Shoes Serve As Reminder [ KBTX 3 Bryan/College Station ] Apr 26, 2008  Shoe displays at the mall aren't unusual, but a shoe display not for sale, is. Scotty's House collected 300 shoes for a memorial at the Post Oak Mall Saturday. Read More ...

Converse's All-Star Image [ BusinessWeek ] Apr 25, 2008  The century-old sneaker maker has been undergoing an overhaul since it was bought by Nike. The new global VP for footwear talks about the classic retro shoe Read More ...

Winners of the Swarovski Young Designers [ AME Info ] Apr 27, 2008  Three winners of the ninth Swarovski Young Designers Awards were declared last night on the final day of The Bride Show Dubai, for the student, amateur and innovation categories. Read More ...

Designer Deals [ Portfolio.com via Yahoo! Finance ] Apr 24, 2008  In a down market, fashion investors are bargain-hunting for apparel companies. Who has a bull's-eye on their label? Read More ...

For the love of shoes [ The Florida Times-Union ] Apr 26, 2008  Like many women, I've employed plenty of creative accounting to justify my shoe collection. In the fall of 2006, the approach was forgoing my electric bill. Read More ...

Robot designed to reduce pharmacy errors [ UPI ] Apr 26, 2008  U.S. hospitals are starting to use pharmacy robots designed to eliminate life-threatening medication errors, Loyola University Hospital says. Read More ...

Can New Google CIO Fill Douglas Merrill' [ PC World ] Apr 26, 2008  Google has hired Ben Fried, a managing director in charge of Morgan Stanley's application infrastructure... Read More ...

Swiss jumps using Leonardo da Vinci-desi [ AFP via Yahoo! News ] Apr 26, 2008  A 36-year-old Swiss amateur parachutist made a successful 650-metre <2,130-foot> drop Saturday using a replica of a parachute designed more than 500 years ago by Leonardo da Vinci. Read More ...

Glimpsed at the Capital Grille [ Baltimore Sun ] Apr 27, 2008  As an account supervisor at the Planit communications firm, Erin Grecu knows how important it is to get a message across. And the fashion message that this 30-year-old Harbor East resident hopes she's sending is 'eclectic, mixed with classic, a touch of color and something unexpected.' Her white three-quarter-length sleeve T-shirt from Banana Republic and her People's Liberation bootleg jeans ... Read More ...

Designed, sealed, delivered [ The Charlotte Observer ] Apr 27, 2008  Designed, sealed, delivered Curtis McNair created famous Motown album covers of '60s and '70s Mark Price WADESBORO -- Curtis McNair marched for civil rights in the '40s, helped integrate the Army in the '50s, and was among the first blacks hired at Chrysler Motors' corporate office in the early '60s. But people don't ask about such things when the Wadesboro resident agrees to a rare public ... Read More ...

Neighbors Complain of Hanging Tennis Sho [ KSLA-TV Shreveport ] Apr 25, 2008  On Lynbrook Blvd. a pair of shoes dangled on power lines for months. One person living nearby says they've been there since last August, and he's sent several complaint emails to the city. Read More ...

Söfft Shoe Company Donates Shoes to Tea [ PR.com ] Apr 26, 2008  Söfft Shoe Company, makers of women's footwear brands Söfft and Softspots, today announced they are donating shoes to the teachers of Dancing Classrooms, a project of the American Ballroom Theater Company, a not-for-profit organization based in New York City. Dancing Classrooms was created by American Ballroom Theater Company founder, Pierre Dulane. Dulane introduced the program to New York City ... Read More ...

Full Sail University's In-House Creative [ PRWeb ] Apr 27, 2008  On April 8th, the Los Angeles Film School and the Los Angeles Recording School , sister schools to Full Sail University, were nominated for the 12th Annual Webby Awards. Both sites are produced by Full Sail University's in-house creative design team, Platinum Creative, which is comprised predominantly of Full Sail graduates. Read the full story at ... Read More ...

Demands of 'Amadeus' let designers shine [ Rapid City Journal ] Apr 26, 2008  A cast of 16, intricate costumes and wigs made of found objects mean that 'Amadeus' may be one of the most technically difficult productions Black Hills Community Theatre has undertaken. Read More ...

Cinnaminson company receives design awar [ Courier-Post ] Apr 27, 2008  Quickie Manufacturing Corp., the largest manufacturer and marketer of cleaning tools in the United States, has received the 2008 American Inhouse Design Award for the AirWick FreshSweep Broom Display. Read More ...

APRIL 27 - MAY 3 [  ] MAY 3, 2008  This week: Take a bite out of Brooklyn; watch ringside as punches are thrown; designers get crafty with it; writers and authors share stories with the public;and hot mama's yuk it up. Taste testAbigail Kirsch at Stage 6 at Steiner Studios, 15... Read More ...

Fisker Says Tesla's Claim He Stole White [ Wired News ] Apr 25, 2008  Fisker Automotive says it is smart enough to build a plug-in hybrid without stealing the design from Tesla Motors, and Tesla's lawsuit to the contrary is 'nonsense.' Read More ...

Suit says county gave inmate's shoes to [ The Huntsville Times ] Apr 26, 2008  An inmate is suing the Madison County jail claiming that jail officials gave another inmate his shoes and discarded other personal property. Read More ...