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...bathroom. His boudoir-like fittings for upmarket Spanish bathroom manufacturer Artquitect, with crystal-ceramic basins on dressing-table-like legs, laser-cut mirrors and gilt surface finishes, left the design trade press in a lather of excitement. Showtime, Hayón's subsequent furniture collection for another Spanish design brand, BD, also gives period features a sleek pop twist. There is a gleaming lacquered sideboard that can have up to six differently shaped legs, and a canopied armchair that resembles a 21st century hansom cab. He mischievously describes his style as "mediterranean digital baroque," referencing his origins, his artisan plundering...
...solution? The age-old compromise of taking refuge in the mutual exchange of verbal snarkiness. I pass by her wheelchair now, and what comes out is our particular brand of peacekeeping diplomacy: “Don’t eat too much; you’re gaining weight,” she eyes my waist hawkishly and gleefully pinches my muffin top. “What are you walking around so fast for, eh? Training for a marathon...
...would win in a fight, Baby Einstein or Barbie? Baby Einstein isn't a character. He's just a brand. So that imaginary fight wouldn't be a fistfight. It'd be a fight for mind share and market share. It'd be a fight for dollars...
...winning? It's not close. Barbie crushes Baby Einstein. Last year the Baby Einstein brand sold $200 million worth of products. The Barbie brand's sales were 15 times as high. A giant $3 billion...
...better at Yale. Or, at least, it’s safer. According to a recent survey conducted by Trojan Brand Condoms, Harvard lags behind other colleges in availability of sexual health resources. The Trojan Sexual Health Report Card, which covered 100 colleges in 50 states, ranked Harvard 43rd with a “GPA” of 2.1, while Yale topped the list with a perfect 4.0. Harvard received a C for HIV and STD testing and failed in two categories: condom availability and sex advice column in a campus publication. Contraception advice and availability won Harvard its only...