October 13, 2009 - ...companies create structure and procedures in order to preserve the status quo. So we find out how to make a profitable product and we try and preserve that and grow it as much as we can, but we don’t want to change it....

September 29, 2009 - ...own vision of what lingerie should be. This cluster will showcase innovative and sexy lingerie for people that want to stand out from the crowd and break away from the status quo....

August 15, 2009 - Cool is a concept created and perpetuated by corporations to sell people stuff they don’t need; cool instills people with an insatiable desire to be part of a scene that is at once about rebellion and about shoring up the status quo.

August 13, 2009 - It’s what you do with the idea that matters. Do you need a culture of innovation to create something that is cool? I definitely think innovation is a key ingredient because inspiration rarely comes from the status quo.

August 07, 2009 - You have to believe that if you find or create the thing that pleases you, then it will have a place in the crowd. What is the key to innovation? Dissatisfaction and ego. Being bored with the status quo and thinking enough of yourself to believe...

January 29, 2009 - Their defining point however is in their critical language and willingness to engage in experimental thinking about new social paradigms, political structures and modes of ‘being’ in opposition to the current status quo.

December 26, 2008 - The Essure coils will be a hot trend in 2009 as more and more women are deciding not to have babies at all. Women in their twenties could be as likely to decide to have the procedure as women who are married and have made their status quo of kidlets.

October 31, 2008 - With the election less than a week away, both candidates are taking measures to ensure their victory. It seems that the Obama supporters have a more creative outlook at the moment and only time will tell if creativity will win over the status quo.

August 22, 2008 - That’s where things get interesting. Maybe “OK” simply means “average” or “mediocre. Maybe if everything is just average or status quo, we have a real problem on our hands. The great thing about this tape is that it leaves a lot to the imagination...

August 13, 2008 - ...rooster. This has put the Basij, Iran’s religious police, in an uproar. Tehran is the fashion capitol of Iran, and here the trendsetters have the difficult task of incorporating western fashion trends into a conservative status quo....