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Cotillard Reveals French Secret to Winning Man's Respect

Mar 12, 2010 5:40am

Of late, French actress Marion Cotillard is working hard for the money. She appeared in three films in 2009 alone in addition to serving as the full-time muse for Christian Dior, which most recently set its sights on making her a rock star. But Cotillard still took a little bit...

IKEA Cozies Up the Paris Métro

Mar 11, 2010 3:15am

IKEA's inviting users to test two couch models, namely Ektorp and Kalstad, in a few of the least comfortable places in Paris: its métro stations. Or at least four of them: St Lazare, Champs Elysées Clémenceau, Concorde and Opéra. The couches are set out in pairs, divided by a lamp...

Technicolor Mad Hatter Obstructs LA Times Front Page

Mar 11, 2010 2:57am

Last Friday's LA Times features Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter for the feature film Alice in Wonderland, in vivid color and blocking most of the text on the front page. "It's taking a concept that we normally apply to new media and reimagining it to a concept in a...

American Apparel Creates Crowdsourced Lookbook

Mar 10, 2010 1:36am

In December, American Apparel asked users of Lookbook.nu, a real-people fashion site, to submit photos of themselves wearing outfits that incorporate the brand. Over a thousand entries came in, enough that AA was able to put together a 64-page lookbook spotlighting 132 looks created by about 77 chosen users from...

'Entrepreneur State of Mind' Invades the Socnets

Mar 9, 2010 6:51am

Here's a little something to give you the uncomfortable chills you like: a geek anthem! YouTube duo and Grasshopper developers the pantlessknights gives us "Entrepreneur State of Mind," an appropriation of Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' "New York State of Mind" — and a squaretastic homage to the code-happy entrepreneurs of...

BMW S 1000 RR Yanks Tablecloth from Under Fine China

Mar 9, 2010 6:32am

BMW demonstrates the smooth stealth and vitesse of its S 1000 RR motorbike with "The oldest trick in the world," a would-be viral video in which the bike yanks the tablecloth out from under a fully-set dining table without stirring a single candelabra. Italian blog Viralmente claims the choppah can...

iPad Flowers to Life During Oscars Commercial Break

Mar 8, 2010 1:55am

The Oscars are a bit of a darling for Apple, which chose the event to air its first-ever iPhone ad in 2007, months before the phone itself made an appearance in the market. This year, nestled in the heat of all that Cablevision/Disney drama, was the debut of Apple's first...

Dior Tries Making 'Lady Rouge' a Rock Star

Mar 5, 2010 6:33am

...If it works for Disney, why not Dior? Visit ladydior.com today to see the debut music video of Franz Ferdinand's The Eyes of Mars, headlined by ... Marion Cotillard? (Better known to Christian Dior fans as fictional fashion muse "Lady Rouge.") We'd make the argument that all the elements —...

State Farm Takes OK Go Where Record Label Won't

Mar 5, 2010 6:08am

We love a good domino effect, and this one for OK Go's "This Too Shall Pass" is deeply satisfying. (Our favourite part is when the old TV, featuring the video that first made OK Go a YouTube sensation, swings through the air and is smashed by a hammer.) But we're...

French Connection Leaps Headfirst into ChatRoulette

Mar 4, 2010 3:28am

One of the best ways to engage people is by challenging their competence, particularly in areas like eating or wooing. Armed with the latter, French Connection United Kingdom (better known as FCUK to the girls that sport its basooma-hugging tees) marks the first brand to dive into ChatRoulette, the volatile...