Aim for a reception area that's stylish, comfortable and functional. As the saying goes, you only get one chance to make a first impression, and this is especially true with reception furniture. Your reception area is often the first ...
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History Chinese Paper Cutting or Jianzhi is the first type of papercutting design, since paper was invented by Cai Lun in the Eastern Han Dynasty in China. It is a very distinctive visual art of Chinese handicrafts. ...
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Xanthan Gum Xanthan gum is a polysaccharide that bacterium known as Xanthomonas campestris secrets. This gum is a good food additive as well as a modifier of rheology. It gum is also useful as thickening agent of food items such as salad ...
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As an indispensable part of traditional folk art, toys are a unique expression of the long and uninterrupted Chinese history. Religious beliefs, world view, taste, classical works and local customs, especially festivals ...
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Each dynasty in China had its own memorable culture. The many facets of color and design that emerged during a dynasty's reign were marvelous and made every aspect of Chinese culture, including their wearing apparel, which were highly ...
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UK-based The Hummingbird Bakery has teamed up with global brand licensing agency Beanstalk to expand its presence into new product categories through licensing. Under the deal, Beanstalk will be seeking for ideal licensing partners across ...
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US-based Transport and Technical Services (TTS) is set to launch its next recycling campaign this weekend at its workshop which have been designing and building a larger than life wizard. This campaign is going to increase the amount of ...
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Babies“R”Us announced the introduction of Sadie & Scout, a brand-new and exclusive collection of fashion-forward bedding and room décor for baby, to the company’s ever-growing assortment of differentiated ...
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SAP's Business Objects BI (business intelligence) product line may soon begin receiving a visual overhaul based on a new "design language" or methodology called LAVA (Lightweight Applied Visual Analytics). There are six design principles ...
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Along with the wide range of home textiles on offer, Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles – Autumn Edition has a comprehensive line-up of design and trend features providing inspiration for 2014/15. This includes the Intertextile ...
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Anthologie Quartett introduces a new collection of lights that resemble Russian Craftwork dolls designed by ALIM Pasht-HAN. This redefinition of the classic matryoshka shape expresses a piece of furniture and doll history with light. ...
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With LED lighting market on the rise, international lighting giant Philips Lumileds is officially entering the mid-power LED market in 2013. In response to mid-power LED market demands, the company has added Luxeon 3535 packaging component ...
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This vase has a bell-shaped mouth, a long slender neck, a round swelling body and a ringed foot, with under-glaze blue and white designs. The interior of the mouth is painted with ornamental scepter patterns, its ringed foot with curving ...
Babies probably spend more time in their crib than anywhere else, so while comfort is important, safety is essential. And since most children sleep in a crib until it's time to move into a real bed – typically between the ages of 2 ...
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The definition of an "ugly Christmas sweater" is any sweater with a Christmas theme that is considered in bad taste, tacky, or gaudy. While what is in bad taste is debatable, general consensus says that more is uglier, more embellishments, ...
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