It is a rare day when a truly inventive input device hits the creative pro market. Mice and trackballs come and go like a parade, but not since the graphics tablet have we seen anything really unique. That is, not until Logitech released the NuLooq Professional Series: a hardware-software design controller combo that’s so different [...]

Alberto Alessi always dreamed of becoming an architect. Instead, he joined the family firm — upscale Italian homewares company Alessi — and did the next best thing: hired them. In his 36 years as CEO, Alberto has tapped some of world’s best known architects, transforming Alessi from a manufacturer of boring stainless steel tableware into [...]

Turning a ramshackle house into a comfortable home on a tight budget would be a tough challenge for most people.
Not for Robert Ogden, who used his junk-hunting, pack-rat proclivities and serious DIY abilities to bring some freewheeling style to a Germantown, Pa., fixer-upper.
Ogden, the creative force behind the Philadelphia home-furnishings manufacturer and distributor Peddler’s Home [...]