createthegroup:

BIG news of the day: JCPenney Taps Nickelson Wooster as Men’s Creative Director - Racked NY

wgsn:

The worst kept fashion secret was confirmed this morning: Hedi Slimane, the former designer for Dior Homme, is to take over as creative director at Yves Saint Laurent, the French fashion house and its parent PPR confirmed.

“Slimane will assume total creative responsibility for the brand…

world-shaker:

emergentfutures:

Twitter acquisition confirms that curation is the future
“Twitter made an interesting acquisition on Thursday, when it bought a young Canadian startup called Summify, a company whose service (as its name implies) was designed to cut through the noise of all those social-media streams and summarize the content that matters. More than anything, this is perhaps the single biggest hole that exists not just in Twitter but Facebook and other services as well”
Full Story: GigaOm
The ChIndian Century. Fascinating read.
Yao Ming Retires. We think.
What Sugar Actually Does To Your Body (contributing to the long list of reasons why Paleo is the best thing you can do for your body.)
Winners of the 2011 CFDA Fashion Awards
7th Jun 201109:571 note

Pharrell Williams Named Creative Director of Karmaloop TV. Looking forward to seeing him deliver.

Fake eggs and recycled buns in China - yikes!
9th May 201100:442 notes
CNN front page reports on Trump pulling a Sheen & vegan cookies. Slow news day?
Greg Mortenson Forced To Defend ‘Three Cups of Tea’
My heart just stopped.
thephilter:

Xenophilia’s super-exhaustive, super-paranoid nuclear fallout from Japan tracking page
thephilter:

Interactive before-and-after photos of the tsunami and earthquakes in Japan
Mother Nature is punishing us for all the cruelties we have inflicted on it. Absolutely gut wrenching. My thoughts and love go out to those in Japan & Hawaii.
Since Subway is now bigger than McDonalds, they’re going into the sky.
Opaque  by  andbamnan