Douglas Irving Repetto’s “foal” project has been one of my favorites for years. Not sure why it took me so long to post it here. It’s a simple walking table—a piece of furniture that weirdly, animatedly, mimics the first tentative steps of a gangly animal. MoMA Bauhaus Labs: Walking Tables and Wrestling Foals from Plowshares … Continue reading »
Monthly Archives: April 2012
what is universal design?
I’ve been emailing a bunch with Aimi Hamraie, soon to finish her Ph.D. at Emory University. Aimi’s researching universal design and disability politics in the built environment, among other things. We have a lot to talk about, and I’m hoping to post a long exchange between us here. It was Aimi’s research that pointed me … Continue reading »