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Quemuel Arroyo (Q) in his manual wheelchair is wearing the two-piece rain jacket designed at OSL. His hands are positioned up, exposing the two piece crease between the lap cover and jacket top.
Research Theme
The 2017 research program dives deeper into the complexity of the dressing experience and our immediate surroundings such as, commuting from work to home. The act of wearing was examined through a variety of methods, such as integrating seasonal fashion trends, concepts of user experience design and applied technologies (AR/3D-printing). Special attention was focused on collaborators with spinal cord injury or damage (SCI/D) and the designs centered on mobility in regard to traveling or commuting.
About the Partnership
The New School, Parsons School of Design is one of the leading private art and design colleges in the nation. The school partnered with OSL by supporting faculty research practice and collaboration for students and alumni.
The NYC Spinal, a 501©3, serves the community by sharing knowledge, promoting awareness and injury prevention, advocating for disability rights and providing financial assistance and emotional support to survivors of spinal cord injury and their families. The organization supported OSL in connected with a particular group of SCI/D participants for this year’s program.