Wayne Rooney and Coleen McLoughlin's wedding details revealed Jun 18, 2008
McLoughlin had three dress changes during the day - one white gown for the civil ceremony, another for the religious service and a third for the reception, all from New York design house Marchesa, and all accessorised with crystal-encrusted Christian Louboutin heels. After the civil ceremony, the bridal party went on to the reception venue for a lunch and fruit and pastries. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Review: Sprint's phone is iPhone clone done right Jun 14, 2008
Sprint commissioned its own software to run on it, working very closely with an outside design house on its development. The result is a lucid, logical interface. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
TI buys analog design house Jun 14, 2008
(06/12/2008 1:58 PM EDT). -- Expanding its portfolio, Texas Instruments Inc. has acquired Innovative Design Solutions Inc. (IDS) for an undisclosed price. (EETimes)
MIXA(Tm) bit of Nostalgia & Digital for a Gift to be Remembered Jun 5, 2008
MIXA(TM) is made by interactive design house magneticNorth, or mN to its friends. Working out of the UK, the mN team creates a wide range of different interactive design projects - from websites to installations and even the occasional pimped up digital garden gnome. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Q&A with Bill Buxton Jun 3, 2008
But Toronto tech whiz Bill Buxton's new book, Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design boasts testimonials not only from the world's richest man and the founder of Genesis, but also from Roger Martin, dean of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, and Bill Moggridge, co-founder of IDEO, the legendary California-based design house. Buxton, now a principal researcher at Microsoft, started in the music program at Queen's University (he plays the... (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
'I'm blessed and grateful to be back at YSL,' says Naomi (as her ... Jun 1, 2008
But last night the French design house said it would be standing by her. She has just shot their forthcoming autumn/winter 2008 campaign. (Daily Mail)
Green values at Contemporary Furniture Fair May 29, 2008
Designed by California College of the Arts student Nick DeMarco, it was produced under the aegis of Bevara Design House and Wal-Mart, which will produce and distribute it. The plastic bag armchair will be shipped flat for about $60 and can be filled with whatever the user discards. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Spirit of Summer May 26, 2008
The dress ($379) from the legendary Finnish design house is feminine, simple, and flirtatious with its swingy, full silhouette. But unlike so many styles from the last couple of seasons, it doesn t make the woman wearing it look as if she s impersonating a child. (Boston Globe)
E-Shuttle expands IC prototyping service May 24, 2008
E-Shuttle is also working with design house partners, including photomask manufacturers Dai-Nippon Printing, Toppan Printing, and Hoya, to support customers that require IC prototyping. Tokyo Electron Devices also is acting as e-Shuttle's support partner in the prototyping service. (EETimes)
Moshi Zefyr MacBook May 15, 2008
Peripheral design house has come up with a rather cool new solution that's both technologically and aesthetically quite attractive. The Zefyr adds a good deal of extra cooling power to MacBooks and the Air via thermal conduction. (IGN Gear)
Start-ups race to produce green' cars May 8, 2008
Last December, France's industrial-and-media conglomerate Bollore Group teamed with Italian design house Pininfarina Group to start building an electric car with a new battery technology. The upstarts are entering a notoriously tough market. (AZCentral -- Business)
M&M makes pref offer to Goldman Sachs arm to raise Rs 700 cr May 4, 2008
In January, the company had acquired an Italian design house. More Stories on. (Hindu Business Line)
Miley Windfall May 3, 2008
Saturday, May 03, 2008 Last Update: 07:10 AM EDT. CROWD MORE OFF THAN B'WAY. (New York Post -- Gossip)
F-117 is leaving the same way it arrived -- stealthily Apr 23, 2008
"Some aspects of the plane are still classified," said Dianne Knippel, spokeswoman for Lockheed, whose legendary Skunk Works design house, formerly in Burbank and now in Palmdale, developed and built the aircraft. The hushed send-off is no surprise to aviation buffs and historians who have followed one of the nation's most secretive aircraft programs since the Pentagon covertly launched it more than 30 years ago. (Yahoo News -- U.S. Military)
Fears gunman on the loose Apr 18, 2008
April 18, 2008 04:08pm AEST. POLICE are searching the building housing the Perth stock exchange, where a man police believe may be armed is said to be making threats from the roof. (The Australian)
Man jailed for 'provoked' hammer death Apr 18, 2008
April 18, 2008 05:05pm AEST. Man jailed for 'provoked' hammer death. (The Australian)
9/11 rebuild goes on, despite grisly finds Apr 18, 2008
This year marks the 20th anniversary of their design house. . (Yahoo News -- World Trade Center)
Jump-start for Jetstar with Pacific partner Apr 18, 2008
April 18, 2008 12:25am AEST. JETSTAR is confident it is on a winner with its new partnership with Pacific Airlines and that its latest investment in Asia will not be a repeat of its experience with Singapore-based Jetstar Asia. (The Australian)
Celeb Designers: Talented or Tacky? Apr 18, 2008
Designer Yeohlee Teng, who studied at Parsons before establishing her own successful design house in 1981, welcomes the trend if it heightens the awareness of fashion and "makes available a lot of different ideas at many different price points" for consumers. But the expanding list of celebrity designers has some thinking that when it comes to landing a label deal, a star pedigree may be more valuable than a degree from Parsons. (ABC News)
World-Renowned Designer Custo Barcelona Enters the World of Interiors with Mexico's Capricho Residences Apr 15, 2008
Fashion Guru to Create Various Design Elements for Upscale Resort MIAMI, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- CUSTO BARCELONA, the international design house famous for dressing the likes of Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, Beyonce, Shakira, Penelope Cruz and Taye Diggs has announced their entrance into the interior design industry with the upscale resort CAPRICHO RESIDENCES on the Mexican Caribbean. Custo's unique vision of mixing exquisite color with distinctive patterns will add a distinguishing... (PR Newswire)
austriamicrosystems and Advanced ID Asia Present New AS3990 UHF RFID 'Simply Gen2' Reader Enabling Customer to Achieve Faster Time to Market Apr 11, 2008
" Advanced ID s CEO Gottfried Auer added, With austriamicrosystems AS3990 we got the chance to have high commonality in our different concepts covering all the applications from short range to long range. This results in a highly competitive product line which will be completed in the next few months. We are impressed by our partnership with austriamicrosystems as their excellent technology supported by a highly motivated, flexible and competent team made it easy to reach our common goals.... (BusinessWire)
Infotainment Apr 4, 2008
The car is the product of a collaboration of automaker Bugatti and French design house Hermes. ap. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Sprint to sell iPhone-like device Apr 3, 2008
Sprint commissioned its own software from European design house Icon Mobile. "We took a more active part than we ever have" in a phone's development, Owens said. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
More of this story Apr 2, 2008
See products and services from local businesses such as United Super Market, TECO Home Appliance, Cliff s Design House, Aldi Food Market, McCoy Jewelers, Keepsake Candles, BAR-DEW Floral , Creative Kitchens, Windle s Jewelry and more. Concessions will be provided by Souper Deli and Dink s Barbeque. (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, OK)
Fruits to Remember is Listed as one of the Tourist Attractions in Beverly Hills Mar 29, 2008
The design house also offers fruit platters for corporate events and dried fruit arrangements for nationwide delivery. Based in Beverly Hills, California, the company has served thousands of arrangements to individual and corporate customers all over the greater Los Angeles area. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Bride selects dress to reflect the sparkle of her big day Mar 20, 2008
Previously, she operated a small lingerie design house, Merveilleuse, in San Francisco. Deifik met Coulter four years ago, when both women were working in adjacent studios in Allston. (Boston Globe)
TI high-performance analog team meets in India Mar 19, 2008
TI has about 50 members under its Independent Design House program in India, and these member firms and many other design houses in the country are all potential partners for TI's HPA line of business in light of the growth predicted for analog products in the country, he added. The Indian market is largely made up of many industrial segments, communications- and energy-related business and a growing line of medical equipment, said Arun Jain, TI India director of sales and marketing. (EETimes)
Designers are overdoing it Mar 19, 2008
Passage through IndiaWhile the international fashion watcher, who has worked with many a design house (read sales for Valentino and as the director of mens fashion for Bergdorf Goodman) and has shot for high-end fashion magazines, couldnt come down to Mumbai, he was on his first visit to the country when he attended Delhis Wills India Fashion Week (WIFW) last week. Like in the case of every new country that I visit, even in India I saw a bit of boththe expected and the unexpected. (Daily News & Analysis)
What to Wear on a Date Mar 15, 2008
Avoid looking like a walking advertisement for a design house; one or two well-chosen designer articles can enhance an outfit, but dressing from head to toe in a designer s products makes you look more like a fashion victim than a fashionista. For men, a sport coat and pants is classy; for a truly fancy dinner date, a man should choose a dark-colored business suit or tuxedo. (Suite101.com)
Ballmer's Blu-ray Blurt; "We'll Support Blu-ray in Ways That Make ... Mar 9, 2008
The Kyouei Design house has come up with the fantastically titled, Mobile Light, which incorporates a small solar panel bed at one end and a light at the other. Activation is automatically instigated once the ambient light levels fall below a certain threshold, which ensures the stored energy is put to good use quickly. (Gizmodo)
China's Changing Tech Manufacturing Landscape Mar 5, 2008
This risk-taking and ability to go after new markets has turned Malata into a leading manufacturer of global scale, with a design house that is churning out a slew of admirable products. Just five years ago, Malata was a completely domestic player. (Forbes -- Technology)
Health facilities in the country hit 2,341 Mar 5, 2008
Explaining the rationale for the publication of the "Ghana 2008 Health Directory," Mr Dominic Oduro-Antwi, Chief Executive Officer of the Design House Project Limited, publishers, told the GNA that it sought to enhance access to health facilities. He said the Ghana 2008 Health Directory also highlighted Ghana's Health Services, particularly the Code of Ethics - patient's rights and responsibilities; the National Drugs Policy; Food and Drugs Boards regulations; Health Insurance operations and the... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Innovative Stainless Steel Wallets Launched at KJ Beckett Feb 18, 2008
Premier UK retailers KJ Beckett are looking to support the development of the New York design house and plan to increase the worldwide exposure of the unusual wallet range. Indeed Paul Beckett, KJ Beckett's Managing Director, comments "As the number one retailer of wallets in the UK, we are constantly looking to offer our customers more choice. These stainless steel wallets are stylish, unique and incredibly innovative. As such we will make sure our worldwide customer base considers stainless... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
London - New York - Milan - Paris Feb 12, 2008
Dame Vivienne Westwood is back after nearly a decade, but Jonathan Saunders is off and so is the design house Preen. When it comes to twice-annual London Fashion Week, it's hard to keep up with who is showing their collection in the capital and who has decided to take theirs to New York, Milan or Paris. (BBC News -- UK)
Movial and Industry Innovators Showcase Mobile Internet Device Prototype at Mobile World Congress Feb 11, 2008
Provoke is a world class strategic design house with clear focus on innovation and end-user insight. Provoke delivers high level strategic consulting that helps global brands deliver creative, differentiated products. (BusinessWire)
Organic Khadi: New rage Feb 1, 2008
"The aspect of organic is that it is environmental friendly. No synthetic chemicals or fertilisers or insecticides are used while growing Khadi," said Shari Keller, Director, Mehra Design House ... "It looks we have forgotten the Gandhi wear. Mahatma Gandhi asked everyone to cultivate Khadi and do the spinning on their own. Our Khadi comes after spinning looms, not machines. We are keeping alive the artisans and labourers who work on the Gandhian way," said V R Nagrajan- Manager, Mehra Shaw... (India Times, India)
A380 flies to London Jan 31, 2008
The design includes 12 "Suites", each with a full-length bed behind sliding doors, sheets by French design house Givenchy and flat-screen televisions. SIA has committed to buy a total of 19 A380s. (iAfrica.com)
Electronics to drive Key ASIC Jan 28, 2008
Key ASIC is an independent design house that does not have a fabrication plant ... Eg, who has 25 years experience in the industry, said it was normal for pure integrated circuits design houses to form strategic partnership with foundries and subcontract its manufacturing work to pure foundries. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Gooding auction sells top car Jan 20, 2008
As expected, the 1963 Chevrolet Corvette concept car Rondine with unique styling by Italian design house Pininfarina, crossed the seven-figure mark Saturday at Barrett-Jackson, selling at $1. 6 million. (AZCentral -- News)
High-end collector cars head for auction block Jan 19, 2008
Barrett-Jackson also has a couple of historic concept cars, the 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Rondine with styling by the famed Italian design house Pininfarina, and the Ford Thunderbird concept car Italien that was the Ford centerpiece at the 1964 New York World's Fair. The wackiest wild card will be sold today, the fire-snorting dinosaur robot Robosaurus, a 40-foot-tall mechanical icon. (AZCentral -- News)
SIA gets second A380 Jan 14, 2008
to find out where to stay and what to do. Been somewhere stunning. (iAfrica.com)
Supercars Will Spoil You Jan 11, 2008
Drivers aren't likely to forget they're inside a $110,000 Maserati, either: The interior is covered with Italian leather, and the trunk has its own set of designer luggage co-branded with Italian luxury design house. In its bid to trump German rivals BMW (), Mercedes-Benz (), and Porsche () with an aggressive coupe of its own, Volkswagen's () Audi division in 2007 introduced the. (BusinessWeek)
The meaning of everything and nothing, on a sleeve Jan 9, 2008
co-founder of the design house Hipgnosis, was responsible for album covers, posters and stage designs for Pink Floyd from their second album, A Saucerful Of Secrets. "I design album covers for my sins," he jokes in his book Taken By Storm: The Album Art Of Storm Thorgerson. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
M&M to acquire Italian design house Jan 8, 2008
The Hindu Business Line : Mcquire Italian design house ... Corporate Mcquire Italian design house. (Hindu Business Line)
Vroom with room Dec 25, 2007
Drivers aren't likely to forget they're inside a $110,000 Maserati, either: The interior is covered with Italian leather, and the trunk has its own set of designer luggage co-branded with Italian luxury design house Salvatore Ferragamo. More from BusinessWeek. (MSNBC -- Business)
Check out the home trends for 2008 Dec 22, 2007
Manhattan-based interior designer Claire McGovern of McGovern Design House said green design could be the most important design change of 2008, as long as it's done right and not to fit a trend. "Most start-up design companies are acknowledging the need, and most educated customers are asking about the green qualifications of a furniture piece," she said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Home & Garden)
Lifetime fits MacLaine into 'Chanel' Dec 21, 2007
According to Duguay, Chanel's Karl Lagerfeld has given his blessing to the miniseries; the famed design house is even working closely with the production to get things right. For example, costume designer Stefano de Nardis ("Gangs of New York"), is working with the House of Chanel to recreate Coco Chanel's designs. (Variety)
New 'it' Gown Dec 16, 2007
Sunday, December 16, 2007 Last Update: 06:10 AM EST. I TRY TO SHOP BUT MY SANITY DROPS. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Invasion At Hamptons Spread Dec 15, 2007
" Wilkerson, who is the talent behind design house Lafayette 148, said he was "startled" awake at 2 a.m. when he heard his door rattling, although there was no wind outside. "I was scared to death," he said. "It kept getting louder, so I get up and ask, 'Who's there. " He then looked out the door and saw a man in the breezeway between the main house and the guesthouse, wearing a black raincoat with a hood pulled low over his face. The intruder slipped behind a post to hide. "Then he walks to the... (New York Post -- Gossip)
Fakes on eBay tarnish our image, says Tiffany Dec 12, 2007
The 170-year-old design house has accused the world's largest online auctioneer of doing little to prevent the selling of fakes on its site. A New York judge heard arguments in the dispute between the two sides last month. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
XPEL buys Armourfend in cash and stock deal Dec 6, 2007
has closed on its acquisition of , an automotive paint-protection pattern design house specializing in North American and European vehicles. San Antonio-based XPEL (TSXV: DAP.U) paid $500,000 in cash and issued 491,160 restricted shares of XPEL common stock to close the deal. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Tailors find women eager for bespoke suits and shirts Nov 26, 2007
For example, for the first time in its 150-year-history, Aquascutum, the London luxury design house - whose iconic trench coats have been worn by Humphrey Bogart, most notably with a snap-brim fedora - last month started a personal tailoring service for women. It offers personalized tailoring for women's jackets, skirts and trousers as well as the signature raincoats. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Europe's exporters squeezed Nov 25, 2007
PARIS At Yves Saint Laurent, the storied French design house that manufactures exclusively in Europe, the plunging value of the U.S. dollar has CEO Valerie Hermann thinking about the number of pockets on a skirt and the price of embroidery on a dress. Hermann is adamant that YSL must include in its ready-to-wear offerings cocktail dresses that don't cost more than 1,900 euros. (Chicago Tribune)
‘Green Country Christmas’ daily drawings underway Nov 21, 2007
Businesses participating this year include: 1st Choice Lawn Service, Adams Golf Course, Aldi Food Market, American Legion, Aqua Bubble, Arvest Bank*, Atwood s, BancFirst*, Bartlesville Office Supply, Bartlesville Regional Chamber of Commerce, Bartnet, Bob Loftis Furniture, Boles Jewelry, Boulevard Discount Pharmacy, Braum s Ice Cream Stores, Brown s Shoe Fit, Camille s Sidewalk Cafe, Central National Bank, Classic Pets, Cliff s Design House, ConocoPhillips*, Corral West Ranch Wear, Creative... (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, OK)
Perfisans Holdings Receives $100,000 Cell Phone Order from China Nov 20, 2007
TORONTO, Nov. 20, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Perfisans Holdings Inc. (OTC BB: - ), a next-generation, semiconductor design house focused on the high-speed wireless communication and consumer semiconductor markets, today announced the receipt of a cellular phone order from China valued at US$100,000. ADVERTISEMENT. (Primezone Releases)
When dollar falls, European exporters count their bruises Nov 17, 2007
template_bastemplate_bas By Geraldine Baum, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer November 17, 2007 PARIS -- At Yves Saint Laurent, the storied French design house that manufactures exclusively in Europe, the plunging value of the U.S. dollar has Chief Executive Valerie Hermann thinking about the number of pockets on a skirt and the price of embroidery on a dress. Hermann is adamant that YSL include in its ready-to-wear offerings cocktail dresses that cost no more than 1,900 euros. (Los Angeles Times)
BOSS' GOING TO THE BEEF Nov 7, 2007
The design house owns the building. By the way, we hear that Gucci's yearly tab for its new 40,000-foot space at Trump Tower will bring in 32 million a year for Donald Trump, based on a ground rent of 3,800 a foot. (New York Post -- Business)
A glimpse of future living Nov 5, 2007
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Elit Purnama gets contract from France-based Lesther Oct 31, 2007
PARIS: Malaysian fashion design house, Elit Purnama Sdn Bhd, has won a 100,000 euro contract to produce ladies garments for Lesther SA France, a renowned garment distributor in Europe. The contract is the first European outsourcing job for Elit Purnama. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
ESC India seen as watershed for its embedded industry Oct 27, 2007
Intel has launched an India Design House Program aimed at leveraging its embedded architecture portfolio to help local design companies develop products for the domestic and global markets. Sanat Rao, marketing director for Intel Technology India said Indian designers have focused on "key embedded segments such as security and surveillance, automotive infotainment, medical imaging and communications.". (EETimes)
WPAN chip set promised Oct 23, 2007
IBM has worked to keep its chip set compatible with any baseband application chip and has announced its first deal with a baseband chip provider, MediaTek, a fabless design house in Taiwan that specializes in system-on-chip wireless communications, high-definition television, high-definition DVDs and optical storage. "For a complete solution you need a baseband chip; our deal with MediaTek will be to jointly develop compatible chip sets to combine our radio with their baseband chip for wireless... (EETimes)
India hitches its star to embedded design model Oct 23, 2007
One track in- tends to aid Indian design houses in launching products for the domestic market; the other aims to help them build products for global markets. The India Design House Program is similar to a third-party alliance network and will cash in on the increasing role that design houses here play in definition and design for customers locally and overseas. (EETimes)
* British design shares the love Oct 11, 2007
"These are all commercially proven designers, designers who work in business and run successful design houses or architectural firms. ... It is not just about how important good design is for the quality of life, but that these guys can also make money out of it," Percival said ... "London is not made up of British designers, it is made up of multicultural designers from all over the world. ... It is all global design, and this makes it very adaptable. If you go into a British design house,... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Tapping into your subconscious for ideas Sep 30, 2007
" By the end of its first year, REI store was visited by 1.5 million people, and designated as a National Park Service information station (Kelley, 2001: 196, 203). The REI not only sells products; they are selling experiences. Unusual experiences draw people in. You may start wondering then, how one could come up with great ideas for restaurants? We could start with people, services, and products as the basic ingredients for great experiences we've had in restaurants. But rather than thinking... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Chery Auto says China can combine quality, low price Sep 21, 2007
The A1 was built with the help of Italian design house Bertone and is powered by a 1. 3 litre engine developed with the aid of Austrian engineering firm AVL.. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
