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Known for their functional, contextual, easy to maintain designs with strong visual appeal and a contemporary sense of innovation even in the tiniest of details, Ravish Mehra Deepak Kalra (RMDK) design studio paves the way for the new in their design for mithai shops. Check out their latest at Dadu's Kondapur, in Hyderabad, India

Customizing spaces comes naturally to the team at The Orange Lane. Their latest interior intervention for the brand Sassy Spoon is in one word: Sassy! Abundant colour, old world charm and tiny details ensure that this bar & fine dine in Mumbai will stand out! Read on to know more here

Editor's note: The Wall Street Journal lit up the blogosphere last weekend with an article titled, Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior. This played right into the stereotypes about Asian parents being obsessed with their children's education and myths about Chinese and Indian education being superior to U.S. education. The Journal article was over the top-way over. In fact, TechCrunch contributor Vivek Wadhwa called it "bizarre" in a response that he wrote in his BusinessWeek column. Chinese and Indian parents really do care about their children, just as American parents do, as do others all over the world. Some Chinese and Indian parents are really strict and push their children extremely hard. But he doesn't know any who would call their children "garbage" either in private or in public as the Journal described. And he doesn't know any middle-class Indian or Chinese children, in this day and age, who allow themselves to be subjected to the type of abuse the article details. You can read his views. But here is the perspective of one of his Twitter followers, Dr. AnnMaria De Mars, President of The Julia Group.  She said that she felt compelled to write this after reading his piece.

This document presents details on the wealth and income distributions in the United States, and explains how we use these two distributions as power indicators. Some of the information may come as a surprise to many people. In fact, I know it will be a surprise and then some, because of a recent study (Norton & Ariely, 2010) showing that most Americans (high income or low income, female or male, young or old, Republican or Democrat) have no idea just how concentrated the wealth distribution actually is. More on that a bit later.

In late 2009, Charles Robinson was able to interview Peter Joseph, the creator of Zeitgeist: The Movie, Zeitgeist: Addendum, Zeitgeist: Moving Forward, several lectures and a presentation; Founder of The Zeitgeist Movement and a friend of Jack Fresco, in his home. He described himself and his life in details in what is likely a rare interview. He was kind enough to provide him with previously unreleased media and video and in turn Charles did his best to create a documentary (albeit kinda poor in quality compared to his work!) that would help express who this person is. Peter Joseph was born in North Carolina to a middle class family. He has said in interviews that his mother's role as a social worker helped shape his opinion and impressions of American life. He later moved to New York to attend art school. Currently he lives and works in New York City as a freelance film editor/composer/producer for various industries. Due to the controversial content of his films and a desire to keep his day job private, he has not released his full name to the public.

Pay Pal founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel has given $1.25 million to an initiative to create floating libertarian countries in international waters, according to a profile of the billionaire in Details magazine.

[Barring unforeseen events, I'm going to leave this post at the top of the page for today and tomorrow, as I think the events it examines, rather in detail and at length, are vitally important and merit much more attention than they've received] The Obama DOJ's effort to force New York Times investigative journalist Jim Risen to testify in a whistleblower prosecution and reveal his source is really remarkable and revealing in several ways; it should be receiving much more attention than it is.  On its own, the whistleblower prosecution and accompanying targeting of Risen are pernicious, but more importantly, it underscores the menacing attempt by the Obama administration -- as Risen yesterday pointed out -- to threaten and intimidate whistleblowers, journalists and activists who meaningfully challenge what the government does in secret. The subpoena to Risen was originally issued but then abandoned by the Bush administration, and then revitalized by Obama lawyers.  It is part of the prosecution of Jeffrey Sterling, a former CIA agent whom the DOJ accuses of leaking to Risen the story of a severely botched agency plot -- from 11 years ago -- to infiltrate Iran's nuclear program, a story Risen wrote about six years after the fact in his 2006 best-selling book, State of War.  The DOJ wants to force Risen to testify under oath about whether Sterling was his source.

A spacious layout aside, this home in Indore is a veritable exercise in incorporating fine hand-crafted details that may date back centuries - infusing warmth and heritage charm into contemporary interiors and lifestyle.

A lapel is a tiny but vital detail that differentiates a business suit jacket from a black-tie coat. Read on to find out how the oft-overlooked lapel matters…

Designer boutique Gazal's Panache stands out for its striking monochromatic palette, interior detailing and lattice-work referencing the famous Benarasi weave, albeit in a contemporary avatar… Check out the store here

How do architectural details inspire the design of interiors resulting in an award winning design? Find out how a counterbalanced design can draw in customers and leave us your views…

Design studio UrbanJobs designs a French Café Batard in Bomonti, Istanbul based on the profile of visitors in the neighbourhood. Sounds interesting? Find out more here…

Interior designer, Sumessh Menon strikes yet another chord of uniqueness in hospitality interior decor with the newly launched "1 ABOVE"! Check it out and leave us your comments...

Interior design studio Gönye Proje Tasarım designs a luxurious home in Istanbul using a play of materials. The crux of the design lies in its detailing. Check out the project here…

Balancing intuition, emotion and exacting detail, international architecture firm, Atelier Barda redesigns a historic home in Montreal, reshaping spaces to reflect an understated, timeless, and explorative design vocabulary with the onus of the colour black. Check it out here

Since time immemorial humans have complained that life is becoming more complex, but it is only now that we have a hope to analyze formally and verify this lament. This article analyzes the human social environment using the "complexity profile," a mathematical tool for characterizing the collective behavior of a system. The analysis is used to justify the qualitative observation that complexity of existence has increased and is increasing. The increase in complexity is directly related to sweeping changes in the structure and dynamics of human civilizationthe increasing interdependence of the global economic and social system and the instabilities of dictatorships, communism and corporate hierarchies. Our complex social environment is consistent with identifying global human civilization as an organism capable of complex behavior that protects its components (us) and which should be capable of responding effectively to complex environmental demands.

Layered #Facades, deconstructed volumes, unhindered views and contrasting visual character, #CasaForma by #RenesaArchitecture epitomises the character of the #Himalayan #landscape that it lies within. Check out the feature here

Fashioned by PESarchitect , #TheFuzhouStraitCultureandArtCentreunravels and realises #China's #ceramic #heritage through its unconventional #form and materials, interlacing #abstracted #symbolismwithin its #design.