Plans for the third and final building at the 14-acre Pacific Design Center (PDC) in West Hollywood – a spectacular 400,000 square foot red glass clad complex of offices and parking – was unveiled today by owner/developer Charles S. Cohen and world-renowned architect Cesar Pelli. The breathtaking structure, which consists of two state-of-the-art office [...]

The World Wide Web – sounds big doesn’t it? But it’s an essential tool for potential clients researching design, designers and products. So it’s crucial for dealers and designers to be online with an effective, updated and sophisticated Web site.
“For the same reason you shouldn’t have outdated displays in showrooms, you shouldn’t have an outdated [...]

Selecting, planning and ordering custom designed rail assemblies is easier than ever with Weidmuller’s New RailDesigner 4.0 software. Configure your projects and the user-friendly RailDesigner will take care of the rest.
Design, draw, email your vendor for quotes and place your order—this innovative software does it all at an impressive speed. Some of the new features [...]

From jobs as janitor, then a dishwasher, Renato A. Heray never dreamed that he would one day put the Philippines on the Middle East’s map.
Today, his replicas of the Mayon Volcano, the Rice Terraces and Lake Lanao adorn the landscape at the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Not only homesick Filipinos enjoy their homeland’s icons [...]

For the second year running, Santa Fe, New Mexico, is offering a week-long event focusing on community-inspired design, creativity, and innovation. Supported by the City’s Economic Development Plan and UNESCO’s Creative City Global Network, Santa Fe Design Week 2006, to take place October 22-29, will feature over 50 designer-created events.
The all-encompassing design event will cover [...]

TrendWatch Graphic Arts today released its special report, “Offshore Printing: The Market for Overseas Print Providers,” which quantifies the extent to which U.S. content creators are outsourcing their print work to overseas providers. The 135-page report pinpoints exactly who is outsourcing print work, who is increasing their outsourcing, and how much work is being outsourced. [...]

On Monday, February 20 this year, President Olusegun Obasanjo received a delegation of Chinese investors at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa.
In the course of his response to the speech made by the Chinese visitors, the president made a pledge which made big banner headlines in all the nation’s newspapers the following day. He pledged that [...]

Liquid Architecture in association with the Audio Foundation and Kolumbard, proudly present two evenings of music showcasing the works of Australian and New Zealand sound artist and musicians who work at the extremities of their mediums, from Computer Music, Noise, Rock and Improvisation to Songs. The underlying concept is to represent the common interests across [...]

Few things matter more to an aging parent than maintaining his or her lifestyle, safety and independence — and when it comes to home decor, the right interior design decisions will go a long way towards supporting all three.
Whether you’re inviting an elderly parent to live with you, or are helping an older relative adjust [...]

Virtualization is the latest technology taking IT departments by storm, it is an approach that can be applied to many aspects of IT infrastructure and can save enterprises a lot of money.
Briefly put, virtualization can mean the following things:
1. The technique of managing and presenting storage devices and resources functionally, regardless of [...]

“I wanted to design something to remember the Mandela philosophy,” says Massimiliano Fuksas of the African Institute of Science and Technology (AIST). In May the Italian architect won the RIBA-organized international competition to design the AIST, which will be located immediately south of the Nigerian capital of Abuja and will help foster the economic development [...]

Europe’s biggest outdoor advertising company is installing solar-powered bus shelters in Los Angeles, collecting rain water to wash street props in New Delhi, and running self-hire bicycle schemes in cities offering ad space contracts in return.
Besides a concern for the environment, going green gives a marketing pitch for the group which, like its sector [...]