Exhibiting accessible design
Designing, fabricating, and installing an educational exhibit about assistive and adaptive technologies for South by South Lawn Festival.
Challenge
In September 2016, Olin College of Engineering professor Sara Hendren was invited to exhibit works from her lab, the adaptation + ability group, at South by South Lawn Festival at the White House. Hosted by President Obama and inspired by South by Southwest, South by South Lawn (SXSL) brought together over 2000 innovators, organizers, and changemakers in the social justice sphere to share ideas. Sara needed a way to share her lab’s work with festival attendees that invited folks to think about adaptation and accessibility in their own lives.
Objective
Design, fabricate, and install an educational exhibit about ability, adaptation, and acessibility projects from Sara’s lab for SXSL.
Requirements
The exhibit needed to showcase multiple projects from the lab and welcome interaction from all sides.
