FASHION EVENT

Local Lingerie on the Runway

Pretty underthings take over the runway at the fourth annual installment of this lingerie exposition.

02/03/2015 By Eden Dawn

SPECIAL EXHIBIT

A Spectacular Italian Fashion Exhibit Hits Portland

This week, the long-awaited Italian Style exhibit makes Portland Art Museum the only West Coast stop for its vintage Valentino, Prada, Missoni, and more. (Not to mention a special additional exhibit devoted to our local fashion designers)

02/03/2015 By Eden Dawn

WINNING FINDS

Trophy Case: Best Local Stuff of February 2015

This month's hottest locally made goods, from a pour-over coffeemaker for large batches to a sexy new way to store your vinyl collection

02/02/2015

BIG PICTURE

This Majestically Decayed Warehouse Is Incubating New Ideas in Food and Business

Could Ecotrust’s new project be a new asset for Portland’s gastro-entrepreneurs and an example of enlightened capitalism?

02/02/2015 By Benjamin Tepler

SPREZZATURA!

The Portland Art Museum's Extravaganza of Italian Fashion

With an imported look at Italian style, Portland Art Museum reveals how a scruffy upstart country captured the world’s aesthetic imagination. Sound familiar? (We can dream!)

02/02/2015 By Eden Dawn and Shawn Levy

GIFT IDEAS

8 Places to Find Locally-Grown Flowers for Valentine's Day

Portland florists design Valentine's Day posies and bouquets from locally-grown and organic flowers. Show them the love!

01/30/2015 By Kate Bryant and Allison Jones

ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN

How a Portland Barber and a Colorado Engineer Teamed Up to Create the Perfect River Surfing Wave

Can the perfect wave exist hundreds of miles from the ocean?

01/29/2015 By Larisa Owechko

STYLE SPOTLIGHT

PDX to QVC? Our Hometown Project Runway Celeb Is Ready for Some Screen Time

Project Runway slayer Seth Aaron takes over home shopping television with an hour special debuting his spring collection.

01/27/2015 By Eden Dawn

VIDEO GAMES

A Portland-Perth Collaboration Yields New Space Game

Retro adventure game Space Age was four years and two continents in the making.

01/26/2015 By Marty Patail

SPORTS

Damian Lillard Unveils His Adidas Shoe

Worth up to $100 million, the Blazers star's Adidas shoe deal is one of the largest in the NBA.

01/26/2015 By Cervante Pope

TECH

Techtown Portland Aims to Lure Nation's Talent

The group's slick new promotional video seeks to bring more tech talent to Portland's thriving startup scene.

01/22/2015 By Marty Patail

HAPPENINGS

Love Good Design? Then Do These Things in January!

New stores and galleries opening! An OMSI fashion show! Steals and deals! We have it all in January's style and design roundup.

01/20/2015 By Eden Dawn

URBAN FUTURES

What Will Portland Be Like After a Massive Earthquake?

The city's emergency experts provide a bracing preview of how the city will recover from the Cascadia Subduction Zone quake.

01/19/2015 Edited by Zach Dundas

FURNITURE

Why Roche Bobois Brought Uber-Fancy Euro Furniture Back to Portland

The luxe French brand tried and failed once before...but now Portland has changed.

01/19/2015 By Cervante Pope

BRAND SPANKIN' NEW

Cult Favorite Betsy & Iya's New Jewelry Line is Made for "You + Me"

The Portland jewelry company debuts its geometric new collection.

01/19/2015 By Eden Dawn

Slideshow

Slide Show: A Local Jewelry Line Made for "You + Me"

01/19/2015

HEALTH NEWS

Pharmaca Set to Open Beaverton Location with Free Spa Treatments

Feb 7 & 8—Free mini-facials, expert health and beauty advice, and more await locals at the Beaverton Grand Opening.

01/19/2015 By Rene Bermudez

GEAR UP

Old Airline Seats Become Trendy New Bags

A collaboration between Southwest Airlines and Portland's Looptworks turns yesterday's plane seats into tomorrow's carry-ons.

01/12/2015 By Mary Stutzman

VIDEO GAMES

Zombies in Space: Daniel Wilson’s Killer Sci-Fi Game App

The best-selling local sci-fi author's new game about surviving virus-infected zombies in space uses voice recognition. It’s called 'Mayday: Deep Space' and it’s out today.

01/07/2015 By Aaron Scott

ARCHITECTURE

How to Bend Light

Architect and thinker Nancy Cheng reveals how sheet materials can be cut, creased, or crimped to generate lighting effects that change with the sun's movement.

01/06/2015 By Rene Bermudez