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Just in time for summer, the retail chain Eddie Bauer is rolling out Capri pants, camp shirts, swim trunks and hats that offer sun protection of up to UPF-50--all in comfortable, breathable fabrics. The average T shirt, according to some dermatologists, often isn't tightly woven enough to block out rays. Meanwhile, the new Buzz Off line of apparel, made by Ex Officio, staves off mosquitoes, ticks and other insects through at least 25 washes and offers UPF-30 sun shield...
Many young designers, including Lian Ng of San Francisco--based Publique Living, are molding and braiding wood. "There is a lot more use of wood in nontraditional applications," says Ng, a former graphic designer who creates lamps out of strips of maple or walnut veneer that are then woven into braided patterns. "With so many new products, I wanted something that is innovative yet familiar at the same time...
With more than 7.3 million copies in print and 59 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list, Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code is much more than a mere publishing phenomenon. The controversial theories about Jesus' life woven into its plot have generated enough interest to spawn an information industry of sorts. Here's how some entrepreneurs are cashing in on the global Code craze...
...greatest works of art are inevitably turned into kitsch, their fame exploited to sell the most banal products. Guernica adorns T shirts, the Mona Lisa is woven into welcome mats, Sunflowers brightens up your morning coffee mug. Edward Hopper's Nighthawks has suffered the same fate. Prints of the iconic 1942 painting of a gloomy diner have shown up in several generations of American college dorms - there's even a mouse pad. Has reproduction robbed the image of its morose power and reduced Hopper, one of America's greatest artists, to the ranks of the one-hit wonders...
...preparation for doctoral study,” but asks whether “such a course of study [should] be the central aim of a college of arts and sciences.” University President Lawrence H. Summers—a driving force behind the review, whose rhetoric is woven throughout the report—became notorious last year for harping on how students commit too much time to extracurriculars at the expense of intellectual rigor. Meanwhile, Kirby’s letter tells us that the only reason one would study in a single department for six-years...