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The year s first in-person designer showhouse has just opened to the public in Massachusetts dreamiest region, The Berkshires, and promises to offer a tour experience like no other. The Kaleidoscope Project is a brand-new designer showcase that celebrates the industry s diverse talent and commitment to inclusion while empowering the future of diversity in the design world, all the while transforming an 18th-century inn in Lenox.
Twenty-three leading designers of color have reimagined the historic Cornell Inn for this show house, and their work will be a permanent feature of the property, leaving a legacy that goes beyond powerful design. Tours are open to the public now through June 6, 2021, with all proceeds going towards up-and-coming designers seeking a career in the arts and design industry as part of a partnership with Black Artists + Designers Guild (BADG), Parsons School of Design and the New York School of Interior Design (NYSID) to propel the next genera
Design label ADIFF is cooking up innovative solutions to fashion’s waste problem.
The woman-founded label’s new book, The Open Source Fashion Cookbook,” offers recipes and tips for DIY sustainable designs. The recipes provide directions for creating everything from a shirt dress comprised of button-downs to a hat made from an umbrella.
The amount of clothing Americans throw away every year has doubled in the last 20 years from 7 million to 14 million tons, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
ADIFF co-founder Angela Luna believes that fashion should be socially responsible. In 2016, Luna, then a senior at Parsons School of Design, told Here & Now about a coat she created that turns into a tent for unhoused people. The garment is now a centerpiece at ADIFF.
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), B.Arch
Years in Field: 17
MY TYPICAL WORKDAY
As the owner of an architectural firm, I have a job that encompasses many different responsibilities. I field new client inquiries to determine what work they can do in their homes. I review design drawings on multiple projects, marking them up for my employees to revise or alter. There are property surveys to review, proposals to write, client calls to return, and invoices to issue.
I speak with building department superintendents and plan examiners when there are zoning or code regulations that need clarification, or if drawings need to be changed to obtain jurisdictional approval. I meet with clients to review progress drawings and sometimes do site visits to meet with the contractors and discuss any issues that may be design conflicts, or changes that the client requested.
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The decades-spanning series
Halston charts the rise and fall of the titular designer who elevated the cachet of American fashion in the ’70s. Due to his knack for spotting up-and-coming talent, Halston is not the only bold-faced name portrayed in the Netflix show.
Among his entourage which included his bestie, Liza Minnelli, and legendary jewelry designer Elsa Peretti was a young Joel Schumacher. The future blockbuster film director, portrayed in the series by Rory Culkin, assisted with the creation of Halston’s first collection. By the early ’70s, Schumacher had traded East Coast fashion showrooms for the movie lots of Los Angeles, where he worked his way up from costume designer, occasionally calling on his rising-star friend for a favor in those early days.
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