REUTERS/Carlo Allegri Billionaire industrialist and Republican megadonor David Koch died Friday at the age of 79. With a net worth of around $50.5 billion, Koch donated over $1.3 billion to charity, including gifts to prominent New York City institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He also helped power a conservative crusade that profoundly reshaped […]
21 of our favorite styles from Rent the Runway for work, weekends, weddings, and everything in between
Sally Kaplan/Business Insider Rent the Runway is the best online service we’ve found for keeping your weekly wardrobe fresh or finding an affordable designer outfit for a formal event. Many Insider Picks members have used or currently use Rent the Runway. Below, we shared our 21 all-time favorite rentals. They range from work staples to […]
One-bedroom condo in Pasadena’s historic Castle Green asking $525K
The fourth-floor unit comes with two decorative fireplaces and views of the San Gabriel mountains Old Town Pasadena’s grandest landmark, Castle Green was designed in the 1890s by the man known back then as “the millionaire’s architect,” Frederick L. Roehrig. Originally a hotel annex, the building, located at 99 South Raymond Avenue next to Central […]
Solving SoCal’s housing crisis means zoning for more than 1M new homes, the state says
Governer Gavin Newsom and homes in California (Credit: iStock and Getty Images) Attention, NIMBYs. Southern California will now need to rezone for 1.3 million new homes in the next decade, according to state officials. The figure from the state housing authority comes amid Los Angeles and California’s growing housing crisis and is more than three […]
G Perico Debuts New Project ‘Ten Eight’ & Drops Video for “Big Raccs”
G Perico is serving up his first full-length studio project since aligning himself with Roc Nation. Known as Ten Eight, the West Coast emcee’s latest LP contains 11 new tracks, including collaborative cuts with AzChike, Sonny Digital and Bucho. Further supporting and promoting his new album, G Perico is also sharing an Adrian Per-directed video […]
IKEA Changes Brand Typeface to Support 800 Different Languages
After using Verdana across its visual identities for a decade, IKEA now switches its brand typeface to Noto — a type designed by Google and Monotype back in October 2016. Prior to 2009, the furniture giant used Ikea Sans which is an adaptation of Futura for 50 years. The company then switched it to Verdana […]