Dispelling the myth that accessible design cannot be functional and beautiful at the same time, Sinéad Burke will speak from her personal lived and professional experience of working with global fashion companies such as Gucci and Ralph Lauren to illustrate how innovative, accessible design could benefit all, using poignant examples.

This lecture is not just for fashion designers, or designers in general. By the end of the session, you will feel encouraged to rethink and reimagine traditional design and the world as we know it, through a lens of creativity and innovation.

Resources:

Books/Literary Texts/Articles

• Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design by Kat Holmes

• Disability Visibility by Alice Wong

• Accessible America by Bess Williamson

• What Can A Body Do by Sara Hendron

• Alt Text as Poetry by Shannon Finnegan and Bojana Coklyat

• A Kind of Spark by Ellie McNicoll

• NeuroTribes: The Legacy Of Autism And How To Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently by Steve Silberman

• Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma

• Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally by Emily Ladau

Who/What to Follow

• Christine Sun Kim
• Rosie Jones
• Chella Man
• Éabha Wall
• Dr Rosaleen McDonagh
• Vilissa Thompson
• Ryan O’Connell
• Shannon Finnegan
• Mia Mingus
• Isabel Mavrides-Calderón
• Andraéa LaVant
• Sins Invalide