World-renowned designer Karim Rashid shared his philosophy with House Beautiful in 2005:
“People touch on average, about 500 objects a day—opening a door, drinking from a glass, answering the phone. Why shouldn’t each of them be beautiful?”
Yes, why not???
If looking at beauty brings you joy—which it certainly does for most people—then why not fill your life with more beauty and joy?
As more and more designers turn their…
While I was traveling two weeks ago, I got a call from Chase to tell me that my debit card has been compromised and they were monitoring my account for suspicious transactions. This meant they were also placing pretty strict limits on my daily ATM and transaction limits. An inconvenience? Sure. But not a disaster.
Still, as I activated my replacement debit card on Saturday and…
Simon Cowell’s singing competition, The X Factor, may be posting disappointing ratings but it is certainly serving up some amazing talent with some amazing backstories.
Plus I love the concept of The X Factor, the special “it” quality in someone that is undefinable in words but unmistakable when you witness it in person.
And I believe there’s an X Factor that comes into play in style, too.
It’s…
I was gathering book notes yesterday and discovered this juicy tidbit reported by David M. Garner and Ann Kearney-Cooke, both experts on body image. Their study reported:
70% of women felt depressed, guilty and ashamed after looking at fashion magazines for a mere three minutes.
And I get it.
Page after page of gorgeous, fit women. Page after page of drool-worthy clothes and jewelry. Page after page of…
Earlier this week I was blessed to share a stimulating conversation with Mark Levy, the brilliant founder of Levy Innovation, who has been described as “a positioning guru extraordinaire,” “a Superman of the mind,” and “a horse whisperer for writers and thinkers.”
With accolades like that you might correctly surmise that our talk included phrases like externalized thinking and thought leadership but, surprisingly, Mark and I also mulled…
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