The Royal Tichelaar Makkum show at Salone is one of the less ostentatious but quietly spectacular fringe events to take in and this year was no different. The Dutch ceramics company dates back to 1572 and whilst their specialist history
PearsonLlyod is an East London based design studio founded in 1997 comprising Tom Lloyd and Luke Pearson who met whilst doing an MA at the RCA in 1993. Prior to this, Tom trained in furniture design at Nottingham and Luke
PearsonLlyod is an East London based design studio founded in 1997 comprising Tom Lloyd and Luke Pearson who met whilst doing an MA at the RCA in 1993. Prior to this, Tom trained in furniture design at Nottingham and Luke
Who would have thought that in a week with Mariah Carey songs as the theme for American Idol that the guys would win over the girls? They won by a mile! It's no surprise that most contestants took on ballads
The Seattle Times recently gave an excellent review of Kanye West's newly launched 'Glow in the Dark' tour. Now, the LA Times is following suit by stroking the rapper's ego some more. Who needs awards when you have reviews like
People is reporting that Britney Spears is returning to the set of 'How I Met Your Mother' to reprise her role as Abby, a secretary at a dermatologist's office. A source said "The show is ecstatic and so is Britney.
Mariah Carey held a CD signing for fans at the Hard Rock Café at Universal City Walk in Los Angeles this past Thursday. While that's all good for the fans that were there, it didn't score her points with fans,
Tuesday night's Mariah-themed episode of American Idol was the lowest rated Tuesday airing of the show in a month. On March 25's show, Idol ratings were at 14.3/22. On April 1, the ratings were at 14.9/23. On April 8, the
My brother Mark Pescovitz is a transplant surgeon and professor of microbiology and immunology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. He has the busiest travel schedule of anyone I know, flying around the world -- from Malaysia to Kenya to China
Rob Griffiths of Macworld.com built a sub-$1000 Mac Pro clone. (A Mac Pro is on the left, Rob's Frankenmac is on the right). After all of the parts arrived at my home, it took a few hours to build the
On the NASA website today, a tale in praise of the many merits of duct tape when one is on the moon with a busted buggy: The date was Dec. 11, 1972. Astronauts Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt had just
BB reader Jeff says, I've been reading a lot about Flickr's decision to allow short video clips on the site (and the ensuing dialogue). After thinking about this I remembered the best "long photo" I have ever seen: a scene
Author and blogger Susannah Breslin , whose work we've chronicled here before, says: For a variety of reasons, I'm stepping up my efforts to solicit, if you will, Letters from Johns and Letters from Working Girls . These two projects
Marilyn Terrell says: Austrian soldier Heinrich Harrer escaped from a British POW camp in India in World War II and ended up as the young Dalai Lama's tutor in Tibet. Harrer wrote about his cultural immersion for the July 1955
Now that former Weather Undergrounder Bill Ayers is back in the news, this 2001 Slate profile of him is worth reading. He comes off as an extremely unsavory character. Much of what Ayers self-interestedly leaves out of his book is
WFMU's Beware of the Blog has seven peppy tunes from a 1960s LP designed to perk up employees. I'm listening to it now, and my fingers are blazing over the keyboard. Employers came to realize that perks could be as
From Vegan.com : PETA wants vat meat researchers to pick up the pace, and they're pledging $1 million to the first research team that can come up with competitively priced fake meat by 2012. It appears this schedule might be
