







Footwear 4 All
Shown on a table there are four pairs of shoes, and two visual boards. The shoes include a pair of pleather loafers, leather double monk straps, pleather ballet flats with ankle straps, and heeled boots. All four the the shoes are prototypes of shoes previouslt altered to become more accessible, the loafers feature zippers, the monkstraps and ballet flats have velcro, and the boots have magnets. The visual boards show what types of accessible closures there are and how much force they require to open (in pounds.) The zipper board also features several zipper pulls designed for people with impaired dexterity, muscle weakness, or arthritis.
A deep dive exploration and documentation of accessible footwear, including both prototypes and visualizations of accessible closures.
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Published
2024