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...based company, Blink, the duo eschewed the commonly used dry-press method, where fine powder is compressed to form tiles, in favor of wet clay production, which lends clay its personality as it dries. But it's an expensive method, reflected in the tiles' cost - $215 to $250 per sq m - and it spurred Rege and Turner to create seductive designs to justify the price tag. "We wanted to get away from the Arts and Crafts thing by choosing contemporary, graphic images," says Turner. "The ideas evolved between us, trying to think of quirky things you could have on walls...
...modern Singaporeans deserve the chance to show that they are sufficiently talented to hold their own in any clash of ideas and ideologies (which they most certainly are.) It is because Singapore's achievements, and Lee's influence, extend far beyond the shores of an island of just 700 sq km and 4 million people. Lee's little nation is a testimony to what hard work and discipline can do to improve lives. That, perhaps, is legacy enough. But what a place in history there would be for Lee if his successors prove that Singapore can marry continued economic prosperity...
...recalls. "The concept of having your values embedded in everything you did in your business ... was just not happening in any major way at all." Nonetheless, with just $100,000 from family, friends and a few supportive idealists, Equal Exchange was born in 1986 in a 2,000-sq.-ft. room in Boston's South End. Today copresident Dickinson boasts a 77,000-sq.-ft. facility outside Boston, a full-time staff of 80 and a 33% average annual growth rate over 19 years...
...Record-setting price per sq. ft. paid last week for the air rights above a Manhattan church, twice the going rate...
...Some 100 billion pounds of plastic are used in the U.S. annually, yet only 2% to 4% of complex plastics are recycled, compared with 95% for steel and aluminum. That's because it's difficult to identify and sort engineered plastic by type and grade. At its 50,000-sq.-ft. Richmond plant, MBA figured out how to do it more affordably and efficiently and on a mass scale. In November, MBA opened the world's largest commercial-scale plastic-recycling facility for durable goods, in Guangzhou, China. The plant can process 40,000 metric tons of plastic annually. Another...