David Shing has the kind of gig that can only exist mid-bubble, when dinosaur corporations chase Snapchat into extinction. He pulls down six figures as AOL's "Digital Prophet." He hallucinates about the future and executives receive his wisdom like hair spikes are a barometer for intelligence. These are the kind of prophecies you get from a coddled cartoon character.http://valleywag.gawker.com/shingy-just-sp...

Everyone's favorite corporate muppet was the focus of a brief profile in this week's New Yorker. In it, we learned Shingy moonlights as an interior decorator for CEO Tim Armstrong (he "rebooted" his office by replacing Armstrong's desk with a circle of chairs) and his erect hairdoo is "easy" to maintain. But he also has some bold takes on the future of digital marketing.

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The New Yorker learned that Shingy and has the creative vision of an out-of-work Threadless t-shirt designerand AOL's bosses are impressed:

Next, Shingy stopped by the office of Erika Nardini, the chief marketing officer of AOL Advertising, and handed her an iPad Mini. "Wanted to show you a little brain fart I had on the plane," he said. It was a cartoon he had drawn of a bear wearing zebra-print pants and a shirt covered in ones and zeros.

"Love it, love it, love it," Nardini said. "I'm thinking of the bears more as a metaphor."

"A thousand per cent," Shingy said.

Nardini went on to describe Shingy as her "muse" while The Shingster poked around on his phone and smiled along.

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RENAISSANCE WOMAN: Venus Williams has four full-time professional designers at her V Starr Interiors firm, including, from left, Michelle Koppelman, Sanna Mehlin Tilley and Ariana Ranieri.

This is what you get when you hire Venus Williams as your interior decorator: an enthusiastic designer who has travelled the world, drawing inspiration from Moscow to Beijing, but never quite had time to complete formal training; a team of professionals working with her; and a place on a client list that includes celebrities and professional athletes.

And, of course, you get Venus Williams.

She's one of the great tennis players of all time: seven Grand Slam singles titles, an Olympic gold medal, a woman who changed the face of modern tennis. Her father gave her a racket when she was just 4 years old and told her she was going to become the best player in the world.

"Most people decide what they want to do later in life, and some people know really early," she says. "For me, what I was doing was already decided. Thankfully, I liked it." But that was her father's dream, not hers. "This was like when you get to make your own choice about what you love."

And Williams loves, loves, loves designing. She talks about space planning, construction, lighting and fabric swatches like nobody's business. In fact, it is a business: for more than a decade, she has quietly run an interior design firm in her adopted home of Florida, both capitalising on and overcoming her famous name.

On Friday night, she'll be in the District of Columbia for the unveilling of her latest work: the renovated Southeast Tennis and Learning Centre, an after-school tennis, arts and academic programme created for children. Other people at the gala will see her as the tennis legend; she's there as the person responsible for the look and feel of the space.

"As a designer, you design and it's beautiful and people feel great when they walk in - but how have you changed the world?" she asks. "For us, this sort of project means so much to us because it's going to impact so many lives."

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JUPITER, Fla. This is what you get when you hire Venus Williams as your interior decorator: an enthusiastic designer who has traveled the world, drawing inspiration from Moscow to Beijing, but has never quite had time to complete formal training; a team of professionals working with her; and a place on a client list that includes celebrities and professional athletes.

And, of course, you get Venus Williams.

Shes one of the greatest tennis players of all time: winner of seven Grand Slam singles titles and Olympic gold, a woman who changed the face of modern tennis. Her father gave her a racket when she was just 4 years old and told her she was going to become the best player in the world.

Most people decide what they want to do later in life, and some people know really early, she says. For me, what I was doing was already decided. Thankfully, I liked it. But that was her fathers dream, not hers. This was like when you get to make your own choice about what you love.

And Williams loves, loves, loves designing. She talks about space planning, construction, lighting and fabric swatches like nobodys business. In fact, it is a business: For more than a decade, she has quietly run an interior design firm in her adopted home of Florida, both capitalizing on and overcoming her famous name.

On Friday night, shell be in Washington for the unveiling of her latest work: the renovated Southeast Tennis and Learning Center, an after-school tennis, arts and academic program created for children in Ward 8. Other people at the gala will see her as the tennis legend; shes there as the person responsible for the look and feel of the space.

As a designer, you design and its beautiful and people feel great when they walk in but how have you changed the world? she asks. For us, this sort of project means so much to us because its going to impact so many lives.

An intense education

Williams had been playing tennis for 14 years and was two years away from her first Wimbledon and U.S. Open singles titles in 2000 when a letter arrived on her doorstep when she was 17 or 18. She cant remember if it was addressed to her or was a random solicitation, but it invited her to study art and design at a technical school in Tampa.

Oh, I want to go to design school! she remembers telling her mom. She loved being creative: She grew up sewing and still has the homemade skirts she made for her first professional tournament at age 14.

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'Tory Burch In Color' is a personality-packed scrapbook of inspirations, interiors and travel photos, with a foreword by American Vogue's editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. We've parsed the new book for takeaway tips

BY Lisa Armstrong | 07 November 2014

Tory Burch: self-made billionaire, stylist par excellence, charity fundraiser and mistress of no-make-up make-up - what's not to emulate?

It's not always easy emulating perfectly made-up, charitable, flawlessly-dressed billionaires, is it, though? Especially ones with immaculate homes. These are not fail-safe, havens of timid griege, by the way, but personality-packed cocoons of colour and pattern. So we were hoping that her new book, Tory Burch in Color (Abrams, 45) would be a step-by-step guide to Tory colourfulness. However, it's more of a scrapbook of what influences her, albeit one with a foreword by Anna Wintour.

Very sophisticated we're sure, and lovely to look at, certainly. But we want tips. To that end we've parsed the book for some. Here are the five most useful.

1. Pink doesn't have to be girly. Au contraire, Jeff Koons tells Burch in her book that he associates it with sexuality. Clearly it depends on the shade - but soft, dusty pinks can look strong contrasted with khaki, navy, grey, chocolate and even mustard. Burch's father, Buddy, always incorporated a dash of pink in his outfits.

Table settings at Tory's Southampton home. Photo: Noa Girffel

2. When it comes to mixing colours and patterns, whether in the home or an outfit, you could do a lot worse than study the way great artists clash and layer. Matisse, by the looks of things, would have been a great interior decorator. Don't be afraid to throw things off a little with a dash of red or a splash of Burch's favourite orange. These colours really warm up both outfits and rooms.

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Mike Kledzik had a penchant for fine wines, having spent more than three-quarters of his life working in the wine and spirits industry.

"He knew everything about wine and loved teaching people about it," said Bonnie Brown Kledzik, his wife of 16 years, adding he couldn't get through a gathering of friends or families without someone asking him questions about wine. "They would want to know which were the best wines and the difference between the first and second crushing."

As a senior member of the sales team for PRP Wine International, which sells wines from boutique vineyards, he could explain that and more.

The Tavares resident was diagnosed with stage IV kidney cancer a year ago. He died Oct. 30 at 71.

Born in Melvindale, Mich., Kledzik moved with his family to the Orlando area when he was 7. A year later his father died. His mother singlehandedly raised him and his nine siblings. In 1960, he graduated from Bishop Moore High School and later served three years in the Air Force.

Mike and Bonnie met at a singles dance at a Methodist church in downtown Orlando and dated for three years before they married. Although they had their own successful careers, they enjoyed their time together doing things they liked such as travelling especially cruises to Europe, where Mike hosted wine-tasting lectures.

He enjoyed being around others.

"He loved life and his life was meeting people," said his sister Georgia Bender, 78, of Altamonte Springs. "Once you met him, you felt like you had always known him.Mike was a part of so many people's life, if you had a problem he wanted to know about it and see if he could fix it."

He was active in the community and volunteered during fundraisers for Cornerstone Hospice, St. Paul Catholic Church in Leesburg and served as auctioneer numerous times for Mission Inn Resort & Club's annual Florida Junior Golf Auction.

"He also was a generous soul," said his 68-year-old wife, a retired interior decorator.

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Almost a year after he rented a third floor apartment in Prime Beach, Juhu the same building where Akshay Kumar resides Hrithik Roshan's home is still getting finishing touches. The entire decorating and redesigning process began with John Abraham's younger brother Alan. Details on how a wall was taken off to accommodate Hrithik's custom-built gymnasium was reported.

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It was also said that his two sons Hrehaan and Hridhaan would have their own private space in their dad's new home. Recently, it was reported how Hrithik had roped in a second interior decorator. Now, we hear that the actor has completely taken charge in the making of his new home. Apparently, this is the reason why his pad's redecoration is going on for such a long time. Sources say, the lady designer a foreigner has been shopping overseas for the artefacts and other household stuff, all of which is being supervised by the star himself.

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Ironically, Hrithik didn't have to lift a finger to get his earlier home done up because his ex-wife Sussanne Khan is a leading interior decorator. And she had designed their earlier residence, comprising three floors, completely by herself. We texted Hrithik, but he remained unavailable for comment.

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