Meet the innovative students who are helping to shape the future of accessible design. “I think products are about people,” says Taylor Spencer, who designed an accessible cookware set. “[...] if it doesn't make a person feel like a person, because they can't use it, then what did you make it for?”
“What’s become a Hot Sam’s signature event is truly a community affair designed to circulate the dollar to Black businesses,” says Lauren Stovall, business lead and legacy preserver for Hot Sam’s, as well as founder and principal of the Institute of Legacy Preservation, the organization producing the event.
Surrounded by fashionable murals by local artists, one of the oldest Black-owned roller rinks in the U.S. provides a vibrant space for outdoor fun. The scene at Monroe Street Midway is dominating selfies and social posts this summer.
A UK-based international music events group is hosting three small, private concerts this summer in unique spaces in the North End, North Rosedale Park, and Corktown neighborhoods.
Metro Detroit households are paying more on energy bills than the national average, and for low-income households, the energy burden is 3.7 times higher than others. It's why the weatherization program started. But with only one in four applicants meeting the requirements for assistance, is it working? And what happens to the money left on the table?
“Downtown Detroit is celebrated locally and nationally for having so many wonderful and active parks and venues,” says David Cowan, chief public spaces officer for the Downtown Detroit Partnership.
A month-long exhibition celebrating the diversity of the LGBTQ+ community in Detroit, and its longtime allies, features 600 works of art from more than 150 established and emerging artists.
“To have a large-scale sculpture in Detroit's Civic Center, joining the likes of Noguchi, Graham, Fredericks, Barr and De Giusti — and to have it located in front of the place that I've gone to since I was just a kid at the Auto Show — it's a real honor,” says Detroit artist Scott Hocking.
After watching his family members battle to get consistent care for mental health illnesses, Prostell Thomas became an advocate for better systems, and less stigma, in Detroit. He organized a mental health fair this year, featuring onsite therapists, grief counselors, a men’s healing circle, mental illness discussion panels, and take-home guides.
The young "sneakerheads" at the Michigan Sneaker Xchange mean business. Photographer Steve Koss takes us inside the scene at the rapidly growing event to find out how entrepreneurs are tapping into the booming industry, and how a savvy 14-year-old started the tradeshow here.
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