Designing Accessibility

Oct 25, 2023

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THE DESIGN REDEFINED SERIES


These events aim to challenge conventional understandings of design as a process of enhancing aesthetics, usability, or marketability and instead encourages a deeper understanding of design as a powerful tool for change.

Do you love art, STEM, and/or design? Innovators for Purpose (iFp), a BIPOC-led non-profit youth design and innovation studio, is partnering with the MIT Museum and the MIT Morningside Academy for Design to develop a quarterly discussion series called Design Redefined.

The event is free with admission to the MIT Museum, (admission will be waived for all visitors beginning at 3pm on the session dates). Seating is limited.

DESIGNING Accessibility: People, Artifacts, and Access

MIT MAD’s Rosa Weinberg will moderate a panel discussion examining design for accessibility. Centering on the experiences of PEOPLE with disabilities, we will explore the opportunities and challenges associated with the design of adaptive technologies and ARTIFACTS. We will also explore how explicit design of the built environment enhances or hinders ACCESS for all.

This is an opportunity to meet like-minded peers, professionals, and MIT students and faculty.

FEATURING

  • Sara Hendren, associate professor, Northeastern University.
  • Hannah Wong, master of Architecture candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Design; project manager, Critical Design Lab.
  • Danny Linitz, high school student.
  • Adriana Mallozzi, entrepreneur, technologist, and passionate advocate for disability inclusion.
  • Rosa Weinberg, designer, design educator, and design education researcher.

ACCESSIBILITY

Our events are enriched by your presence and we are committed to making them accessible.

Please email us at [email protected] to request accommodations.