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Quick Tips for an Instant Holiday Entryway Makeover
06 Nov 2024
Want to make a festive first impression this holiday season? Your entryway sets the tone for your entire home's holiday spirit. Here are five quick and easy ways to design your holiday-ready foyer
5 Simple Upgrades for Stylish Holiday Dining & Entertaining
31 Oct 2024
When the holiday season arrives, our dining rooms are transformed into special gathering places for cherished memories and celebrations. Whether you're hosting an intimate family dinner or a holid
12 Days of Decorating for a Traditional Christmas
29 Oct 2024
There's something special about the classic styles and colors of Christmas—red, green, silver and gold—that truly brings out the holiday spirit. If you cherish the timeless charm of a traditional
Dreaming of a White Christmas? How to Design Your Winter Wonderland
22 Oct 2024
When the first snowflakes of the season begin to fall, there's a magical transformation that takes place. The world outside our windows becomes a pristine wonderland, blanketed in white, sparkling
Holiday Gift Guide: Perfect Presents for Every Room & Everyone
16 Oct 2024
The holiday season is upon us, and with it comes the joy of giving. This year, why not think beyond the usual suspects and consider gifts that add a touch of warmth and style to every corner of the ho
Hygge-Inspired Decorating Tips to Create a Cozy Holiday Home
11 Oct 2024
Picture this: You're curled up on the couch, a steaming mug of spiced cider warming your hands. Outside, snowflakes dance in the glow of streetlights, and the scent of freshly baked cookies wafts
Deck Your Tree With Magic: Meet Our 10 Exclusive Li Bien Ornaments
10 Oct 2024
The holiday season is quickly approaching, which means it’s almost time to deck the halls and your tree (if you haven’t already)! We can’t think of a better way to add holiday cheer and a touch of mag
The Best Ways to Use Reed Diffusers in Your Home
08 Oct 2024
Imagine walking into a home that instantly soothes your senses and lifts your spirits. That's the power of fragrance, and reed diffusers are the perfect way to harness it in a simple way. Let'
Pier 1 Li Bien Ornaments: A Look Inside These Special Collectibles
01 Oct 2024
The holiday season brings with it a flurry of excitement, and for many, the return of cherished traditions. This year, we're thrilled to announce that one such tradition is making a triumphant com
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The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
How Quaker Oats grabbed customers’ attention
By Kiron Kasbekar | 07 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats, the American food products giant that was created in 1901 through the merger of many older oat millers, and was acquired by a bigger foods giant, Pepsi, in 2001, has been an innovative company. One example of its innovativeness shows in its packaging – the cereal box it launched in 1915.
Company story – Cunard Line
By Kiron Kasbekar | 12 Jan 2024
The Cunard Line started its life in Glasgow in 1839 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company when Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract.
