Adaptive Design
The principles of adaptive and universal design are incredibly important to my art.
Disabled people are often invisible. While adaptive design may be an up-and-coming industry, it is often centered around function, forgetting that disabled people want to look cool, sexy and expressive.
Designing for the most vulnerable - and therefore for accessibility - also means designing for everyone. For example, while a ramp may be created for disabled wheelchair users,, it helps workers who have heavy loads to carry, mothers with strollers, and abled bodied users overall. Accessibility makes the world a better place.
My speciality is in nuerodivergent accessibility, particularly fidgeting devices. I have created a business have done fashion shows and photoshoots around fidgeting and disability empowerment.
Fidget Spinner wrapped in yarn and a button.
Gesture
Sensory Accessory Brand
In April 2023 we were one of the winners of Intelligence ++ Competition. We won a $2,000 prize that we are using to enhance our product and around $7,000 grant. We created detachable cuffs that have discrete fidget components embedded into them for neurodivergent and anxious adults to wear in professional environments.
The goal for the cuffs is that one side looks highly professional, and so you can flip it inside out and the other side shows off the fidgets and can be worn at social gatherings as a fashion statement. Our brand is unique as the fidgets are mainly made out of fabric rather than sticky non-washable plastic.
Fidget Cuff - prototyping
Up-cycled Fidget
Fashion Show
A fashion collection around making Punk outfits one can fidget with. Shown at Colorado College Fashion Show 2023 and Colorado Springs Creative Collective Fashion Show.
