Super normal design for extraordinary bodies: A design manifesto

Graham Pullin

doi:10.4324/9781351053341

Super normal design for extraordinary bodies: A design manifesto

Graham Pullin

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Abstract

We propose a new approach to disability-related design, at once radical and unremarkable. We challenge the assumption that the role of design need be either to draw attention away from impairment or else to focus attention on disability. We reject this polarisation as utterly simplistic. We propose a more nuanced alternative that has so much more in common with design in other everyday contexts, given that disability is part of the fabric of everyday life.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Manifestos for the Future of Critical Disability Studies
Editors	Mike Kent, Katie Ellis, Rachel Roberson, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Chapter	15
Pages	166-176
Number of pages	11
Volume	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9781351053334
ISBN (Print)	9781138483910
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351053341
Publication status	Published - 23 Oct 2018

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General Social Sciences

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Super normal design for extraordinary bodies: A design manifesto

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