HappyBird is an Australian consumer electronics brand. The company is focused on manufacturing tablet for students in cheap price and with all the functionalities a student may need. It is also regarded as a solution to the student's back problems (heavy school bags of students) as it can replace all the stuff present in a school bag and provide even more facilities. The device is intended to replace school bags with support of Android Operating System.
The device weighs less than ten percent of the weight of a typical child's backback.
The product is made by Angel Digital, who claim that it will "improve both the health of school, college and university students in the UK, as well as their learning experience and performance."<ref name=Dailytimes-solve/>
The device weighs less than ten percent of the weight of a typical child's backback.
The product is made by Angel Digital, who claim that it will "improve both the health of school, college and university students in the UK, as well as their learning experience and performance."<ref name=Dailytimes-solve/>
The Carbone Smolan Agency (CSA) is a graphic design and branding firm started in 1980 by Ken Carbone and Leslie Smolan. It began in 1976 as a satellite office of Montreal-based Gottschalk + Ash International. In 1980 Carbone and Smolan bought out the interest of their Canadian partners and in 1985 the company was renamed Carbone Smolan Associates. Ken Carbone is the agency’s creative director. Leslie Smolan is the agency’s director of creative strategy.
Carbone Smolan Agency has been responsible for creating visual systems and branding programs for some of the most recognizable brand names in the public and private sector. (See: Fast Company, Five Tips for Forging a Lasting Creative Partnership)
CSA's work in corporate, consumer and cultural sectors, in particular, embodies the CSA philosophy: “unify, simplify and amplify.” (See: Mohawk Connects, Felt+Wire Interview with Tom Biederbeck and Business Insider, Three Words You Should Remember, by Mellisa Stanger)
Design credits for clients include Canon, Morgan Stanley, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Christies, Tiffany & Company, Herman Miller, Mohawk Paper, Architectural Record Magazine, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Jewish Museum, Musée du Louvre, The Woodruff Arts Center, The Morgan Library & Museum, MoMA, and Hartford Stage. (See: AIGA Design Archives, Carbone Smolan) The company is located at 22 West 19th Street in New York.
History
1976-1985
The history of the Carbone Smolan Agency began when Ken Carbone graduated from the Philadelphia College Art (now University of the Arts Philadelphia) with the intention of becoming a professional musician but early advisors instead steered him towards the commercial arts, specifically graphic design. After graduating, Carbone set off for Europe, calling upon influential designers such as Tomas Gonda, Karl Gerstner, Armin Hoffmann, Wolfgang Weingart, and professors at Basel School of Design in Switzerland affiliated with his professors at Philadelphia College of Art. (See: Adweek Article, Six Questions with Ken Carbone)
After his European sojourn, Carbone returned to New York in 1973 and landed his first professional design job at the office of Chermayeff & Geismar Associates, now Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv. Carbone told Debbie Millman with Design Matters, a service of Design Observer Media Group, Design Observer Media Group, that his early exposure to such graphic masters as Alan Fletcher, Ivan Chermayeff and Thomas Geismar enabled him see design through a “broad lens” — as a two-dimensional, three-dimensional, aural, verbal, visual field of interdisciplinary practice that could, when applied properly, be a force for positive change. (See: Design Matters Interview with Debbie Millman)
In 1976, Carbone was recruited from Chermayeff & Geismar by Montreal-based Gottschalk + Ash International to work on the design guidelines for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. When his Canadian visa expired in the fall of 1976, Fritz Gottschalk suggested to Carbone that he open a satellite office of Gottshalk + Ash in New York. Carbone, then 25, and with no business start-up experience, accepted Gottshalk’s challenge and opened a small design office in Midtown Manhattan in fall 1976. (See: Dialog from Pointed Leaf Press)
The Musée du Louvre project propelled Carbone Smolan into the first rank of international design agencies and led to its first feature profile in Communication Arts Magazine, one of the nation's preeminent design and advertising journals. (See: Communication Arts Magazine, Sep/Oct 1987, Print Edition) In the ensuing years, CSA has created numerous assignments for other cultural institutions including MoMA (New York), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Jewish Museum (New York), Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, The High Museum (Atlanta) and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. (See: Dialog from Pointed Leaf Press and See: Mohawk Connect/Felt+Wire Interview with Tom Biederbeck) While designers and design agencies may come and go in New York, less common are partnerships that endure for decades. Among those that have are: Vignelli Associates, Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv, Pentagram, Push-Pin Studios, Lippincott, and Landor Associates. Today, Carbone Smolan Agency is stands among them, a 35+ year old design partnership that continues to thrive and evolve in a competitive market where many good agencies arise, thrive then disappear. CSA’s founding partners believe shared values are the explanation for their long run. (See: Entrepreneur Online, When to Hire a Design Firm to Get Your Logo Just Right)
Business Philosophy
In an interview with Business Insider in October 2012, Carbone and Smolan said the keys to their enduring relationship are their aligned ambition and trust, their complementary (but not necessarily identical) interests and skills, their respect for each other’s ideas and opinions, and, most notably, the forbearance to choose the right partner in the first place. They contend that “unified, simplified and amplified” brand identities, products, and systems communicate principles and convictions that can be shared by others such as customers and fans. Carbone later told Entrepreneur Online, "Branding is not a start-stop activity, it's a commitment over the life of a company. We like to guarantee each brand identity a minimum life span of 15 years." (See: Entrepreneur, When to Hire a Design Firm to Get Your Logo Just Right and Business Insider, October 23, 2012, Three Words You Should Remember When Designing Your Brand, by Mellisa Stanger)
Clients & Scope
CSA has been involved with numerous projects over the years for a wide variety of corporations and organizations in finance, computers, consumer products, publishing, hospitality, fine paper, professional trade organizations, museums, government institutions, fine arts, photography, and auction houses. Among them, Citicorp Center, Morgan Stanley, IBM, Bideawee, W Hotels, Tropicalia Resort & Residences, Architectural Record, MOHAWK Paper, The Jewish Museum, San Francisco International Airport, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Corbis Images, and Christie’s. (See: American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), Online Design Archives).<ref name="aigaarchivesixteen" /><ref name="aigaarchivefour" />
Carbone Smolan Agency has been responsible for creating visual systems and branding programs for some of the most recognizable brand names in the public and private sector. (See: Fast Company, Five Tips for Forging a Lasting Creative Partnership)
CSA's work in corporate, consumer and cultural sectors, in particular, embodies the CSA philosophy: “unify, simplify and amplify.” (See: Mohawk Connects, Felt+Wire Interview with Tom Biederbeck and Business Insider, Three Words You Should Remember, by Mellisa Stanger)
Design credits for clients include Canon, Morgan Stanley, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Christies, Tiffany & Company, Herman Miller, Mohawk Paper, Architectural Record Magazine, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Jewish Museum, Musée du Louvre, The Woodruff Arts Center, The Morgan Library & Museum, MoMA, and Hartford Stage. (See: AIGA Design Archives, Carbone Smolan) The company is located at 22 West 19th Street in New York.
History
1976-1985
The history of the Carbone Smolan Agency began when Ken Carbone graduated from the Philadelphia College Art (now University of the Arts Philadelphia) with the intention of becoming a professional musician but early advisors instead steered him towards the commercial arts, specifically graphic design. After graduating, Carbone set off for Europe, calling upon influential designers such as Tomas Gonda, Karl Gerstner, Armin Hoffmann, Wolfgang Weingart, and professors at Basel School of Design in Switzerland affiliated with his professors at Philadelphia College of Art. (See: Adweek Article, Six Questions with Ken Carbone)
After his European sojourn, Carbone returned to New York in 1973 and landed his first professional design job at the office of Chermayeff & Geismar Associates, now Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv. Carbone told Debbie Millman with Design Matters, a service of Design Observer Media Group, Design Observer Media Group, that his early exposure to such graphic masters as Alan Fletcher, Ivan Chermayeff and Thomas Geismar enabled him see design through a “broad lens” — as a two-dimensional, three-dimensional, aural, verbal, visual field of interdisciplinary practice that could, when applied properly, be a force for positive change. (See: Design Matters Interview with Debbie Millman)
In 1976, Carbone was recruited from Chermayeff & Geismar by Montreal-based Gottschalk + Ash International to work on the design guidelines for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. When his Canadian visa expired in the fall of 1976, Fritz Gottschalk suggested to Carbone that he open a satellite office of Gottshalk + Ash in New York. Carbone, then 25, and with no business start-up experience, accepted Gottshalk’s challenge and opened a small design office in Midtown Manhattan in fall 1976. (See: Dialog from Pointed Leaf Press)
The Musée du Louvre project propelled Carbone Smolan into the first rank of international design agencies and led to its first feature profile in Communication Arts Magazine, one of the nation's preeminent design and advertising journals. (See: Communication Arts Magazine, Sep/Oct 1987, Print Edition) In the ensuing years, CSA has created numerous assignments for other cultural institutions including MoMA (New York), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Jewish Museum (New York), Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, The High Museum (Atlanta) and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. (See: Dialog from Pointed Leaf Press and See: Mohawk Connect/Felt+Wire Interview with Tom Biederbeck) While designers and design agencies may come and go in New York, less common are partnerships that endure for decades. Among those that have are: Vignelli Associates, Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv, Pentagram, Push-Pin Studios, Lippincott, and Landor Associates. Today, Carbone Smolan Agency is stands among them, a 35+ year old design partnership that continues to thrive and evolve in a competitive market where many good agencies arise, thrive then disappear. CSA’s founding partners believe shared values are the explanation for their long run. (See: Entrepreneur Online, When to Hire a Design Firm to Get Your Logo Just Right)
Business Philosophy
In an interview with Business Insider in October 2012, Carbone and Smolan said the keys to their enduring relationship are their aligned ambition and trust, their complementary (but not necessarily identical) interests and skills, their respect for each other’s ideas and opinions, and, most notably, the forbearance to choose the right partner in the first place. They contend that “unified, simplified and amplified” brand identities, products, and systems communicate principles and convictions that can be shared by others such as customers and fans. Carbone later told Entrepreneur Online, "Branding is not a start-stop activity, it's a commitment over the life of a company. We like to guarantee each brand identity a minimum life span of 15 years." (See: Entrepreneur, When to Hire a Design Firm to Get Your Logo Just Right and Business Insider, October 23, 2012, Three Words You Should Remember When Designing Your Brand, by Mellisa Stanger)
Clients & Scope
CSA has been involved with numerous projects over the years for a wide variety of corporations and organizations in finance, computers, consumer products, publishing, hospitality, fine paper, professional trade organizations, museums, government institutions, fine arts, photography, and auction houses. Among them, Citicorp Center, Morgan Stanley, IBM, Bideawee, W Hotels, Tropicalia Resort & Residences, Architectural Record, MOHAWK Paper, The Jewish Museum, San Francisco International Airport, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Corbis Images, and Christie’s. (See: American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), Online Design Archives).<ref name="aigaarchivesixteen" /><ref name="aigaarchivefour" />
Train of Thought is a sketch comedy group located in Seattle, Washington. Made up of John Boyle and Ryan Miller, a feature of their stage revues is basing the show around a single word or phrase.
Together since 2003, they have created four original shows: Train of Thought > Airport - about the airline industry, Train of Thought > New York - about NYC, Train of Thought > Laid Off - about office life and unemployment, Train of Thought > Breaking Up - about love, dating and getting rid of that very special someone and The Best of Train of Thought in November 2006.
They have been featured on local NBC affiliate King 5 and have been recommended by weekly papers Seattle Weekly ("The funniest threesome on stage") , The Stranger ("Good jokes peppered with pockets of awesome") and "one of the most talented and funny sketch comedy groups you'll ever see in your life" by Metroblogging Seattle .
They were also selected to perform at the 2006 Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival.
The troupe has created a strong video presence on sites such as YouTube and others. They've created viral videos such as Promiscuous by Nelly Furtado featuring troupe member Kaci and Puppet Timbaland , Facebook News Network , Spelling Bee and others. Their videos have been featured on CollegeHumor , iFilm , Video , Veoh , Crackle and many others.
They have also built viral web sites such as RandomYouTubeInsult.com and People Sleeping On Planes which have been featured on Buzzfeed, MetaFilter and others..
The group was also a finalist in The Great Sketch Experiment put on by JibJab. Over 100 independent comedy groups were invited to submit a sketch based on a police theme. Six were chosen and flown to Los Angeles to have their sketch filmed by legendary comedy director John Landis. Train of Thought was the only participating group not from Los Angeles or New York City. Their sketch, , was featured on TechCrunch among other sites.
Together since 2003, they have created four original shows: Train of Thought > Airport - about the airline industry, Train of Thought > New York - about NYC, Train of Thought > Laid Off - about office life and unemployment, Train of Thought > Breaking Up - about love, dating and getting rid of that very special someone and The Best of Train of Thought in November 2006.
They have been featured on local NBC affiliate King 5 and have been recommended by weekly papers Seattle Weekly ("The funniest threesome on stage") , The Stranger ("Good jokes peppered with pockets of awesome") and "one of the most talented and funny sketch comedy groups you'll ever see in your life" by Metroblogging Seattle .
They were also selected to perform at the 2006 Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival.
The troupe has created a strong video presence on sites such as YouTube and others. They've created viral videos such as Promiscuous by Nelly Furtado featuring troupe member Kaci and Puppet Timbaland , Facebook News Network , Spelling Bee and others. Their videos have been featured on CollegeHumor , iFilm , Video , Veoh , Crackle and many others.
They have also built viral web sites such as RandomYouTubeInsult.com and People Sleeping On Planes which have been featured on Buzzfeed, MetaFilter and others..
The group was also a finalist in The Great Sketch Experiment put on by JibJab. Over 100 independent comedy groups were invited to submit a sketch based on a police theme. Six were chosen and flown to Los Angeles to have their sketch filmed by legendary comedy director John Landis. Train of Thought was the only participating group not from Los Angeles or New York City. Their sketch, , was featured on TechCrunch among other sites.
IBM Distinguished Engineers (DEs) are executive-level technical leadership positions and are appointed for outstanding technical contributions and leadership. IBM Distinguished Engineers are corporate appointments.
The expected career path for technical distinction at IBM is the technical career path. There are several routes to DE on the technical career path:
:* Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM), Executive IT Architect , Executive Consultant or Executive IT Specialist
:* Distinguished Engineer (DE)
:* IBM Fellow.
To progress to the DE level an individual would be expected to be at an Executive grade and have other distinguishing factors (for example, prolific inventors or patent holders) as well as being globally recognized experts in their respective fields, contributing to their clients' success and IBM's growth.
DEs are integral members of their units' executive teams, demonstrating leadership to these units and across the company by consulting with management on technical and business strategies and their implementation. They often have operational responsibilities for large, complex technical projects, and may have line management responsibility as appropriate.
Career progression can be towards the more senior technical executive position IBM Fellow, but also beyond that to more senior executive business management roles building on their technical achievements.
The IBM Technical Community numbers over 200,000 people, including 605 IBM Distinguished Engineers and 85 IBM Fellows as of September 2013.
Distinguished Engineers at other organizations
:*Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/de/default.mspx
:*Dell
The expected career path for technical distinction at IBM is the technical career path. There are several routes to DE on the technical career path:
:* Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM), Executive IT Architect , Executive Consultant or Executive IT Specialist
:* Distinguished Engineer (DE)
:* IBM Fellow.
To progress to the DE level an individual would be expected to be at an Executive grade and have other distinguishing factors (for example, prolific inventors or patent holders) as well as being globally recognized experts in their respective fields, contributing to their clients' success and IBM's growth.
DEs are integral members of their units' executive teams, demonstrating leadership to these units and across the company by consulting with management on technical and business strategies and their implementation. They often have operational responsibilities for large, complex technical projects, and may have line management responsibility as appropriate.
Career progression can be towards the more senior technical executive position IBM Fellow, but also beyond that to more senior executive business management roles building on their technical achievements.
The IBM Technical Community numbers over 200,000 people, including 605 IBM Distinguished Engineers and 85 IBM Fellows as of September 2013.
Distinguished Engineers at other organizations
:*Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/de/default.mspx
:*Dell