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☆ 24-year-old made over $162,000 from her YouTube channel in 2 years—why she decided to get a corporate job anyway
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Cheyenne Devon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Sharon Kim credits her social media earnings for giving her the ability to purchase a $750,000 home with her brother shortly after graduating from Parsons School of Design in 2023. She started her YouTube channel in 2018 when she was in high school. Although she earned around $162,000 from the channel over the course of 2022 and 2023, Kim ultimately decided to pursue a corporate career as a UX designer for one key reason: stability. Kim currently earns around $94,000 as a UX designer in New York City and maintains her YouTube channel on the side. "Something content creation gives me that corporate can't is a sense of autonomy," Kim says.

Persons: Sharon Kim, Kim Organizations: Parsons School of Design, CNBC, YouTube, Parsons Locations: New York City

Sharon Kim partnered with her oldest brother and his wife to purchase a home in the suburbs of New York City for around $750,000. Mickey Todiwala | CNBC Make ItKim and her brother weren't very close growing up, thanks to a seven-year age gap. Mickey Todiwala | CNBC Make ItThe increased down payment gave them the leverage they needed. Kim, her brother and his wife decided to complete the majority of renovations to the home themselves to cut down on costs. Mickey Todiwala | CNBC Make ItKim estimates they've spent around $40,000 on renovations so far.

Persons: Sharon Kim, Mickey Todiwala, Kim, weren't, homeownership, they've Organizations: CNBC, Parsons School of Design, YouTube, Parsons, Spotify, Amazon Prime, Apple Locations: New York City, Manhattan, Queens, New Jersey, South Korea

☆ I shopped at Urban Revivo, Asia's answer to Zara. I'm a convert, but experts say Zara has nothing to worry about — yet.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Urban Revivo's fits felt way better than Zara'sThe author trying out basics from Zara and Urban Revivo. In contrast, Urban Revivo felt like it had intentionally curated its space with a flow in mind. Aditi BharadeUnlike Zara's bright lights, Urban Revivo was lit more dimly, creating a more relaxed environment. "Urban Revivo has a variety of products, but there is a 'sophomoric' feel to it," Angel said. They also say that it's too early to determine if Urban Revivo will be a true threat to Zara.

Persons: —, Urban, Zara —, Aditi Bharade, Revivo, Zara, Urban Revivo, de Matos, Zara doesn't, Marcie Cooperman, Gregory Angel, Parsons, Angel, Cooperman, Braz de Matos, Richard Tang, Tang, gunning Organizations: Service, Business, Zara, Urban, Fish Lab, Parsons School of Design, Flying Fish Lab, Fashion Momentum Locations: Zara, China, Southeast Asia, New York, London, Israel, Gaza, Jewel, Urban, cardigan, Singapore

☆ Committing to the Bit, and Each Other
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Kaitlin Menza | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It began with an Instagram comment. (They now include fashion from the sequel “And Just Like That”.) They assumed very few of those followers would be heterosexual men. One such follower was Timothy Paul Glover, 34, who goes by his middle name, a graphic designer and founder of the design firm Bookplate Studio. Appreciating his comment, Ms. Fairless encouraged Ms. Garroni, who happened to be single and looking at the time, to message him directly.

Persons: Lauren Cassandra Garroni, Chelsea Fairless, —, Ms, Fairless, “, ”, Garroni, Timothy Paul Glover, Steve, Aiden, Harry Organizations: City, Parsons School of Design, Bookplate Locations: New York, Los Angeles

☆ How a humble Indian fabric became a symbol of luxury in 1960s America
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Christy Choi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

But this staple of preppy American fashion has humble origins, far from Martha’s Vineyard or the hallways of Yale or Harvard, in Chennai, India, the coastal city from which it takes its name. Krishnan Nair,” a biography of the Indian textile magnate and hotelier who first sold Jacobson the madras, in a video interview with CNN. From Chennai to shores of the CaribbeanFort St. George was established in the 1630s, helping the British cement a monopoly on the highly lucrative Indian textile industry. Research by the London School of Economics estimates that Indian cotton textiles, which were often exchanged for slaves, accounted for 30% of the total export value of 18th century Anglo-African trade. A madras fabric weaving workshop in Chennai, the Indian city once known as Madras, circa 1990.

Persons: Lisa Birnbach’s “, Ralph Lauren, Brooks, William Jacobson, ”, Bachi Karkaria, Captain C.P, Krishnan Nair, Jacobson, Tony Cenicola, Karkaria, — Nair, “, ’, David Ogilvy, Leonard McCombe, Nair, Ogilvy, Elihu Yale, George, Hathaway, India Madras ”, Eli Yale, King George I, Hathaway Yale, Yale, Kai Toussaint Marcel, Marcel, Tommy Hillfiger, Kimberly M, Jenkins, Patrick Horvais, madras “ Organizations: CNN, Brooks Brothers, Yale, Harvard, New York Times, Milton Academy, madras, Ivy League, East, Yale College, Yale University, Yale . Yale, East India Company, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Parsons School of, London School of, Princeton, Miss College, Sports Locations: madras, Bahamas, Chennai, India, Madras, West Africa, Milton , Massachusetts, superstardom, East India, Fort St, India Madras, Scottish, North Africa, Nigeria, America, Caribbean, St, West Indies, England, France, New Orleans, East Coast, Bermuda, madras Bermuda, Rhode Island, Newport, South Florida, Palm, Fisher

RecCreate has been profitable since December, and Chick pays herself a salary of roughly $5,500 per month, she says. Liz Chick in RecCreate Collective's Brooklyn studio CNBC Make ItWithout a professional creative outlet, Chick created a personal one. The funds came in handy when, nine months later, she found her perfect studio space. She started renting it for $2,800 per month in March 2023, subleasing it out while she built a plan for RecCreate Collective. 'Vibes are expensive'Back in the studio, Chick watches Emhoff teach attendees how to use duplicate stitches, which go on top of existing ones, to embed images onto knitwear.

Persons: Liz Chick, Ella Emhoff —, Kamala Harris —, Chick —, It's, she's, Chick, RecCreate, she'd, Chick thrifted, I've, saran, —, Earnest, She'd, refinance, Emhoff Organizations: CNBC, YouTube, Parsons School of Design, RecCreate Locations: Brooklyn , New York, Chicago, New York, RecCreate Collective's Brooklyn, San Francisco

☆ Photographer Paul Pfeiffer ‘camouflages’ celebrities in and out of the public eye
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Ann Binlot | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The picture, “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (30),” is a 2015 work by the Filipino-American artist Paul Pfeiffer. He discovered the original image, a 1967 photograph by famed basketball photographer Walter Iooss Jr., on the NBA’s online archive. In fact, the “Four Horseman of the Apocalypse” series also started out with five other studio-shot portraits of Monroe. “Everything I think about in terms of film celebrities, is even more apt if we think of it in relation to athletes,” said Pfeiffer. Pfeiffer relates the fleeting relationship between stardom and anonymity to the age of influencers and social media stars in particular.

Persons: Converse Chuck Taylor, Paul Pfeiffer, Walter Iooss Jr, Bill Russell, John Havlicek, Wilt Chamberlain, Russell, Iooss Jr, ”, “ Paul Pfeiffer, Paula Cooper, Pfeiffer, —, “ They’re, ” Pfeiffer, “, Marilyn Monroe, George Barris, — Monroe, Marilyn —, Zak Kelley, Monroe, Norma Jean, Pfieffer Organizations: CNN, NBA, Boston Celtics, Philadelphia, NBA Eastern, Boston Garden, Museum of Contemporary Art, Hunter College, Parsons School of Design, Contemporary, Madison Locations: American, Pfeiffer’s reimagining, Los Angeles, New York, Chelsea, Santa Monica, Pfeiffer's

☆ Student-loan borrowers are taking on more debt, and it's not all tuition — blame skyrocketing housing costs
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-07 | by ( Eliza Relman | Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementRigel Robinson, chair of the Land Use, Housing, and Economic Development Committee on the Berkeley City Council, said "the student housing crisis has become the defining characteristic of the student experience at UC Berkeley." Experts said the housing crisis is making the already high student-debt load in the country worse. But with housing costs spiking, living expenses are a big part of the story for many. Darrell Owens, a policy analyst at California YIMBY — an advocacy organization working to end California's housing crisis — noted that the student housing crisis exacerbates the broader housing crisis. "Then what ends up happening is that they spike housing costs for other people."

Persons: —, Katie Ibsen, Ibsen, Berkeley, Gavin Newsom, Rigel Robinson, Robert Kelchen, Kelchen, Marcella Bombardieri, Bombardieri, They're, Pell, I've, Darrell Owens, Robinson, it's Organizations: Service, University of California, Business, Gov, Economic, Berkeley City Council, UC Berkeley, Department of Educational, University of Tennessee, Knoxville ., Center for American Progress, Kootenai, Parsons School of Design, Hope, Temple University, Pell Grants Locations: Berkeley, COVID, Davis , California, Knoxville, Knoxville . College, California, Montana, Kootenai College, New York City, Jersey City

☆ The Ceramists Putting a Fresh Spin on Traditional Korean Techniques
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Alexa Brazilian | More About Alexa Brazilian | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

The Brooklyn-based ceramic artist Eun-Ha Paek’s pieces are defined by their renegade spirit. Living everywhere from New York to California, they make experimental sculptures that reflect the traditions and aesthetics of both cultures. In Korean, for example, instead of saying, ‘The soup is boiling,’ you would say the sound the soup makes when it boils. That extraness and whimsy is what I’m hoping to express.”That’s also true for the Manhattan-based ceramic artist Janny Baek, 50, who was born in Seoul and moved to Flushing, Queens, when she was 3. I felt like I needed to do something more than be an artist,” Baek says.

Persons: ”, Paek, Design —, “, ” Paek, Jay Oh, ” That’s, Janny Baek, ” Baek, McMahon, Baek, Raina Lee Organizations: Rhode Island School, Design, Greenwich House, Parsons School, Korea Society, Harvard Locations: Brooklyn, New York, Seoul, Los Angeles, California, Korea, Manhattan, America, Flushing , Queens, United States

☆ Budding fashion designers are learning the benefits of creating digital outfits for Roblox
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

This year the Parsons School of Design teamed up with Roblox, an online gaming platform, for a design course. The course aims to prepare students for a fashion world that's increasingly merging with the digital world, The Verge reported. Digital designs on platforms like Fortnite have already proved to be profitable on these platforms. The digital fashion sector will be worth $50 billion by 2030, according to Morgan Stanley. And luxury fashion brands, including Gucci and Burberry, are already designing for the metaverse and Roblox, Insider reported.

☆ A $55,000 Fashion Education Now Means Learning to Make Chic Outfits for Roblox Avatars
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Sarah E. Needleman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

NEW YORK—Parsons School of Design student Zhenyu Yang once dreamed of crafting chic ensembles for tall and lanky fashionistas. Now, he’s learning to make attire for the truly petite—videogame avatars. Among the apparel he is designing is a sporty gladiator-style outfit draped in armor, the sort of thing a digital avatar could wear straight from the battlefield to brunch.

☆ A $55,000 Fashion Education Now Includes Learning to Design Clothes for Roblox
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Sarah E. Needleman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ An Elite Fashion Education That Includes Learning to Design Hip Clothes for Roblox
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Sarah E. Needleman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ I built a 6-figure company designing sets for photoshoots and events. Here's how I turned my college hobby into a business.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Skylar Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Dotun Abeshinbioke is a set designer and the owner of Ábiké Studio in New York. She got into set design as a student and started making sets for friends, leading to paying clients. I initially started doing design work for T-shirts and flyers, then I started designing sets to showcase my photography. Ábiké Studio was inspired by my traditional Yoruba name, which means "born to treasure." As a creative studio, we do branding, web design, and experiential design for clients across creative fields.

☆ Gen Z-ers are using their own metaverse avatars as inspiration for their real-life clothing choices, as the digital fashion space grows in popularity
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But on the gaming platform Roblox, users can adorn their digital avatar with a Lola handbag for just under $10. Three out of 4 were willing to spend money on digital fashion, with one in 4 admitting to spending between $20 to $100 on a single item. She believes that number is going to continue increasing as the digital fashion space evolves. RobloxBy 2030, the digital fashion space is poised to be worth $50 billion, according to projections by Morgan Stanley. There are more than 100 brands that have created handbags, shoes, and other clothing items for Roblox, according to Wootton.

☆ I'm a professional pumpkin carver whose creations resemble celebrities, famous artwork, and characters like Paddington. They take up to 20 hours to make and can costs thousands.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Jenny Powers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Marc Evan started Maniac Pumpkin Carvers with his childhood friend after graduating from college. I run Maniac Pumpkin Carvers, which I started in 2008 with my childhood friend Chris Soria after graduating from college. We were really taking a nostalgic pastime like pumpkin carving that we did at home as kids and elevating it into an art form. Courtesy of Maniac Pumpkin CarversWord about us got out after Wired did an article on us in 2009. Courtesy of Maniac Pumpkin CarversThe farmers market Union Square Greenmarket in downtown Manhattan was home base for us for a very long time.

☆ Ce semnifică Google Doodle-ul lansat marți, 13 aprilie, și ce legătură are cu Muzeul Metropolitan de Artă
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-13 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Ce semnifică Google Doodle-ul lansat marți, 13 aprilie, și ce legătură are cu Muzeul Metropolitan de ArtăUn Google Doodle lansat marți, 13 aprilie, sărbătorește ziua de naștere a Muzeului Metropolitan de Artă cu un carusel rotativ de obiecte din colecția muzeului din New York. Animația ar fi trebuit să apară anul trecut, pentru a coincide cu aniversarea a 150 de ani de la înființarea muzeului, dar a fost amânată, deoarece muzeul a stopat majoritatea festivităților sale, în legătură cu pandemia de coronavirus. El a fost inspirat de numeroasele sale vizite în galeriile muzeului și de „capacitatea acestuia de a conecta oamenii la artă de-a lungul timpului și al locului”, a declarat o purtătoare de cuvânt a „Met”. Sub doodle este un link către o vizionare virtuală a expoziției aniversare „Met’s Making the Met”, 1870-2020, găzduită de Google Arts & Culture. Spectatorii pot parcurge diverse achiziții noi care au completat colecția, inclusiv creații din Asia de Est și opere de artă contemporană.

Persons: Erich Nagler, Vincent van Gogh, Max Hollein Organizations: Google, Artă, Parsons School, Avenue, Google Arts Locations: Metropolitan, Artă, New York, San Francisco, doodle, Asia de Est

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