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For architects and industrial designers, finding sustainable materials to use in building projects has long been a challenge, with providers and information scattered all across the web. Ecolect, which just launched last fall, aims to provide a single, central library of sustainable materials that makes it easier for designers to be [...]

so+ba: Swiss Graphic Design In Tokyo: “What do the Swiss and Japanese have in common? Great graphic design, of course! Tokyo-based Alex Sonderegger and Susanna Baer comprise Swiss design duo so+ba, beautifying books, magazines and much more with their keen Swiss conceptual approach and a strong line of typography (which they teach at Tama Art [...]

People often ask me about what books I like. I read voraciously, and these are some of my favorites.

I read 95% nonfiction, so keep that in mind.

By offering a set of sophisticated project management tools, Kluster aims to enable crowds to develop new concepts. The system is currently being demonstrated at the TED conference in Monterey, where the event’s attendees will be able to work together to create a product prototype in 72 hours. (Rapid prototyping machines and a team [...]

QING WANG, Morgan Stanley, on China’s potential policy shift:
Chief economist for Greater China on why investors should prepare
Qing Wang on faster renminbi appreciation a certainty in 2008:
Chief economist for Greater China gives his outlook for renminbi

Qing Wang on why China’s A shares will avoid a bear market:
Chief economist for Greater China optimistic [...]

Mark writes about our venture.

I was having lunch with Scott one auspicious day when he asked me, ‘How many gourmet mustards can find in a supermarket? And how many gourmet ketchups?’ It’s unlikely you got past Heinz yourself on the second one. After that, I got to thinking: why is it that [...]

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Food Lesson #21: “
‘Mark!’, you exclaim, ‘What’s the difference between a taste and a flavor?!’. Well, first of all, let’s calm down. A taste is something that can be sensed solely by your tongue. You have five basic tastes: sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umami (more [...]