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Eclectic style dominated fall fashion runways, and now two home-furnishings giants are applying a similar, offbeat and personalized look to everyday items like upholstered sofas and margarita glasses. With the launch of its new website, cb2.com Crate and Barrel is taking the "look what I found" approach to shopping for home furnishings and accessories. The lifestyle site, designed with graphics based on international travel signs guiding shoppers through eight categories including "live," "eat," "work" and "party," sells a random mix of modern furnishings like boldly colored sectional sofas ($389-$599) and entertaining essentials like tiny square wasabi plates...
...Although the three legends had distinct styles, each trained his lens on the daily life of the everyday man caught in a society in flux. For Evans, this led him toward the picturesque but poor side of a restive Havana in 1933, as well as late-'20s New York City. Though the city was booming, Evans was filled with ambivalence about a metropolis where billboards and skyscrapers jarred with the lowlife of the city's drifters. Torn Movie Poster, for example, captures Evans' wider sense of national doom: a mass-produced image tarnished with decay. The exhibition also shows...
...month after the death of Cartier-Bresson, the longest-surviving member of the trio, the first-ever recreation of Levy's exhibition opens at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris. Although the three legends had distinct styles, each trained his lens on the daily life of the everyday man caught in a society in flux. For Evans, this led him toward the picturesque but poor side of a restive Havana in 1933, as well as late-'20s New York City. Though the city was booming, Evans was filled with ambivalence about a metropolis where billboards and skyscrapers jarred with...
Poon also determined that people whose age reaches three figures tend to have a high level of cognition, demonstrating skill in everyday problem solving and learning. That's another reason exercise is important: to keep plenty of blood flowing to the brain as well as to stay in shape. Many of his subjects aren't rich; some of them have homes with mud floors. But they make good out of making do. "Many have their own gardens," he notes. "They can their own vegetables. They're living down to earth...
...polyethylene, paper and aluminum foil more commonly associated with milk. Europeans and South Americans have been drinking wine from them for years. In 2003, packaging company Tetra Pak, based in Switzerland, sold 1.6 billion wine containers globally. They're cheaper than bottles to make, and unopened they keep everyday wine fresh for a year. The time may be ripe for more convenient packaging. Last year the average U.S. adult consumed 2.68 gal. of table wine, an all-time high. Plus, with the recent success of the Sofia Mini can from Niebaum-Coppola Estate Winery in nightclubs, it seems the younger...