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Over Labor Day weekend, I had the opportunity to attend my younger cousin's birthday party. Prior to attending this party, I genuinely was unaware of how old my cousin was turning. It was through the reconnection with my family and friends I was able to remember his age
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The toy company Melissa and Doug released a new dollhouse, with a unique take on its design and its components. Instead of the dollhouse traditionally opening from the side, this dollhouse opens from the top. Allowing children to easily play with the Cherry characters and the other components included in
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This past Labor Day weekend, I had the opportunity to go to the Greek festival with my family in Columbus, Ohio. There was upbeat music, traditional dancing, shopping, and people indulging in foods all inspired by Greece. This festival brought many families together from many different cultures createing a sense
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Sensory Seam is a tactile haven for children, designed to help them relieve tension, regulate emotions, or simply stay mentally stimulated. By interacting with built-in fidgets or tracing their fingers across textured surfaces, children can engage their sensory needs in calming and playful ways. My initial research at the
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This concept explores similar strategies used by the Guerilla Girls to spread awareness for the lack of women and minority artists represented by major art museums as discussed in How the Guerilla Girls Used Art to Stage a Revolution. Provocative, accusatory language, eye-catching colors, and images that blatantly reveal
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This article from Calm outlines the practice of intention setting as a tool for exercising mindfulness and personal growth. It also provides some examples of sample intention statements and how they can be personalized for whatever you are trying to accomplish using this practice. "Setting intentions is more than
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In this article, stewardship expert and Mountaineers Books author Bob Birkby highlights the key elements of a hiking trail's anatomy. He outlines what trail architects take into consideration for the design and restoration process in a short summary for hikers' reference. Location: Why does the trail go
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In this article from The Collector, author Rosie Lesso writes about how the Guerrilla Girls fought sexism, racism, and discrimination in the art industry with bold, radical confrontational posters that demanded New York City's attention beginning in the 1980s. "The Guerrilla Girls are an anonymous group of
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In this video analysis, YouTube user Alfo Media discusses songs that have been notoriously misunderstood by the general public, aiming to provide the true context in which these songs were written alongside the unfortunate ways in which the meanings of each example were mistaken. "Hey Ya!" by OutKast
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Is it possible for culture to view plastic waste positively? What would it take? There is an underdiscussed piece to sustainability that impacts these questions; it is the act of "throwing away" waste that ought to be transformed with PolyCradle. This system of products acts as beautiful 3D
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In 1966 Robert Venturi published a commentary meant to guide architecture professionals. In it, he laments at the growing trend loss of complexity and culture in architecture in exchange for minimalism and the clean machine aesthetic. He argues for an embrace not just of the motifs of historic western architecture,
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Artists Yong-Ho and the Guerra de la Paz duo convert everyday objects into unique items that challenge the public perception of waste. Ji Yong-Ho is a contemporary Korean sculptor who uses tires to create fantastic creatures inspired by mythology and science fiction. Throughout his figural sculptures, he depicts