MAKE CHOICES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE
ABOUT SMARTHREADS
LESLIE SINGER
ART DIRECTOR/CONTENT CURATOR
BASED IN NYC
Smarthreads wants to reframe our relationship with clothes and stop the madness of abhorrent pollution, child labor, and the destruction of entire ecosystems.
Smarthreads content is curated mirroring the two worlds we live in–wonder and hard truths. We offer people many ways to understand the issues while offering choices to inspire systemic change that can be attainable in daily life.
If there are stories Smarthreads should know about, please get in touch. We are a community celebrating fashion and sustainability by sharing ideas and solutions for ourselves and the future of the planet.
LESLIE SINGER, ACADEMIA
Leslie is full-time faculty at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in NYC in the graphic design, advertising, and illustration departments. Besides SVA, Leslie has taught Graphic Design at the Shintaro Akatsu School of Design, a marketing design program for the Universidad Andres Bello in Chile, and a BootCamp for working design professionals at Marywood College.
Leslie graduated with a BFA in Communication Design from Parsons the New School after studying illustration at Massachusetts College of Art. She received her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Smarthreads.org launched as part of her thesis project.
BACKGROUND
Leslie had a successful award-winning advertising and design career working with American Express, Avon, and AT+T to name a few. After working for WPPs Ogilvy & Mather and other notable agencies, she started her own New York City-based communication design firm that worked with Comedy Central, Showtime Networks, Sony Worldwide, General Motors, Hallmark, and countless publishers of every kind. Eleven years after its founding, she sold SingerDesign to IPGs McCann Worldgroup to launch their custom publishing division.
There are few Fortune 100 companies Leslie has not worked with, and few corporate titles she has not had. Particulars on Linkedin.
She held both the secretary and treasurer positions for the Art Directors Club in NYC and sat on the board of the Global Fashion Management Program for the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). Leslie has been a featured speaker and panelist for events in the branding and design space and recently was a guest speaker at AIGA's (American Institute of Graphic Arts) conference for design educators.