  - A Look at How VerveLife Builds Music- and Media-Delivery Platforms
- VerveLife is a mar/comm company that works with the likes of Axe and Burger King. They're also on the verge of launching Photo.com, a community portal of original content and media sharing. Here's a glimpse into how they work. Thu Mar 01 2007
| |   - Shure's Foray Into the Consumer Market with State-of-the-Art Earphones
- Niles, IL-based Shure Inc. has long been a mainstay manufacturer of professional-grade audio equipment. In the last few years, though, they've moved into the consumer arena with their sound-isolating "e series" earphones. Wed Feb 28 2007
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 - How Designers at Life Fitness Create Something as "Simple" as a Seat
- There's nothing easy about creating the elements that go into products like the Summit Trainer, a hybrid fitness machine. Here, one of the company's industrial designers walks us through the process behind building a better seat. Tue Feb 27 2007
| |   - An Overview of Microsoft's Tech Center with Director Adam Hecktman
- At their location on Wacker Dr., Microsoft holds technology seminars, strategy briefings, architecture design sessions and proof-of-concept workshops. Here Hecktman details more about what goes on at the facility and dicusses how Vista fits in to it all. Mon Feb 26 2007
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 - The Business of Bathing Suits: Trends for the post-Deep Freeze
- In mid-winter, Londo Mondo buyer Donna West on this season's coming trends. The store showed off the latest at a fashion show at Sushi Samba a few weeks ago. Fri Feb 23 2007
| |  - The Winners of the "Chicago Furniture Now" Competition, Part 2
- Last Thursday, February 15, the winners of Design Within Reach's 3rd annual "Chicago Furniture Now" competition were showcased in the store on North Ave. and Kingbury. Twenty designers were chosen out about 175 entrants. Here we feature a look at half of them. Thu Feb 22 2007
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 - The Winners of the "Chicago Furniture Now" Competition, Part 1
- Last Thursday, the winners of Design Within Reach's 3rd annual "Chicago Furniture Now" competition were showcased in the store on North Ave. and Kingbury. Twenty designers were chosen out about 175 entrants. Here we feature a look at half of them. Part II tomorrow. Wed Feb 21 2007
| |  - Anatomy of a Startup: JobCoin.com
- Job Coin provides bloggers and other indie media sites with a online platform to set up a job board, giving them another means beyond advertising to start monetizing their content. CEO Keith Schact takes a percentage of the revenue sites charge would-be employers to post. Tue Feb 20 2007
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 - Michael Gruber on His New Investor Network: Cornerstone Angels
- Gruber was the founder and president of Keiretsu Forum Chicago. He launched Cornerstone in December 2006 to help connect initial start-up capital and institutional financing. Mon Feb 19 2007
| |  - Capps CEO Brent Moncrief on New Markets and Recent Creative Work
- Capps has long been the steady print-production house that helps Leo Burnett execute much of its magazine advertising and promotional work. In short, it's lived somewhat in its biggest client's shadow. But now it's pursuing new markets.
Fri Feb 16 2007
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 - Product Development at Life Fitness, Exhibit A: The Summit Trainer
- The biomechanics lab at Schiller Park-based Life Fitness is all about finding a perfect interface between human and machine. For their work on the Summit, the team devised a "new motion" for users to experience. Here's how they did it. Thu Feb 15 2007
| |  - Architect Zoka Zola: From City Zoning to Modern Living
- Croatian-born Zola is working on several state-of-the-art projects, including a zero-energy house and an effort to change city zoning laws in order to maximize land and up the "green" factor. Pictured at left was a house she built for her first Chicago client: her husband. Wed Feb 14 2007
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