Kitchen have always been the space where people spend a great deal of their time when they are at home, and things we do there are not limited to just cooking and having meals. Brands are doing their great part in developing smart, beautiful and efficient solutions for modern kitchens—such home comfort providers as IKEA, Electrolux and Philips to name a few are recognized leaders in the sphere, but brands from other fields have taken up the challenge, too. Diesel, one of the leaders in the casual apparel industry, is also contributing. The brand has teamed up with Italian kitchen furniture brand Scavolini to create the Social Kitchen, which have become part of Diesel’s ‘Successful living’ collection.
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Pantene widens its list of top celebrities that includes Liv Tyler, Naomi Watts and other stars by signing Zooey Deschanel, the Golden Globe and Grammy nominated performer good known for her trendsetting vintage wardrobe. Deschanel will feature in the brand’s new campaign promoting the Pantene Beautiful Lengths collection.
Nike and Skype have launched new activations revolving around human faces. The online ‘Free Face’ game, which was kicked off by Nike in Japan, is designed to promote Nike iD, the brand’s branch which is focused on customization and adjusting to consumers’ preferences. The new digital Flash platform, developed by Wieden+Kennedy Tokyo, invites fans to give their faces a workout and (with the help of the web camera) put them next to Nike ID’s sneakers, which can easily mimic the facial expressions thanks to their flexible soles.
L’Oréal USA is proud to announce the L’Oréal Women in Digital Program, a new initiative that will celebrate and nurture women working in technical and digital roles. L’Oréal Women in Digital will promote the design of new and innovative technologies that will address the needs of the beauty industry with technology created by women and for women.
The professional network LinkedIn, which has 150 million members worldwide, finally gets an iPad application, which allows users to check the news, keep up-to-date with groups, get business intelligence and insights, links and job offers now from their Apple tablet as well. The company upgraded their iPhone, Android and Mobile Web products last August, and now it was time to provide iPad users with a dedicated app. “Imagine having one place where you can get all the info you need about who you’re meeting with that day, trending and timely news that is impacting your industry, who’s changed jobs and what your coworkers are sharing, liking, and commenting on. We’ve pulled all this for you, all in one place,” says the official LinkedIn blog.