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Designing with Midcentury Modern Decor
byEach week Mansion Global tackles an interior design topic with an elite group of designers from around the world who work on luxury properties. This week we look at how to design a Midcentury Modern space. It’s equal parts sleek and modern, whimsical and minimalist. It’s got definitive style that’s instantly recognizable. Midcentury Modern is the kind […]
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Talking About Culture Is Hard. This Unusual Method Makes It Easier.
byAs professional designers of organizations, we know that talking about culture and organizational change is hard. Organizational dynamics are covert and seemingly invisible. One tool we use to help our clients uncover the truth and unlock change is figurative language, such as metaphors, analogies and similes. Figurative language has the power to take dynamics that are difficult […]
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Partnership promotes healthy lifestyle changes in the kitchen
byGRAND JUNCTION, Colo.- A partnership between Community Hospital and Western Colorado Community College is trying to help people live a better lifestyle. It’s a lifestyle medicine program, designed to replace the unhealthy eating habits with healthier options. The program has everything from a nutrition assessment and hands-on cooking demonstrations. A class met Tuesday night, where Cheryl […]
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A Victoria’s Secret Model Says This Weight-Loss Diet Damaged Her Digestive and Endocrine System
byAs a Victoria’s Secret model, Bridget Malcolm knows all about the pressures in the fashion industry to be slender and fit while modeling. In fact, the runway model recently opened up on her blog about a specific incident in her career that led to some serious health issues—all due to an expert-recommended diet. After “struggling” […]
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Russia’s Telegram ban that knocked out 15M Google, Amazon IP addresses had a precedent in Zello
byRussia blocking access to Telegram after the messaging app refused to give it access to encrypted messages has picked up an unintended casualty: we’re now up to over 15 million IP addresses from Amazon and Google getting shut down by the regulators in the process, taking various other (non-Telegram) services down with it. Telegram’s CEO Pavel Durov earlier today said that […]
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The Most Expensive Cities In The World For Business Travel 2018
byOnce again, New York City has been revealed as the most expensive destination in the world to do business, according to a report from management consultant ECA International, with a typical trip costing $869 a day. The findings are based on the average cost of expenses such as hotel accommodation, meals, drinks, laundry, taxis and daily essentials required by people […]
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Inside Princess Diana’s Royal-Wedding Fairy Tale
byA look back at Charles and Diana’s royal fairy-tale nuptials—including the secret registry, security precautions, and staggering price tag. Each Tuesday in April, Vanity Fair will flash back to a different British royal wedding in the lead-up to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s May 19 nuptials. Even though Prince Charles married Diana in 1981—a full 34 and 141 years, respectively, after the nuptials […]
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BMW M2 Competition arrives with 405 HP
byMore power and new chassis bits make BMW’s lovely M2 even more hardcore. The BMW M2 is one of the finest sports cars on the market today. With its combination of rear-wheel drive, turbocharged power and great balance, it’s one of the best-driving BMWs we’ve sampled in years. Goes without saying, then, that we’re on the edge […]
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How plants avoid ‘sunburn’
byIf the ultraviolet radiation from the sun damages human DNA to cause health problems, does UV radiation also damage plant DNA? The answer is yes, but because plants can’t come in from the sun or slather on sunblock, they have a super robust DNA repair kit. Research finds that this powerful DNA repair system in […]
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Facebook lays out changes to comply with a strict new European privacy law
byFacebook announced the steps it will take to comply with a strict European privacy law known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which comes into force on May 25. The social network will begin asking users to review information on whether they want to see ads from partners, if they want to continue sharing […]
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