Foster Sakyiamah Art Celebrate Ghana’s Culture

Actuellement en résidence artistique à la Noldor Residency d’Accra, l’artiste ghanéenne Foster Sakyiamah crée des images ensorcelantes mélangeant design graphique, illustration et une étude attentive du mouvement du corps humain. L’artiste décrit son travail comme la représentation de « ses sentiments les plus intimes et de ses activités dans son environnement », s’inspirant à cette fin du « riche patrimoine culturel de son peuple », comme elle le précise dans le média Elephant.








 

Best gaming gadgets of 2022

Gaming consoles, controllers, keyboards, and other accessories are always on every guy’s wish list! They’re always on their tiptoes, waiting for the next launch in the gaming industry. And thankfully for them, the design industry comes up with innovative and super cool gaming products…all the time! Some turn out to be complete hits, while some are booed away to glory. But every one of them captures a lot of attention. And, we’ve curated a collection of unique and groundbreaking designs that could truly be the future of gaming! From a new Nintendo Switch ‘Joy-Cam’ with 2 cameras to a tiny gaming console to relive your Gameboy days – each of these gadgets is here to break some convention in the gaming industry!

1. The Nintendo Joy-Cam

Designed to uplift the Nintendo Switch from merely a gaming device, the ‘Joy-Cam’ is a controller that snaps onto the side of the gaming console, giving it front and rear-facing cameras so you can capture photos/videos, play in immersive AR and MR, and even stream your reactions while you game. The Joy-Cam comes from the mind of UK-based designer, Liam de la Bedoyere, a tech enthusiast who believes the Nintendo Switch has much more potential than being simply a game console. Much like how the classic Game Boy came with its own add-on Game Boy Camera that could take rudimentary black-and-white low-res photos, the Joy-Cam gives the Switch photographic features, turning the console into a much more versatile multimedia device.

2. LG Module SPinner 1.3

Described as a gaming speaker by the team of designers, LG Module SPinner 1.3, “maximizes three-dimensional sound by placing three modular speakers in the room and at the same time provides different sounds depending on the person in the user’s various game environments,” as the designers describe. When playing video games, all of the sounds of a given environment are compressed into one output that often feels jumbled and overstimulating. Spatial audio differentiates each sound by separating first-person from third-person audio and staggering their delivery for an oscillating effect.

3. The CORSAIR K70 RGB PRO Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

The CORSAIR K70 RGB PRO Mechanical Gaming Keyboard features an aluminum frame and is equipped with AXON technology to support you on all your demanding tasks! It can operate up to 8 times faster than any typical keyboard. The keyboard has also been amped with 8,000 Hz hyper-rolling, 4,000 Hz key scanning, as well as 20 layers of hardware RGB lighting. Other features of this super cool keyboard include 100% mechanical key switches with linear travel and a detachable USB Type-C cable!

4. The Steam Deck

The Steam Deck aims to bring the spirit of adventure to PC gamers by letting them take their favorite hobby along with them anyway. Nintendo Switch it is not, though, with the Steam Deck easily dwarfing Nintendo’s current darling in size. Of course, that’s because the Steam Deck needs to pack in more hardware to support games that would make the Switch cry in pain. That, however, also means that it might be more uncomfortable to hold this device up for longer periods of time. And unlike the Switch, you can’t exactly detach the controllers to lighten up the load.

5. The Razer Basilisk V3 gaming mouse

The Razer Basilisk V3 gaming mouse lets you distribute all your macros and secondary functions across 11 programmable buttons. This allows you to effortlessly switch between custom button profiles for a seamless gaming experience. The Razer Basilisk V3 features a hyper scroll tilt wheel that supports high-speed scrolling, as well as 16.8 million colors and various lighting effects to create interesting visuals during your gaming session!

6. OBJKT-2

With a name as mysterious as OBJKT-2, this little gizmo from the mind of designer Sushant Kumar lets you relive all your golden GameBoy memories. Styled to be even smaller than the Analogue Pocket, OBJKT-2 makes classic gaming even more portable, letting you load all your popular GameBoy titles via an SD card, and even add modules that enhance your gaming experience. The little device is roughly the size of a GameBoy Color cartridge but sports a vivid color display that measures roughly 2.2-inch diagonally.

7. Vers

With VR and metaverses becoming the norm within the realm of video games, Kim and Yoo designed Vers because “controllers are no longer restricted to stationary, passive interactions.” Vers is comprised of five components, all of which are contained within a cushioned, minimalist controller box. In order to appeal to Gen Alpha’s millennial parents, the controller box maintains an inconspicuous, yet modern look. Inside the hexagonal controller box, users will find a set of two pads that can be used for jumping and running, a pair of ergonomic nunchuck controllers, and a camera console.

8. The KANO-XP

Designed as a direct opposition to devices that encourage endless media consumption, KANO-XP focuses on creation and experimentation. With a Game Boy-inspired aesthetic, the KANO-XP boasts of a modular interface system, alternating between gaming controls to a synth to a MIDI pad. The bright orange handheld gadget runs on a Raspberry Pi Compute Module and features a small display along with the interchangeable interface system. The two main interfaces are the traditional synth interface, modeled on the popular piano keys, and the MIDI button layout, designed for electronic music production.

9. The Gravitation Controller

If you don’t have the moolah for a handheld gaming console, the Gravitation Controller turns the one device you’ve got into a capable gaming rig. With an expandable ergonomic design, the Gravitation transforms your smartphone into a high-definition gaming device, relying on your phone’s powerful GPU and its high definition screen (grab yourself the latest flagship and you’ve got yourself an OLED display too, to rival Nintendo’s latest offering)

10. The SteelSeries Prime Mini Wireless eSports mouse

The SteelSeries Prime Mini Wireless eSports mouse features Optical Magnetic Switches which allow it to stay active for 100 million clicks. It’s tinier and more compact as compared to the Prime Mini, while still providing you with zero lags and sharp clicks! It’s also amped with the Quantum 2.0 Wireless technology and TrueMove Air Gaming Sensor to provide you with 1-1 and tilt tracking!

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Noku X7.0 Smart Table Lamp looks like a glowing gem from afar

Let there be light! That’s what people always say when they have smart lights at home. Major light design can be complicated but for the home, it can be exciting to design lamps, especially those that are “intelligent”. They have become regular fixtures serving a purpose—to illuminate the surroundings. But lamps can also serve as decors and this is where aesthetics come into play.

The Noku X7.0 Smart Table Lamp comes with a contemporary design. It looks more like an art sculpture so it can be an important piece of conversation. Smart lighting has come a long way and we have reached the point designers can really play with it.

Designer: Noxu Design

The X7.0 Smart Table Lamp is something you’ll see far into the future. Its minimal style is made more interesting by the fact it rotates 360°. The lamp throws ambient lighting around, giving a levitating effect. From a distance, it appears to be a gem or a crystal. You know, the kind you see and need to collect and complete in video games.

Noku Design used black coated aluminum for the frame of the lamp plus its very own NoxuSmart LED light. Standing at 15-inches, the lamp can show 16+ million colors but obviously, you can only identify the basic colors. It offers different multicolor effects that you can control via the NoxuSmart App. If you want to increase or decrease the speed of the effects, you can also do that.

Noku’s X7.0 Smart Table Lamp is more of an accent light than a task lighting. It may not be ideal to use for work or studying as it appears to be more decorative. It will work well to make your priced painting or furniture piece to appear brighter but on its own, it can already stand out. The intelligent table lamp is also dimmable so you can set the intensity.

Your guests will be wondering how this lamp works. How can it stand and rotate at the same time? Is it levitating? What sorcery is this? You may not have time to answer all the questions so this is truly a conversation starter.

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COMM is a smart screen concept that makes working from home more efficient

COMM Color Options

Working from home has now become more than just a buzzword. It is a reality for millions of people around the world. And that’s still after two years of the pandemic. The reality is not only being lived by employees and businesses but also by students and teachers.

If you are still part of that group that works from home, you have probably built your own home office. In the past two years, you have already found a setup that works for you. But since things can get boring around, it can be a good idea to rotate the furniture around or switch things so you can be more inspired to work.

Designer: Eunjung | Fountain Studio

COMM for Work From Home Design Details

You can update your computer or maybe by a more comfortable and ergonomic workspace. The goal should always be speed and efficiency when it comes to working so in the area of communication, you must find a better way how to send messages across to a different party. The COMM is a concept device that can help people communicate from home. It’s a simpler way to send and receive messages, give feedback, and deliver what needs to be done. The result is increased work efficiency, especially with the angled screen for more comfortable viewing when sitting down.

COMM for Work From Home Design Details

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COMM offers a touchscreen display that shows the different functions. The main functions are as follows: sharing information, reporting, expression of emotions, mutual understanding, and idea suggestions. Your home work environment can “feel” more like a real office with this simple device designed by South Korean designed Eunjeong with Fountain Studio.

COMM Colors

You can change the mode of the COMM by rotating the top part. It helps improve creativity and productivity by showing the information you need sans any distraction. Sure, you can use a tablet or a smartphone to help you with work but there is always the temptation to check other apps and websites. Before you know it, you’ve been down the rabbit hole and have forgotten about that deadline, no thanks to your endless scrolling.

COMM for Work From Home Design Details

With the concept communication device, you can set and check your work schedule. You can do a video conference right on the COMM as it can connect straight to another workmate. If there is a scheduled meeting, you can simply turn the icon to be connected to the other person. If you will be away from the computer, you can set your status and your workmates will see ‘Away Mode’ on their respective COMM units.

Communication is more direct now, giving the illusion your co-worker is just at another table, room, or floor. It is still limited but there is no way for you to not reach another person. There’s text, chat, video call, or voice call…and this COMM.

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COMM for Work From Home Designer

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COMM WFH Device

COMM Communication Device for Business

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Windeler is a modular multitool that you can custom-build with EDC of your choice

In a lot of ways, Windeler is to EDC what LEGO is to toys, or what Dominos is to pizza. Not entirely sure what I mean? Well, go to any store or website and buy a multitool army knife and it comes pre-built with its own tools. You can’t choose the tools you want, the way you choose toppings on a pizza. However, Windeler isn’t a regular multitool – it’s an ecosystem, like LEGO. Designed so you can snap multiple tools together, Windeler lets you build your own EDC multitool based on what you need.

Designer: Douglas Windeler

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Want to carry a pocket knife today but not tomorrow? Windeler lets you simply plug-in or plug-out modules so that you can swap out that pocket knife for, say a small pair of scissors, or a flathead screwdriver. Instead of leaving you with a fixed set of tools (out of which you probably end up using just 1-2 tools you actually need), Windeler lets you build, customize, and rebuild your EDC, so you carry only the stuff you need, and not the stuff you don’t.

“Windeler tools are designed to be used individually, and carried as a Stak”, says Douglas Windeler, who began working on the ecosystem in 2020 with his debut Kickstarter campaign. Now, he hopes to expand the ecosystem to include even more tools, so that new backers have variety, and existing Windeler owners have the option to add to their existing collection.

Once you buy a set of Windeler tools, you can connect together to form a ‘Stak’, thanks to a special POLNETIK™ magnetic connector that lets tools conveniently snap to one another, giving you the ability to carry as little or as many tools as you want or need. The tools aren’t haphazardly designed either – they’re all equipped with a Stak-appropriate form factor so at the end of the day you’ve still got a sleek, monolithic multitool that slips right into your pocket or bag. To use a tool, simply rotate it outwards and the magnet disengages, giving you an individual tool that’s easy to grip (thanks to Windeler tools’ key-shaped design).

PL01 – Windeler Pliers

MINIM™ LC200N + Ti

MINIM™ LC200N + G10

SC01 – Scissors

The Windeler STOW™

Back in 2020 when Douglas first debuted the Windeler ecosystem, it contained popular multitool instruments like flathead and Philips-head screwdrivers, hex-bits, box-cutters, bottle openers, and even a pocket comb. Now, the collection even includes a foldable pocket knife, safety scissors, and a compact folding plier. All of Windeler’s tools (both the old and new ones) are designed to be robust and corrosion-resistant (even in saltwater). The majority of Windeler’s tools are made from Plasma-hardened Titanium alloy, and the pocket knife uses LC200N blade steel for the blade, and an option between titanium or G10 fiberglass for the handle. The POLNETIK™ magnetic connectors employ N52 Neodymium Magnets encased in stainless steel, and are then press-fitted into the tools to create a glue-free, screw-free homogenous design that highlights minimalism and sensibility.

Windeler’s newest tool expansion Stak includes the MINIM – a non-locking, UK carry-legal folding knife, the SC01 – a pair of tiny safety scissors, and the PL01 – a folding plier that’s small enough to carry in your pocket, yet handy enough to be useful anywhere and everywhere. The entire set also comes with a Cordura case that neatly wraps around your tools. You can grab the latest expansion Stak through their Kickstarter campaign, and if you want the legacy Staks from 2020, they’re all available on Windeler’s website.

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Top 10 chair trends of 2022

We often underestimate the importance of a great chair! When in reality we really shouldn’t. We spend the majority of our day sitting on chairs, whether we’re working in our home office, enjoying a meal, or simply sitting and reading a book for leisure! Hence, this piece of furniture needs to be not only comfortable but ergonomic, and aesthetic as well. And we’ve curated a collection of chair designs that meet all these criteria! From a modular chair that transforms into a small workspace to a sustainable 3D printed chair – these innovative chair designs are not only a boon to your back, and help you maintain a healthy posture, but are also super comfy to sink into, and will perfectly match the interiors of your modern homes. Enjoy!

1. D-Tach

Industrial design student Andrew Chang decided to create a chair that fits the bill. D-Tach is a modular stool design that functions as a traditional office chair, only to disassemble into parts that provide a small working space on the go. In its initial form, D-Tach comes as a fully intact stool, complete with leather cushions and a backrest. When designing D-Tach, Chang changed the traditional shape of a stool to better fit his stool’s dual function. Describing this choice, Chang explains, “I changed the traditional stool stand into a circular [shaped] stand. This gives the feet more room when using the stand as a table.”

2. Konvergence

Designing their own interpretation of the classic lounge chair called Konvergence, Paris-based designer and maker, Emmanuel Hugnot turned to 3D printing to produce a central knot that eight wooden slats protrude from to define and support the shape of a fully-formed chair. The central knot of Konvergence resembles the shape of a ball-and-socket connector piece from LEGO kits. Keeping a total of eight end sockets, the central knot functions as the chair’s cornerstone, providing the bridge for all of Konvergence’s additional components to connect. Taking to common beech to produce the eight wooden slats, Hugnot went with the brightly textured timber for its rigidity and current abundancy in Europe’s forests.

3. The Sycamore Chair

The Sycamore Chair, meticulously carved out of maple wood by Japan-based woodworking artist Masaki Kondo, sports a rather non-functional design that sits more on the latter half of the design-to-art spectrum. The chair’s borderline mythical design (it’s a stool, technically) has three organic legs that look like the furniture is kneeling, with the rear two legs sporting massive wings that emanate outward, like an archangel. Sit on the Sycamore and it looks like you’ve magically sprouted wings!

4. The Afford Chair

Afford Chair Design

Afford Chair Design

Korean Designer June Woo Lee came up with the Afford Chair to address a number of issues concerning public chairs. His design includes a drawer for storage of your personal stuff. It offers safety because you no longer have to hang your bag from the chair. This will then lessen the chance of having your things stolen because they are kept safe underneath the chair. The storage is easily accessible because it’s a pull-out drawer. You can’t just pull out the drawer from behind though. You need to pull the base of the seat first. This step adds safety because anyone can’t just pull the drawer from behind. There is a lock that secures the storage when a person sits on the chair.

5. The Ermis Chair

It feels strange to see a chair that massive and to think that it was built using 3D printing. Something incredibly unique about the Ermis’ design are those horizontal print lines. Firstly, they’re absolutely massive, which makes one wonder how large the nozzle on the robotic 3D printing arm could possibly be. Secondly, if you look at the side profile, the lines actually change direction, going from vertical on the front to diagonal, and finally horizontal at the top. It’s quite difficult to imagine how the designers managed to pull this off, especially considering that aside from actually rotating the chair WHILE it was being printed, the Ermis sports a beautifully pristine finish with little to no proof of any support structures.

6. The Collapsible Wood Chair

Quite unlike any of the folding chairs you may have seen around you, on the internet, or even on this website, this creative little number comes from Jon 117 SP, a designer based out of Léon, Mexico. Simply titled the Collapsible Wood Chair, the seating uses two almost-identical wooden profiles with a thick paracord weaving between the both of them to form the seat and backrest. The paracord does two essential things – not only does it make sitting feel comfortable (unlike wood or metal which feels rigid), but it also adds a flexible element to the seat where it folds together, allowing the chair to collapse flat when you’re not sitting on it.

7. The azbi Chair

The azbi Chair is a setup that’ll get you instantly excited for its unique seating position which always keeps the screen at the optimum distance for dramatically reduced body and eye strain. According to the designer, the mouse and keyboard stay just where you want them to be, bringing a never-before-seen ergonomic setup for people who have to work for long hours on their PC. Wooden make of the hamster wheel-like chair setup doesn’t promote fitness in any way, but it sure does give laid-back work a whole new meaning. I can imagine myself lying flat on the azbi Chair with music plugged in.

8. The Oto Chair

The Oto Chair, or Hugging Chair, is a piece of therapeutic furniture designed for autistic individuals with sensory integration disorders. “As a designer,” Alexia Audrain says, “you have to be in contact with the user, their environment, their daily habits and always make tests before reaching a finished product.” Describing the process of creating a chair designed for users with autism and sensory integration disorders. Considering that 45% to 95% of people with autism have sensory integration disorders, designer Alexia Audrain produced a chair to help quell the effects of sensory overstimulation. The Oto Chair, or Hugging Chair, aims to actively recreate the soothing sensation that comes with being hugged or compressed for individuals with autism.

9. The Invisible Chair

The Invisible Chair from student designer Lee Hyokk is a chair that’s constructed from and incorporated into a steel-link fence. Fences generally require a lot of building material to be made and once finalized, fences are merely designs “that exist for objects other than themselves,” as Lee describes. Hoping to incorporate more than just one function into the chain-link fence, Lee noticed the design’s potential. Following intermittent periods of sketching and ideating, Lee took a small lot of chain-link fences and reorganized some wires to form the silhouette of a chair.

10. The Commute Chair

Designer Andrew Mangelsdorf created the Commute chair. The name commute chair might give you the idea that it helps you recreate the journey (maybe it’s a variation of floo powder that transports you while sitting in place), it literally helps create a barrier between your home and workspace. Designing a home office is a luxury not everyone can afford – we often convert our bedroom into the workroom and the dining table into a desk for the day. Commute lets you mentally transform yourself by pulling up the partitions of this ingenious chair.

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Creative hipster belt design uses a tiny industrial vice grip for a buckle

I can’t believe nobody made the connection between the terms ‘tightening and loosening one’s belt’, and the fact that a vice grip literally does the exact same thing.

A hundred years after the modern belt and buckle were invented, we’re still struggling with the fact that a lot of times the belt-holes don’t match up to where you need them to be and you’re often stuck with a belt that’s just a tiny bit too tight or a wee bit too loose. The MUDANKAI Adjustable Belt changes that.

Designer: COF

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Instead of using a traditional buckle-and-hole system, the MUDANKAI Adjustable Belt just puts a tiny vice-grip around your waist that lets you twist to fasten your belt. Almost like a tofu press that basically locks your slab of tofu between two walls, the buckle on the MUDANKAI locks onto the remnant end of your belt, holding it in place just the way a regular buckle would by threading a metal stick through a belt-hole. Except, the MUDANKAI doesn’t have any metal sticks or holes… its stepless design means you can tighten it wherever or whenever you want, giving you a belt that’s exactly as tight as you need it. A tiny stylized knob on the front of the buckle lets you twist to tighten or loosen your belt, making it even easier to adjust your belt in public without fiddling around conspicuously.

The MUDANKAI belt isn’t just about its buckle. The entire belt comes with a patented design that’s easy to wear, easy to adjust, and also designed to be reversible! Given that the buckle’s mechanism basically works by tightening and loosening, you can easily remove it and flip the belt over to reverse its design.

The MUDANKAI belt is available across a whole variety of colors and textures, from plain leather to textured crocodile skin. As for the buckle, it comes in either brass or aluminum, and sports perhaps the most eye-catchingly quirky design I’ve seen. It’s a combination of slightly industrial, mildly hipster, and just all-out creative!

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A tiny cabin inspired by the Japanese concept of forest bathing is designed to immerse guests in nature

The Woodlands Hideout is a small, nature-inspired cabin in the woods designed as a solo retreat to a larger residence some 200-feet away from the tiny home.

Since winter doesn’t seem to be ending anytime soon, escaping to a warm cabin in the woods sounds like the move. Disconnecting from the chaos of the modern world doesn’t sound too bad either. From years spent documenting his travels, in addition to remodeling and managing short-term rental homes, architect Rico Castillero took what he learned in these roles to build the first prototype of a small cabin.

Designer: Rico Castillero, Further Society

Inspired by the Japanese concept of forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku, Castillero says he’s been “dreaming and scheming” up plans to build what he calls the Woodlands Hideout. Amounting to a small, 190-square-foot cabin, the Woodlands Hideout operates as a solo retreat for guests to sleep under Oregon’s towering pines.

Nestled in a cozy, private neck of the woods, some 200-feet away from Castillero’s main property called Woodlands, the Woodlands Hut is defined by its unique shape and 10’ x 10’ x 20’ custom-built steel frame. In designing the Woodlands Hideout, Castillero looked first to nature to determine the layout and construction scheme.

In fact, the shape of the home was chosen to accommodate the leaves and pine needles that fall from the overhead tree canopies. From there, Castillero had the challenge of configuring the interior to maximize the available living space, especially on the shorter side of the home.

On the shorter end of the home, Castillero found height in passive activities. The toilet, woodstove, and desk each live in their own corner of the home’s shorter end. Taking up a little bit more space, guests will also find the built-in bed on this end of the tiny cabin.

Then, moving to the other end as the roof gradually rises, guests can enjoy a hot shower outfitted in Coosa as well as a fully functional, yet super-compact kitchenette. A woodfire stove functions as a partition between the sleeping space and the cabin’s small dining area. With the layout in place, Castillero clad the interior in oriented strand board (OSB) paneling for a unified, yet organic look.

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Pac-Man-inspired USB Mic rests snugly on the top corner of your desktop monitor

Using a neat 3/4th circular shape to cut the blocky design of your laptop or desktop’s screen, Andrew Edge’s Pac-Man microphone drifts away from your average microphone design and opts for something much more eye-catching.

The microphone, which Andrew designed for Render Weekly’s Instagram Challenge, sports a circular design that’s made to intersect with the corner of your monitor. While Andrew didn’t really give the microphone a name or identity, someone in the comments was quick enough to point out how similar it looked to Pac-Man and that reference immediately clicked. To me, it feels almost like a yellow dialogue-box emerging from the corner of your laptop – a reference that seems perfect considering the gadget is, in fact, a microphone!

Cleverly enough, Andrew’s design doesn’t need a stand. It comfortably rests on the corner of your desktop monitor, connected to your computer via a USB-C cable that trails at the back, obscured from view. The yellow microphone by default ends up facing the user (because your desktop screen almost always faces the user too), and a nifty little light at the center lets you know when the microphone’s operational and recording – not only letting you know whether you’re on mute during a video call, but also giving you a quick heads up if a website or program is spying on you!

Designer: Andrew Edge

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Dana Kearley’s Artwork Explores and De-Stigmatizes Disability and Chronic Illness

Through her bright, cute and cheerful illustrations, Vancouver-based artist Dana Kearley explores and communicates the many nuanced ways that people exist and move through the world with disabilities and illness—de-stigmatizing it along the way. Her works often feature worms, snails and turtles, animals that “symbolize the way some of us move though the world, at a slower pace, but we’re still going in the same direction,” Kearley tells Elfie Thomas at It’s Nice That. Other creatures are used to communicate specific body parts and illnesses—for instance, butterflies are the pelvic bone. Kearley not only explores her own experiences in a “sick and disabled body,” but also hopes to create healing and understanding in others. Read the full interview at It’s Nice That.

Image courtesy of Dana Kearley, “Disabled Snowperson” (Copyright © Dana Kearley, 2021)