TGOW Podcast #27 Grace Jun, Open Style Lab's Executive Director
- 3 years ago
We had the tremendous honor of welcoming Grace Jun onto our show this morning. She is the Executive Director of Open Style Lab (OSL) and Assistant Professor at the School of Fashion in Parsons School of Design, the New School, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate students. Grace's work has received nation-wide attention and has been featured at the White House Fashion Show Celebrating Inclusive Design, Assistive Technology, and Prosthetics, CNBC, Business of Fashion, Vogue, Forbes, and the NYTIMES Style. She has been asked to speak about disability and design in numerous settings from Design Indaba to SXSW.
Open Style Lab started at MIT as a public service project. It is an annual 10-week summer program. Grace organized the first showcase at MIT in 2014, and has worked on developing clothing for people with autism, impaired vision, cerebral palsy, and many other disabilities.
As a designer, professor and social entrepreneur, Grace equips her community with best practices to challenge quality of life for aging and people with disabilities. From designing graphic interfaces for smart phones and wearables, to constructing accessible blazers for women with breast cancer, she has achieved incredible results.
Open Style Lab started at MIT as a public service project. It is an annual 10-week summer program. Grace organized the first showcase at MIT in 2014, and has worked on developing clothing for people with autism, impaired vision, cerebral palsy, and many other disabilities.
As a designer, professor and social entrepreneur, Grace equips her community with best practices to challenge quality of life for aging and people with disabilities. From designing graphic interfaces for smart phones and wearables, to constructing accessible blazers for women with breast cancer, she has achieved incredible results.