The MacBook Air isn’t solely responsible for tech’s body image issues. But in 2008, it was the Kate Moss of gadgets, the one that helped solidify a trend toward wafer widths. And at this year’s CES, which won’t play host to any of this year’s “blockbuster” products, manufacturers are instead touting their products as the thinnest there is. But the electronics industry, like the fashion industry, seems unconcerned with whether skinny is healthy.
Acer, desperate to mop up the PC end of the ultralight laptop market, has just revealed what it’s calling the “world’s thinnest ultrabook.” The Aspire S5 is just 15mm thick at the fattest part, weighs under 3 lbs., and for fun also sports a Thunderbolt port (previously a Mac-only feature). Int
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Jacqueline deMontravel is the editor of “Romantic Homes” and knows her girly-girl glamour. In “Hers: Design With a Feminine Touch” , she shows how to create spaces, from home offices to bedrooms, that are chic and fresh but also comfortable and inviting. The vignettes and ideas showcased are pretty but never over-the-top froufrou. My personal favorites: two red-and-white striped chairs in front of creamy bookshelves with rose paint on the back paneling and a glass and iron chandelier decorated for a tea party with handmade, large white flowers made from French paper.
As everyone knows, the nature of education is changing. More and more, classrooms are incorporating different learning styles and methods, including those driven by improvements in technology. Companies that make furniture for the education market know that their offerings must adjust to these classroom changes. Steelcase is not one to hang onto the past: the company acknowledges that “the classroom is being reinvented to support new pedagogies that deeply involve students in the learning process.” Furniture must therefore adjust to fit the various modes of learning—lectures, group discussions, and team project work.
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