Italian manufacturer Miniforms has teamed up with designer Yiannis Ghikas to create the Soda Coffee Table collection. Made entirely from blown Murano glass, the tables are available in two sizes and two colors: bold amber and elegant petrol green. Named after one of the three main elements of glass, the Soda Coffee tables utilize the material’s transparency […]
Fortnite kicked off its annual “Fortnitemares” Halloween event this week, and this year, you get to play as a killer ghost. In this year’s Fortnitemares mode, the Fortnite island is packed with spooky touches — a foreboding fog can hang over the island, houses have Halloween decorations, and there’s even a witch’s hut surrounded by rideable brooms. But […]
In a normal cold and flu season, you’d expect to see a few “immunity-boosting” products pop up in stores and in your social media ads. But this year, the immunity-boosting bandwagon has been packed. Health Magazine reports that on the cusp of a cold and flu season complicated by the coronavirus pandemic, companies, celebrities, and so-called […]
October is National Nut Month. Nuts are nature’s way of showing us that good things come in small packages. These bite-size nutritional powerhouses are packed with heart-healthy fats, protein, vitamins, and minerals. All nuts are about equal in terms of calories per ounce, and in moderation, are all healthy additions to any diet. “Their mix […]
National Nut Day is celebrated every October 22nd, which is today! This unofficial holiday celebrates all of the many nuts from all around the world. Most nuts are extremely nutritious and are packed with Omega-3 Fatty Acids, fiber and plant sterols, which means that most of the nuts consumed today are not only tasty but […]
Fashionista reports that with stores and production sites closed and travel halted, the second quarter of 2020 was a tough time for luxury brands. The industry’s two biggest, strongest conglomerates were suddenly looking at double-digit declines: LVMH saw a 38% drop in comparable sales, Kering a 43.7% drop (even Gucci did poorly). That was despite some growth in online sales as consumers shopped from […]
General Motors is rebranding its Detroit-Hamtramck plant for its future in building electric and autonomous vehicles. The automaker has said it would spend $2.2 billion to retool the factory to swap out the production of engines and transmissions for electric motors and battery packs. The new facility will be called “Factory Zero,” GM said — a reference […]
All the way back in April, when the Covid-19 pandemic was still racing through New York and smashing through the fashion industry in the process, Michael Kors said in an interview with WWD’s Bridget Foley that he was spending his days Zooming with clients. “A lot of the women [in the P.A. sessions] were not in the cities […]
Video games are popular among young people, which is why voting rights group More Than A Vote has decided to meet them where they are and create a two-part series about voting inside NBA 2K21 — and it drops today, as first reported by Axios. (I should note here that video games are also popular among people who aren’t young.) […]
October is National Seafood Month. This month-long celebration highlights the commercial and recreational fishing industries and its positive impact on the economy. That’s great news, because fish are good for you? Or are they? Doctors and dieticians almost always advise: “Eat more fish,” and the American Heart Association recommends eating fish at least two times per […]