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Pullin, Graham

Design meets disability - London MIT Press 2009 - xix,341p.

CONTENTS
When the Eameses met leg splints ix
thanks xvii
Introduction 1
initial tensions 11
fashion meets discretion 13
exploring meets solving 39
simple meets universal 65
identity meets ability 87
provocative meets sensitive 111
feeling meets testing 135
expression meets information 155
meetings with designers 181
Tomoko Azumi meets step stools 184
if Philippe Starck met bottom wipers 198
if Jasper Morrison met wheelchairs 200
Michael Marriott meets wheelchairs 202
if Hussein Chalayan met robot arms 216
Martin Bone meets prosthetic legs 218
if Jonathan Ive met hearing aids 232
if Paul Smith met hearing aids 234
if Cutler and Gross met hearing aids 236
Graphic Thought Facility meets braille 238
if lord Boontje met braille 252
Crispin Jones meets watches for visually impaired people 254
if Durrell Bishop met communication aids 266
if Julius Popp met communication aids 268
Andrew Cook meets communication aids 270
if Dunne & Raby met memory aids 284
if Stefan Sagmeister met accessibility signage 286
Vexed meets wheelchair capes 288
conclusion 301
notes 309
photography credits 323
index 329


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