Every one of us is an amalgamation not only of all our ancestors, but of their decisions, and in 1831, Ambrose Hawkins was contemplating moving his family from America to Africa. Had he done so, his…
4 Black Creatives Shaping the Future of Minimalist Fashion
These Black Creatives Are Shaping the Future of Minimalist Design
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At its core, minimalism encourages simplicity and utility, so clothing enhances your lifestyle rather than consumes it. In the fashion industry, the tenets of minimalism are fabric, form, comfort, and practicality. There is an emphasis on clean lines, neutral colors, tonal dressing, and comfortable yet powerful designs.
Between the 1990s and the late 2000s, the “clean and white” minimalist aesthetic was reserved for Caucasian-identifying designers, artists, and influencers. Creatives identifying as Black, or people of color, are excluded from conversations on minimalism across industries.
A SPECIALIST business has provided a wireless method to weigh 262ft long wind turbine blades on the shores of Southampton Water. MHI Vestas needed an accurate means of weighing 80metre long blades – the length of nine London buses – at the root and tip after painting them. The blades are made on the Isle of Wight and transported to MHI Vestas on the site of the former Fawley Power Station. Dynamic Load Monitoring (UK) Ltd (DLM), of Nursling, Southampton, specialises in designing and making load cells and load monitoring equipment used in the renewable energy supply chain. It provided a 25-tonne Telemetry Tensile Link and a 20ft capacity S-sell Load Cell, both from its standard range.
Saints Peter and Paul Church is a Roman Catholic Church in San Francisco s North Beach neighborhood, directly across from Washington Square. | Getty Images
Catholic churches and their related institutions amassed at least $1.5 billion in funding from the governmentâs Paycheck Protection Program while sitting on billions of dollars of their own money, a new Associated Press investigation has found.
The PPP was designed to provide a direct incentive for small businesses, including faith-based organizations and other nonprofits, to keep their workers on the payroll as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged the economy. If all employees are kept on the payroll for eight weeks and the money is used for payroll, rent, mortgage interest, or utilities, these loans, which are administered by banks and other federally insured depository institutions, will be forgiven.