Sara Hendren | What Can a Body Do?
Prosthetics, adaptive technologies, and accessible architecture all bridge the gaps between our many bodies and the built world. In this talk, Hendren will uncover the surprising and generative places where disability shows up in design at all scales, helping us to ask: What is the future of the body, assisted by its many tools and extensions? How does disability shape all our lives, and the meaning we make in dependence?
ABOUT SARA HENDREN
Sara Hendren is an artist, design researcher, and writer who teaches design for disability at Olin College of Engineering. Her book What Can a Body Do? How We Meet the Built World was named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and LitHub. Hendren’s work has been exhibited widely and is held in the permanent collections of MoMA and the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum. Her writing and design work have been featured in The New York Times, Fast Company, and on NPR. Hendren has been a fellow at New America and the Carey Institute for Global Good. In her critically acclaimed book and creative talks, Hendren helps individuals and organizations understand universal design and reframe their accessibility work to better serve the community.
