Today we are opening an online store that will give customers the opportunity to support their favorite local restaurants. For every shirt they buy, $10 will be given to a restaurant of their choice to help support restaurants that have been hit especially hard by...

When the weather outside comes in like a Lion, many people reach for their trusty anorak to keep warm and dry.  This simple, reliable wardrobe staple has somehow managed to hold on as a fashionable icon, while other styles come and go.  Ever wonder where...

The third Monday in January is called “Blue Monday.”  Statistically speaking it’s the most depressing day of the year.  Overall, January and February are often boring, hard months.  New year can bring lots of work in many offices, grey weather and lack of fun can...

In the journey from concept to client, design is often able to push the boundary in the concept stage then round off the edges once it goes to market.  The difference between a concept car and what the public can purchase once it’s massed produced...

At the end of year Christmas and parties dominate many people’s minds.  After work events invite spouses and families, happy hours are frequent, and gifts are often shared.  Yet for folks with a difference or disability, this time of can strengthen an already existing feeling...

Recently a researcher friend of ours was showing us an image from a 12th Century book from France that depicted four men working in the fields.  Our eyes widened as we looked at two of the men and said, “WAIT!  Is that a medieval hoodie?!?”...

In 1969 an entrepreneurial innovator convinced the University of Washington’s bookstore to sell their brand new “Ski and Hike Daypack,” which they marketed to university students to carry their books and school supplies.  Although the university’s administrators were initially skeptical that this concept would catch...

Pantone declared the 2019 color of the year to be living coral.  And, looking back, the quirky color and its warm toned friends have certainly made their way into our collective consciousness.  Fashion, art, design, and new products have all featured this 2019’s color of...

When it comes to golf, the emphasis always seems to be on what you can’t do.  All those rules and limits contribute to the sport’s reputation as something for people “in the know.”  But even committed golfers may not know all the things you CAN...