The woman who painted her body for artist Yves Klein

Edit BBC News 21 Oct 2016
The evening was conducted by French artist Yves Klein, who wore a black dinner jacket and white bow tie for the occasion, and who gave us a radically different type of nude in art ... As some of Klein's Anthropometry paintings go on show at Tate Liverpool, Ms Palumbo-Mosca, now 81, rejects the notion that she was exploited and says she was more than just a "living brush" or a traditional passive model.How did you meet Yves Klein?....

SkunkLock: The bicycle lock that fights thieves -- by making them sick

Edit CNN 21 Oct 2016
(CNN)Every year, , it seems clear that no matter how strong a bike's lock is, a determined thief can break it. But now there might be a new sheriff in town. a lock that makes would-be thieves sick ... Skunklock is unlike other U-shaped locks. US entrepreneur Daniel Idzkowski and Swiss-born engineer Yves Perrenoud are behind the project ... Skunklock creators - Daniel Idzkowski and Yves Perrenoud ... Read More ... The secret formula ... ....

Body art

Edit BBC News 21 Oct 2016
Elena Palumbo-Mosca talks about why she was happy to cover her body in paint to create artworks for the French artist Yves Klein in 1960 ... ....

Met Gala, exhibit to honor designer Rei Kawakubo

Edit Worcester Telegram 21 Oct 2016
NEW YORK — The annual Met Gala, one of the most anticipated events in the fashion world, will honor designer Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons. It will be the first time the gala, and the accompanying exhibit of the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute, will focus on a single living designer since 1983, when it was Yves Saint ......

The First Iconic American Couturier Wasn’t From New York

Edit New York Magazine 21 Oct 2016
Imagine a couturier and most likely, you think FrenchChanel, Christian Dior, or Yves Saint Laurent. But there was a time in the early 20th century when American designers from Chicago (yes, Chicago) dominated that exclusive scene, like Charles James and Main Rousseau Bocher, who created the label Mainbocher....More » ... ....

Watch: A smart bed mimics a mother's womb to put babies to sleep

Edit DNA India 21 Oct 2016
Harvey Karp, a pediatrician and child development specialist, developed SNOO in collaboration with Swiss industrial designer, Yves Behar, and engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US.Karp, a pediatrician and child development specialist, developed SNOO in collaboration with Swiss industrial designer, Yves Behar, and ......

Anthony Foley left 'indelible, affirming marks', mourners told at funeral for Ireland rugby great

Edit Belfast Telegraph 21 Oct 2016
A picture taken on October 16, 2016 shows a Munster flag and flowers hanging at the grid of the Yves du Manoir stadium in Colombes, outside Paris, in tribute to Munster head coach Anthony Foley who died suddenly ... to the European Rugby Champions Cup match between Racing 92 and Munster at Stade Yves-Du-Manoir on October 16, 2016 in Paris, France....

Developers from 2K, Epic, and more share their thoughts on Nintendo's Switch

Edit Shacknews 21 Oct 2016
Tacitly addressing the nearly unanimous complaint that the Wii U's software library lack strong third-party titles, Nintendo issued a press release confirming support from over a dozen publishers and developers ... "With the Nintendo Switch’s unique capacities and design, Nintendo could again redefine the way we play games," said Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot ... ....
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The homemade political advertising on a bicycle outside the Los Angeles Central Library three days before the 2008 presidential primary.

New Bicycle Lock Fights Thieves By Making Them Sick

Edit WorldNews.com 21 Oct 2016
Every year, 1.5 million bicycles are stolen, and it appears that no matter how strong a bike's lock is, a determined thief can break it. But now there might be a new sheriff in town ... entrepreneur Daniel Idzkowski and Swiss-born engineer Yves Perrenoud are behind the project ... So, we turned to chemical compounds that seem like the only real way to disable the thieves without causing anyone permanent harm."...

The 2017 Met Gala Theme Will Be Comme des Garçons’ Designer Rei Kawakubo

Edit Time Magazine 21 Oct 2016
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced on Friday that the theme for their 2017 Costume Institute exhibit and famous gala will be “Rei Kawakubo / Commes des Garçons.” ... It will be the first monograph exhibit at the museum to feature a living designer since a Yves Saint Laurent show in 1983 ... ....

This bike lock fights back – by making thieves vomit

Edit The Miami Herald 21 Oct 2016
There are more than 1.5 million bicycles stolen every year, and thefts have been on the rise recently as biking has gained in popularity. An inventor from San Francisco, where biking is particularly popular, thinks he has a solution ... The founders of Skunklock, Daniel Idzkowski and Yves Perrenoud, said they created it because they were tired of having their own bikes and the bikes of friends stolen over and over ... ....

Nintendo Switch Could "Redefine" Gaming, Ubisoft Says

Edit Gamespot 21 Oct 2016
We've known for a long time that Ubisoft is optimistic about Nintendo's new console. Now that it's been announced as the Nintendo Switch, the company's CEO has put out a statement in which he claims the console could be transformative for gaming. "With the Nintendo Switch's unique capacities and design, Nintendo could again redefine the way we play games," Yves Guillemot said in a statement that Ubisoft sent to GameSpot....

Anthony Foley: Ireland gripped by emotion as radio stations simultaneously play the Fields of Athenry to remember rugby legend

Edit Belfast Telegraph 21 Oct 2016
A picture taken on October 16, 2016 shows a Munster flag and flowers hanging at the grid of the Yves du Manoir stadium in Colombes, outside Paris, in tribute to Munster head coach Anthony Foley who died suddenly ... to the European Rugby Champions Cup match between Racing 92 and Munster at Stade Yves-Du-Manoir on October 16, 2016 in Paris, France....
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