Made in the Lower East Side (miLES), an organization that works to open up underused storefronts for new and creative uses, is launching an exciting new project called Storefront Transformer. The project, which has just launched its Kickstarter campaign, will turn a vacant storefront in the Lower East Side into a pop-up community hub over the course of 7 weeks in November and December. The transformed space will be used in a variety of formats – a gallery, co-working space, museum, retail shop and more – and its programming is driven by community input. Re-imagining the future and uses of…

D&M alumna Rachael Szporn has been promoted to Senior Communications Manager at L’Occitane en Provence after moving along at Kiehl’s as Assistant Manager of the Global Public Relations & Communication team at Kiehl’s. Rachael has been making her mark and representing the best of the Design and Management Program. Rachael’s thesis at SDS, examined the impact of media on young early teen girls. The thesis was titled ‘Mediabites: An Interactive System and Educational Tool’ aimed to teach young girls to develop a critical stance for the massive amounts of media for which they are the target audience. Check her out…