make [...]
