A few weeks ago, Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy wrote a post about Arthritis Friendly Packaging. In this post, I described my personal experiences with Universal Design – which is the idea that all types of design should incorporate the needs of a wide range of users. I also went on to describe many of the difficulties [...]
All too often, we hear about dreams being compromised due to the limitations of living with rheumatoid arthritis. Sometimes, it just seems like “what we can do” does not quite match up with “what we want to do”.
When the arthritis begins to affect our hands and fingers, it’s even easier to start to get scared [...]
Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy was recently contacted by a group of graduate industrial design students from the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, asking if he could provide some feedback on living with rheumatoid arthritis – with an emphasis on packaging design. I was more than happy to oblige.
When I was a graduate design student, [...]
Site Unseen 2009: (Dis)abling Conditions
A Site-Specific Performance Event Takes Over the Chicago Cultural Center November 9, 2009, 6-9 pm
For one night only on Monday, November 9, 2009, from 6-9 p.m., the Chicago Cultural Center will host Site Unseen, a site-specific performance event featuring theater, dance, music, and visual art by individual artists and ensembles of local and international acclaim. [...]
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy has written many times about the fact that he went to architecture school for his undergraduate and graduate degrees. What I have talked about less often is the hybrid career track that I have followed during the last decade, and how I balance living with rheumatoid arthritis and my work.
When I was [...]
The Arthritis of Antoni Gaudi
“Antoni Gaudí i Cornet, Catalan architect and one of the most important visual artists of the 19th and 20th centuries, suffered from a recurrent and often persistent arthritis since he was 6 years old. His diagnosis is uncertain but juvenile idiopathic arthritis is most likely. He coped successfully with his rheumatic [...]
The Daily Planet
The Daily News Building (also known as the News Building) is an art-deco sykscraper located at 220 East 42nd Street in New York City. Constructed between 1929-1930, this building originally served as the headquarters for the New York Daily News.
This building may not ring a bell for everyone, but if I said that [...]
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“This is just the first step towards a revolution on how we perceive the sanity and insanity of the human body and the artifacts of illness.”
-Francesca Lanzavecchia, Italian Designer
ProAesthetics
Francesca Lanzavecchia
www.francesca.nu
This is the first inspirational publication that present disability artifacts in a new light. It is a bridge between user and producer aiming to open their [...]
