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Dear Readers,
As we look back on the holiday weekend, we’re sharing a few items that remind us of what we are grateful for — like the first time listening to new music or losing oneself in the artwork of a master. Most of all, we’re grateful to you, our friends, clients, and partners, for keeping us curious, engaged, and focused on a brighter future for all
— Yours in gratitude, from all of us at Beth Singer Design
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If you don’t already know TwinsthenewTrend on YouTube, you must check them out! Tim and Fred Williams are 22-year-old brothers who listen to music they’ve never heard before, from all genres, and share their reactions. Through the twins’ ears, eyes, and enthusiasm, we get to hear those songs for what feels like the first time. And they are turning people of all ages onto classics like Frank Sinatra, Phil Collins, Janis Joplin, in addition to lots of contemporary artists. When they chose Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin’” from former President Barak Obama’s A Promised Land playlist — Obama himself paid them a surprise visit! Read more about the twins in People, where Alicia Keys responds, and also in the Chicago Tribune.
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Climb inside Vincent Van Gogh’s head and lose yourself for just a few minutes. This amazing confluence of art and music, featuring Jim van der Zee’s cover of Don McLean’s “Vincent,” will open your eyes wider than ever to the genius of the artist. Van Gogh’s paintings are brought to life at Atelier des Lumières, Paris, in a new production that retraces the intense life of the artist, who painted more than 2,000 pictures during the last 10 years of his life. This pioneering immersive digital exhibition by Culturespaces highlights the chromatic richness of his palette, as well as the potency of his drawings and his use of impasto.
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Designing for nonprofits in the education field makes our hearts sing! We’re so proud of how our work for long-time client Advance CTE, a national organization that helps leaders in the Career Technical Education field create policy and resources so that ALL learners in every state are prepared for careers or college. Our recent update to the state profiles on their website involved interpreting and bringing their raw data to life through data visualization. We learned a lot about how to showcase important facts and results through infographics. It was a fun challenge to clarify the statistics and make them engaging to boot! Visitors can go to any or all of the state profiles using a clickable map, and can look at data across multiple states with a new comparison tool.
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We may think that more money, a better job, or Instagram-worthy vacations will make us happier. But according to Yale professor Dr. Laurie Santos, we’d be dead wrong. In her podcast, The Happiness Lab, Dr. Santos walks us through the latest scientific research in positive psychology and shares surprising and inspiring stories that teach us new ways to find happiness. To combat increasing lockdown fatigue, check out her episodes on managing emotional burnout during the pandemic. And one of our favorites is “Help Others to Help Yourself.” Her popular (and free) online class, “The Science of Well-being,” has enrolled more than 3 million people.
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Makayla Wray is pushing back against the fashion industry. With her mobile sewing shop on the streets of NYC, she urges people to repair or revamp their clothes rather than buy more. “I would like to normalize people rewearing and saving their clothing,” she says. In SoHo, buttons are a big business for her small cart. “People get rid of things because of not having a button. And it’s such an easy fix.” Seventy percent of the fiber produced globally each year ends up in a landfill or gets incinerated — that’s more than 37 million tons of waste. Upcycling is a huge challenge for manufacturers, but Wray believes consumers have the power to change the fashion culture. Bravo Makayla!
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