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Growing up, I was told that girls could do anything boys could do.
What I didn’t know was that the built world was not designed for women. In fact, in many ways it is unsafe and inhospitable, which half the population inevitably learns.
Karen Korellis Reuther’s book, MAN-MADE, documents so much of my lived experience as a woman and a designer.
Women represent over half the global population, yet have been forced to accept the discomforts and dangers of a world not built for them. An average standard fits no one. We are different, and it is time that the insights of those differences inform better safer solutions.
I’ve had the pleasure of working with @kkreuther I and am thrilled to see her shining a light on this.
What I didn’t know was that the built world was not designed for women. In fact, in many ways it is unsafe and inhospitable, which half the population inevitably learns.
Karen Korellis Reuther’s book, MAN-MADE, documents so much of my lived experience as a woman and a designer.
Women represent over half the global population, yet have been forced to accept the discomforts and dangers of a world not built for them. An average standard fits no one. We are different, and it is time that the insights of those differences inform better safer solutions.
I’ve had the pleasure of working with @kkreuther I and am thrilled to see her shining a light on this.
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