New Tools for Disabled Artists
By Matthew Baranauskas
A Project presented to The Graduate Faculty California College of the Arts
Contents
Introduction 1
NIAD 4
How do I avoid creating designs that are stigmatizing? 9
Looking for Something to Fix 11
The Bigger Picture 15
Gateway Project 15
Task Focused Design 22
Why investigate artist's compulsions and behaviors? 33
Unique Compulsions and Behaviors 35
How can existing art tools inform my designs? 39
Field Notes – 05/31/2008 40
Unexpected Things Relate 41
Inspiration = New Hybrids 47
Collage Making Limitations 48
The Collage Roller 49
On Mirroring Operations 59
The Collage Stamp 63
Evolving Precedent 73
How can impairments be leveraged within design? 75
Impairments Become Opportunities 77
Distracted by Noise 79
Impairments Become Abilities 81
The Immersive Drawing Boards 85
Synesthetic Feedback 85
Immersive Collaboration 91
Should it do more? 95
Specialists In Product Failure 97
Buy-In vs. Reward 99
The Simple-Tool vs. The Multi-Tool 101
Conclusion 105
Three Design Principles 106
Embodiment: The Collage Stamp Experience 110
Embodiment: The Expanding IDB Experience 122
Immersive Drawing Board Leave-Behind 126
References and Bibliography 128
Acknowledgments 131