July 2007

The Archives

• Inspiration

  Diddy looking for CUH. Chief Umbrella Holder.

  07.31.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Sean Combs is searching for an assistant via You Tube. Presumably time management skills are crucial, since said assistant could have prevented him from igniting such a colossally inefficient interviewing process by suggesting a ‘required skills’ list be included in his first post. Or maybe this is Simplexity personified. All of us viewers are sorting […]

• Media

  Less is More

  07.30.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Last week, Shari was a guest speaker at CTAM’s ‘Power to the People’
  conference. The details of her lecture have been detailed in Extra Extra
  magazine. Bottom line-don’t complicate.simplify. Read the fine print here.

• Inspiration

  Going Tharn

  07.26.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  For the premier issue of B612, our own Shari Swan has written an opinion on our latest trend- Going Tharn. For all of you who have forgotten the classic Watership Down, a quick recap. The term comes from the aforementioned book, which describes the universe from the point of view of a herd of rabbits. […]

• Media

  The Last Judgement

  07.25.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Over here at Streative, we think we know how Michelangelo felt in October of 1512. Sure, you could argue a few tiny, itty-bitty differences, but overall you know…great masterpieces, grueling physical labor, and of course, the question that keeps all of les grands artistes up at night. Will they like it?
  Dexigner likes us, so maybe […]

• Interviews

  Ice-Man

  07.24.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  We decided to have a chat with the designer of the O2 Ice, Wai-Loong Lim of Y Studios in San Francisco, CA. Here’s what he had to say about the Ice, the Apple and shwarmas.
  How did you meet Streative?
  Lisa and I attended a trend seminar in New York City where Shari was speaking. We had […]

• News

  We are Blest

  07.23.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Two ecologically sound developments in the time it takes us to pad over to our computer, check the perennially dismal weather forecast in Amsterdam and fantasize about large, fruity rum laden drinks and Tom Cruise- pre-Katie, post Risky Business. First we had Ecotonoha, now we have The Blester, a batch type oil machine which can […]

• Inspiration

  It’s Getting Hot in Here

  07.19.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  If any of you out there are in doubt of the whole global warming phenomena, well, shame on you. All of Europe is either freezing or on fire. (And, just in case you think the freezing temps mean the whole thing is a crock, double shame on you. Get thee a copy of Al Gore’s […]

• Inspiration

  Night Moves

  07.16.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Ah, Model Co. We love you. You give us a sun-kissed, glossy glow all year long with that Tan in a Can, duping the masses into thinking that miserable, overcast Amsterdam actually has a summer. And another genius concept has been added to your repertoire. Lip-Lights, a lipstick with an automatic light that comes on […]