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Design for Humankind at Dwell on Design

At Dwell on Design in Los Angeles, June 20-22, a variety of onstage talks will explore an expanded notion of design that includes users of all abilities. Click through the slideshow for a preview of what to expect.

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2014 ASID Designer of Distinction Tama Duffy Day of Gensler was recognized for her body of work in healthcare design, which demonstrates the positive impact design can have on the human experience. The ASID Awards celebration will take place during Dwell on Design in Los Angeles. Photo courtesy Alan Karchmer/Sandra Benedum.
2014 ASID Designer of Distinction Tama Duffy Day of Gensler was recognized for her body of work in healthcare design, which demonstrates the positive impact design can have on the human experience. The ASID Awards celebration will take place during Dwell on Design in Los Angeles. Photo courtesy Alan Karchmer/Sandra Benedum.
Tacoma, Washington–based architect Ko Wibowo of Architecture for Everyone will discuss his Stevens Addition, which he designed for Ken Stevens, an active, vibrant man who’d been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Wibowo's clean-lined project is featured in the July/August 2014 issue. Photo by Coral Von Zumwalt.
Tacoma, Washington–based architect Ko Wibowo of Architecture for Everyone will discuss his Stevens Addition, which he designed for Ken Stevens, an active, vibrant man who’d been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Wibowo's clean-lined project is featured in the July/August 2014 issue. Photo by Coral Von Zumwalt.
Architect Andrew Heid created a home for his parents, Ted and Andrea Heid, in Aurora, Oregon, that is all about easy access and innovative organization: rooms serve as living space during the day and double as private sleeping spaces at night. The three will talk onstage about creating a livable, modern home that will accommodate needs in the years to come. Photo by Michael Weber.
Architect Andrew Heid created a home for his parents, Ted and Andrea Heid, in Aurora, Oregon, that is all about easy access and innovative organization: rooms serve as living space during the day and double as private sleeping spaces at night. The three will talk onstage about creating a livable, modern home that will accommodate needs in the years to come. Photo by Michael Weber.
Having lived in, and loved, a modern house built in 1954 in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood since buying it in 1996, architect Karen Braitmayer and her husband, marine mechanic David Erskine, recently came to realize that the house was overdue for some modifications. Braitmayer, whose firm, Studio Pacifica, specializes in universal access space planning and ADA compliance for commercial and residential projects, is a wheelchair user, as is her and Erskine’s teenage daughter. With its open layout and single-floor plan, the house worked fairly well for many years, but, as Braitmayer says, "It was really my daughter growing up that spurred us to make some changes. Her disability is a little bit different from mine, and some of the things I was able to work around for a long time weren’t going to work for her." Braitmayer called in another architect, Carol Sundstrom of Seattle-based Röm Architecture Studio, who specializes in single-family remodels and with whom Braitmayer has collaborated on many projects.
Having lived in, and loved, a modern house built in 1954 in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood since buying it in 1996, architect Karen Braitmayer and her husband, marine mechanic David Erskine, recently came to realize that the house was overdue for some modifications. Braitmayer, whose firm, Studio Pacifica, specializes in universal access space planning and ADA compliance for commercial and residential projects, is a wheelchair user, as is her and Erskine’s teenage daughter. With its open layout and single-floor plan, the house worked fairly well for many years, but, as Braitmayer says, "It was really my daughter growing up that spurred us to make some changes. Her disability is a little bit different from mine, and some of the things I was able to work around for a long time weren’t going to work for her." Braitmayer called in another architect, Carol Sundstrom of Seattle-based Röm Architecture Studio, who specializes in single-family remodels and with whom Braitmayer has collaborated on many projects.
Architects Jared Levy and Gordon Stott of Connect:Homes in Los Angeles will talk onstage about the prefab home they built for a client’s octogenarian mother in a third of the time—and at a third of the cost—of a conventionally built home. The project is featured in the June 2014 issue. Photo by Joe Fletcher.
Architects Jared Levy and Gordon Stott of Connect:Homes in Los Angeles will talk onstage about the prefab home they built for a client’s octogenarian mother in a third of the time—and at a third of the cost—of a conventionally built home. The project is featured in the June 2014 issue. Photo by Joe Fletcher.
Environmental light and color have a direct connection with human health and well being, as ASID interior designer Deborah Burnett will explain in her presentation, Design for Humankind: A Prescription for Light. Using clear anatomical references and graphics, Burnett, whose consultation portfolio includes Frank Lloyd Wright's Marin Civic Center in San Rafael, California (pictured), will explain how environmental light and surface colorations impact behavior, illness, and sleep. Photo by Erika Heet.
Environmental light and color have a direct connection with human health and well being, as ASID interior designer Deborah Burnett will explain in her presentation, Design for Humankind: A Prescription for Light. Using clear anatomical references and graphics, Burnett, whose consultation portfolio includes Frank Lloyd Wright's Marin Civic Center in San Rafael, California (pictured), will explain how environmental light and surface colorations impact behavior, illness, and sleep. Photo by Erika Heet.