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MasterNewMedia Web Traffic Stats, Authority, Audience Metrics: September 2008

By Ty Wenzel • Oct 14th, 2008 • Category: Techie News, Trend Forcasting

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The latest MasterNewMedia traffic trends and statistics for the month of September show a slow but steady increase in volume and additional data further defining MasterNewMedia specific audience demographics and technographics (the characteristics and traits of their technical setup: browser, operating system, screen resolution, etc.).

MasterNewMedia compared head to head with some of its [...]



Social Networking Trends from Coast to Coast

By Ty Wenzel • Aug 20th, 2008 • Category: Techie News

Residents of Massachusetts and California led the nation in googling the term “social networking” during the last 12 months according to Google Insights for Search, a new search analysis tool.
Launched on August 6, Google Insights for Search is a free service that allows users to track the popularity of phrases and words that have been [...]



Flickr Files: Trends in Lighting

By Ty Wenzel • Jul 27th, 2008 • Category: Featured, Flickr Files, Interiors Exteriors, Retro Modern, Style Trend Forcasting

I cannot tell you how exciting the world of lighting has become!  So many shapes, colors, textures, sizes to choose from.  Whether your pad is styled modern or retro, there is a lighting solution for you!
1.  POLE LAMPS (usually vintage)

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Belts with Any Outfit

By Ty Wenzel • Jul 17th, 2008 • Category: Fashion & Beauty, Style Trend Forcasting

Belts can work with just about any outfit…you just need the right belt and know the correct way to wear it. Belts work with day or work Dresses, Separates, Evening dresses or Jackets…just by adding a belt you can transform your entire look. Belts are the chicest accessory of the season, so to make sure [...]



Trend Spotlight: Feathers

By Ty Wenzel • Jul 17th, 2008 • Category: Fashion & Beauty, Style Trend Forcasting

Depending on the piece…feather’s can say everything from upscale chic to 70’s rock star. Look for clothing with elaborate feather printed fabrics or silk-screened details….or better yet, actual feathers. Another cool way to wear feathers is on shoes, handbags and accessories. Just as with any trend…remember to keep it in moderation, you don’t want to [...]



Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media: An Opinionated Digest by George Siemens - July 12 08

By Ty Wenzel • Jul 16th, 2008 • Category: Trend Forcasting, Web 2.0 | API | Mashups, Web Design

If you look at the fast changing media and at new emerging technologies you may be endlessly enchanted by the new ideas, capabilities and traits that each one integrates. At the same time, the more you closely follow such change without taking critical and analytical distance from it the more you risk of never being [...]



Indoors and Outdoors - Clever Solutions

By Ty Wenzel • Jun 8th, 2008 • Category: Interiors Exteriors, Style Trend Forcasting

Sommer is here - here are some interesting suggestions for indoors and for the many hours spent outdoors:
A swinging bed piled with pillows and a plush mattress beckons at reading time. A lantern hung above lets learning last even past dark.

This Teak Solar Outdoor Showeris the ultimate in outdoor amenities. Set up this sleek [...]



Wood Carpet That Can Roll Up

By Ty Wenzel • Jun 8th, 2008 • Category: Interiors Exteriors, Style Trend Forcasting

Witness a wood carpet that can roll up! Legno Legno is simply a flexible surface composed of 1 3/5-inch oiled oak slats and polyurethane joiners. It can be used both - in residential interior design projects as an area rug, or for contract design - for conference rooms or lobbies.
produced by Ruckstuhl

Link to the [...]



International Contemporary Furniture Fair Highlights

By Ty Wenzel • Jun 8th, 2008 • Category: Events, Interiors Exteriors, Style Trend Forcasting

This weekend the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) celebrates its 20th anniversary at the Jacob K. Javitz Center in New York
One of my favourate products is Rapsel’s Arne bath tub - its name directly communicates to the curves of Arne Jacobsen’s furniture

Another notable product is the Bamboo Basket Chair by Isamu Noguchi: a result [...]



Milan Design Week Opens Today

By Ty Wenzel • Jun 8th, 2008 • Category: Events, Interiors Exteriors, Style Trend Forcasting

I am pleasantly surprised (agian) by this new “Enlaced Antibodi” from Patricia Urquiola for the Italian furniture manufacturer Moroso. Very elegant, modern and practical addition to the outdoor series that she is creating lately for different companies
(picture from the house of g )

A report with great images can be seen on designws.com
I like what Andrée [...]



Milan 2008 Preview 2

By Ty Wenzel • Jun 8th, 2008 • Category: Interiors Exteriors, Style Trend Forcasting

More on the OUTDOOR theme: The new Astra seat, designed by Luca Somaini for Slide

Enchantment and magic pervade Moroso’s showroom on Via Pontaccio. Tord Boontje, the talented creator of imaginary worlds where fantasy and reality blur together, has transformed the showroom into a luxuriant summer garden full of the colours and perfumes of flowers and [...]



Milan Preview 1

By Ty Wenzel • Jun 8th, 2008 • Category: Interiors Exteriors, Style Trend Forcasting

Frame Magazine has published a series of 6 up to now previews of the Milan Furniture Fair 2008. One of the most ionteresting new products seems to be the new chair Her by Fabio Novembre . As they say,
Fabio Novembre once more shows his obsession for the female body. Yet there is a
male [...]



Limited Edition - the New Trend

By Ty Wenzel • Jun 8th, 2008 • Category: Interiors Exteriors, Style Trend Forcasting

With the border line between art and design fast dissipating more and more companies are beginning to produce limited editions of exclusive design furniture and galleries are investing in these as in art. We remember that happened last April in Milan and another good example are the Amanda Levets’s fluid forms in her recent [...]



Disegno Ceramica - The Art of Bathroom Design

By Ty Wenzel • Jun 8th, 2008 • Category: Interiors Exteriors, Style Trend Forcasting

Bathroom design is one of the areas of interior design that have made
uncomparable growth both - as implementation of technologies and as innovative approach. There is no limit to the imagination. Today bathroom design allows personal identity of contemporary bathroom arrangements - have a look at the inspiring bathroom collections of

Fluid [...]