Technology

Digitizing the Knot

Ever thought of getting married in the future? No, as in the future. Consecrating a couple’s love is older than time, but cutting-edge technology can turn even the most traditional of ceremonies into a union straight out of science fiction.

Tab X

It’s a fact that the only thing worse than a hangover after a night of (safe) bar-hopping is the dreaded realization that you forgot to close your tab and left your credit card at the bar. It’s a problem many experience, but one that may soon follow the path of the dinosaurs to extinction.

Smart Living

Still living in the Stone Age? Move into the house of the future at the push of a button.

Savor the Sunlight: Outdoor Kitchens in tampa

Floridians are spoiled with weather akin to tropical paradise year-round. But how much potential enjoyment goes to waste? Empty backyard spaces are untapped extensions of the home, capable of transforming into sunlit kitchens, poolside lounges, outdoor grills and more.

Kitchen Wizard: Ken Schwartz

One of the most sought-after restaurant designers in the world, Ken Schwartz has made a living turning the abstract visions of iconic chefs into savory, fully functioning realities. Along the way his Tampa-based firm, SSA Foodservice Design + Consulting, has become the vanguard of adventurous eats, reputed as much for its dependability as its creativity. 

A Helping Hand

Tom Dowling ’10 was enjoying a patch of calm weather with friends and family on an otherwise stormy holiday.

The fireworks came out when the rain stopped. Dowling and his friends were launching mortar shells angled across Lake Martin, their tubes taped to a folding table buried in sand. The cheap table had already taken a beating from the repeated blasts. Night was falling and the weather looked increasingly treacherous. The fun would be ending soon.

Branching Out — Daniel Ash

You are walking down a trail buried deep in old-growth forest miles from a trace of civilization in every direction.

Except that, in the tree — a cabin perched on the branches, full of ornate, bespoke details but synced with the natural, unspoiledbeauty around it. If such luxury in the middle of the forest feels like a fantasy, it is. It’s also the everyday job of Daniel Ash ’08, an architect with world-renowned arboreal homebuilders Nelson Treehouse & Supply (NTS) based outside Seattle, Wash;.