Lab1: Adjustable easel

October 31, 2018 At the Lab1: Design opportunities class, we learned about research methods and we. had a chance to talk to Huson about the next days meeting. He has several recommendations about the expert meeting and how this meeting should perform and what should be asked. Recommendations were: Go with questions Learn as much as you can Start with warm-up conversation and questions November 1, 2018 We have met with Beth Stuart as an expert and our client for the adjustable easel.  Beth is the one who suggested this idea in the survey. She also has worked with a student with mobility issues in the studio. We met at the studio where the student was practicing her art. All team members participated in the meeting.  We have talked about: Students profile, Where this design opportunity came, What were the main problems, Any suggestions related to a student, The possibility of contacting the student.

November 6, 2018: We talked about the poster that we prepared for the announcement and getting touch with the students at OCADU. We visited CSD (Center for Students with disabilities) and met with Robyn Shaw as an expert on disability issues at OCADU. Comments on the poster: It is good and bad The main problem is the wheelchair in the poster. A wheelchair may be a disturbing image, especially for disabled people. A poster without a wheelchair or an image without a disability sign can be designed.  A standard wheelchair limits the participants who are using a mobility device as we said in our poster. Someone with a mobility device can be motorized wheelchair, cane, someone who used a wheelchair, or who may have a kind of experience. If we use one type of wheelchair it can be considered as not inclusive.  As an inclusive design student, I was a bit ashamed about the poster I have designed. I thought I should have thought and been more sensitive about disabi...