Brazilian Party - Boulud and Muniz

Who knew Daniel Boulud had a passion for Brazilian food? Check out a great article from Food & Wine's April 2010 issue featuring Boulud's collaboration with São Paolo-raised artist Vik Muniz. "Muniz uses unconventional materials to create temporary artworks, which he then photographs for posterity. His favorite medium? Food."

Check it out HERE.

Kitchen Table of the Future

New York Times R&D lab puts out a video demo of a huge interactive screen - the potential is enormous. Thanks Gizmodo.

Check it out below:


New York Times R&D Lab: The kitchen table of the Future from Nieman Journalism Lab on Vimeo.


Original Gizmodo post HERE.

The New Barney's

NYMag takes us into the world of famed NYC retailer Barney's and profiles the new management team in place to reinvent the store and improve the business.

Check it out HERE.

The New York Times Isn't Dead

So says NYMag in their account of what went into the decision to raise a paywall on the NYTimes website. The article discusses publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., current and future managing editors Bill Keller and Jill Abramson as well as the general health of the newspaper industry.

Check it out HERE.

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blanfein - Wisecracker

Check out NYMag's profile of Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein. Brooklyn boy rises to the top of one of the biggest and most controversial investment bank of our time.

Article can be found HERE.

Who is China Machado?

As featured in NYMag's recent fall fashion issue, China Machado (born Noelie Dasouza Machado) was a model in the 50's and 60's discovered by famed photographer Richard Avedon and among the first non-Caucasians to be featured in high profile fashion magazines at the time. I found the article interesting because of her background (her parents are from Portugal and Hong Kong) and because she's a polyglot:

"Growing up in Shanghai’s wealthy French Concession, Machado spoke French in the streets, Portuguese at home, and Chinese to the servants." Cool.

Check out the profile HERE.
More on Avedon HERE.

Spotify Rocks the Music World

Interesting BusinessWeek article on Daniel Ek, creator of Spotify. Huge in Europe (started in Sweden), it finally launched in the U.S. a few months ago.

Check it out HERE.

Profile: Valentino & Giammetti

A few years ago, Vanity Fair contributing editor Matt Tyrnauer directed a film about the designer Valentino Garavani and his partner (in all senses) Giancarlo Giammetti. An inside look at the operations of the esteemed maison "Valentino: the Last Emperor" was a critical success. The writer's interest in this subject was solidified even earlier - case in point a 2004 profile in VF.

Check it out HERE.

Who Doesn't Love a Little Corporate Intrigue?

Check out Fortune's account of the coup within Pfizer. The article addresses whether "CEO Jeff Kindler was pushed out because he was shaking up the dysfunctional pharma giant or becuase he was an ineffective leader." The head of HR had access to the company chopper! Nuts.

Article can be found HERE.

Inside Bloomberg HQ