The 2011 VW Jetta

German design excellence delivers an all new car with foremost consideration of the U.S. market

On an extended drive through San Francisco, Marin County and Sonoma, I was able to put Volkswagen’s 2011 Jetta to the test. Totally redesigned with careful consideration for the U.S. market, the new mid-sized contender is sleeker, roomier and cheaper than its previous versions but still just as fun. Starting at $16,000, the updated model’s manufacturing cost is lower but it still maintains the precise …

Q-Link Mini

Help your body tune out the electromagnetic frequencies coming from your devices

With phone calls to make, e-mails to write and noise to tune out, we are constantly connected to our personal electronic devices. To ward off the harmful electromagnetic fields radiating from these gadgets, the Sausalito, CA-based Clarus Institute designed the Q-Link—an innovative product that uses Sympathetic Resonance Technology to help your body defend against EMFs and other stresses produced by electronic devices. Previously embedded in …

Intersections Art Projects

A museum commissions young artists to create new work that riffs off of classics in their collection

Classic works of art combine with modern applications at Intersections, a progressive series of contemporary art projects. Started in October of 2009 by The Phillips Collection in Washington D.C., the initiative explores, “intriguing intersections between old and new traditions, modern and contemporary art practices, and museum spaces and artistic interventions” by commissioning a young artist to create a work inspired by a classic piece in …