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Etac and me

By: Kate Davies Designs September 7, 2018September 7, 2018

design, disability, Handywoman, strokeassistive technology, design, disability, etac, industrial design, making, objects, research, Sweden, tools, writing36 Comments

One of Handywoman’s central themes is the importance of tools and made-things in everyday life. I have a different, and much more nuanced, understanding of well-designed tools and objects post-stroke simply because my own physical deficits forced me to notice, and to reflect upon, how such objects addressed (or often failed to address) my body…

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These are my pinboards at the Astley Ainsley Hospital, covered with the wonderful cards and messages you sent. Being in hospital is a difficult business. For me, the dissociating effect of being a patient in an institution was compounded by the fact that I was inhabiting a body which did not seem to be mine…