Fall/Winter Newsletter 2021-22
February 7, 2022
Recent Publications
Multi-sensory Wayfinding: Lessons from the Margins towards the Design of Equitable and Healthy Public Spaces in IQD Magazine : MIXdesign team members (Hansel Bauman, Eron Friedlaender, Magda Mostafa, Joel Sanders) co-authored an essay about Multi-sensory Wayfinding, a set of design principles that draws from the lived experience of communities that have been marginalized: people who use wheelchairs, walkers and canes, Deaf people, and people on the Autism spectrum. Multi-sensory Wayfinding augments conventional signage and uses color, materials, lighting and acoustics to minimize environmental stressors and increase spatial awareness for everyone.
Appropriated Interiors edited by Deborah Schneiderman, Anca I. Lasc, Karin Tehve : Joel Sanders’ essay “Stalled! Restrooms: Inclusive Design through a Cross-Disciplinary Lens” was recently published in Appropriated Interiors, a book published by Routledge featuring thirteen original curated essays that consider the standards, assumptions, codes, and/or conventions that expand our understanding of the history, theory, and practice of interior design to challenge the status quo.
Queens Museum Year of Uncertainty
Access in the Atrium: A Reflection In-Process : Seb Choe, Associate Director of MIXdesign, wrote a blog post for Queens Museum initiative YoU (Year of Uncertainty) that reflects on the past year working alongside an Access Cohort to imagine new possibilities for the Queens Museum’s Central Atrium. Read the full blog post HERE.
“YOUR RESTROOM IS A BATTLEGROUND” acquired by the Museum of Toilet History
“YOUR RESTROOM IS A BATTLEGROUND,” a multi-media installation at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale by JSA/MIXdesign, Matilde Cassani, Ignacio G. Galan, Ivan L. Munuera, was recently acquired by the Museum of Toilet History in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Lectures + Events
Upcoming:
- Kent State University CAED, “Body Politics: Social Equity and Public Space,” March 24, 2022.
- Yale Center for Art, “Inclusive Museums,” MIXdesign group presentation, April 20, 2022 at 12pm EST.
Recent:
- Center for Curatorial Leadership, “Inclusive Museums,” co-presented by Joel Sanders and Seb Choe, January 10, 2022.
- AIA New York, “Intent to Impact: Approaches to Community-Based Design,” a panel discussion featuring Seb Choe, December 2, 2021.
- Salon Suisse at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale: Bodily Encounters, “Beyond the Binary: Fluid Spaces for a Fluid Generation,” co-presented by Joel Sanders and Jos Boys, November 20, 2021.
Selected Press
“Design for All: Interview with Joel Sanders,” Architectural Record, December 3, 2021
“The Futures Archive S1 E6: The Toilet,” podcast hosted by Lee Moreau and Devorah Klein, Design Observer, November 17, 2021
“An Interview with Joel Sanders and Susan Stryker,” galt (University of Waterloo School of Architecture), November 13, 2021
“An Introduction to the Queens Museum’s Design and Accessibility Advisory with Yesenia Torres,” YoU Queens Museum Blog, November 19, 2021