A music enthusiast’s playground
After hosting a successful interactive music installation at SXSW, Sonos is at it again, clashing the digital world with minimalist art in it’s museum exhibit, Playground Deconstructed. Designed by Aramique, Red Paper Heart, and Fake love, the exhibit brings art to life through visualizing sound as an immersible music video. To sum it up: the photo below + moving visuals. Quick, someone buy me […]
Let the beat drop
Canadian-born designer Wesley Chau got his latest inspiration from the 1986 concert film Home of the Brave. The fim which highlights various artists, provides an element of percussion almost entirely derived from the body. The result of his inspiration is a unique and highly wearable set of electronic percussion pads. His project, Drop the Beat, is made of […]
How to get into Columbia University
College admissions essays. Sigh. Either you wrote one and loathed every minute of it (who are we kidding? every hour of it), will someday have to write one, or never intend to write such a thing (such a rebel!) Regardless, what you will read below is hysterical & fascinating & makes me realize that the […]
Feeding others through your Instagram feed
We all have them. Friends who constantly upload pictures of their latest meals to Instagram. In fact, you may be that person. Normally I would be a little brash about these types of people, but like most situations I tend to see things the glass as half full – just don’t take a picture of […]
Uganda: Photo Friday
A group of traditional dancers perform at the KONY 2012: Peace Here, Peace Everywhere event in Gulu, Uganda one year ago. The event brought together the local government, religious leaders and the wider community to share their hopes for peace in the region. Guests from Democratic Republic of Congo also attended, to talk about current […]
Slowing down the Big Apple
British artist James Nares is one of the more than 8 million people who live and work in New York City. Though he wasn’t born in the concrete jungle, he has adapted to it quite well, calling it home since 1974. Nares, who focuses most of his creativity on paintings which are frequently made using […]
Your studying abroad adventure begins here
Question: What’s better than getting an education? Answer: Studying abroad in Florence, Italy while getting an education. Question: How does one go about that? Answer: Select Study Abroad Our friends at Select Study Abroad provide students with the opportunity to see and explore Italy stress-free, while accumulating college credit. It’s all-inclusive: college-level courses, 4-star hotel accommodations, travel […]
DETAILS // Fourth Estate Leadership Summit
The Fourth Estate Leadership Summit is a four-day event for high schoolers, college students, and gap years who believe that promoting justice and basic human rights should be a priority for us all. If that describes you, apply and attend the Summit in Los Angeles this August. You can expect inspiring speakers, hands-on workshops, new […]
The Observer: “UPDF to resume Kony hunt”
Today The Observer reported that Uganda is set to resume the hunt for LRA leader Joseph Kony. This comes about a week after Uganda decided to suspend its counter-LRA operations. While the article is encouraging, we know that because of the recent CAR overthrow anything could change at any moment. So–until we see evidence that the counter-LRA […]
NEW ACTION STEP: #Kerrystopkony update
Yesterday we told you that important conversations are happening right now about whether the counter-LRA mission will continue. Those conversations are still happening, and still need our support. Because of you, John Kerry got a #kerrystopkony tweet every 19 seconds yesterday. It’s safe to say that he was reminded of his personal commitment to seeing […]