Open Style Lab

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Open Style Lab (OSL) is a nonprofit organization that was launched in 2014, initially as a public service project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The nonprofit's executive director and board president is Grace Jun.^[1] The organization designs and produces adaptive clothing and products, with and for people with disabilities.^[2] The group invites designers, engineers, and occupational therapists from across the globe to work together to solve a real-life problem with an adaptive clothing solution. The program was replicated at MIT International Design Center ^[3] and at Parsons School of Design at The New School.^[4]

Every Summer, the group puts together cross-functional teams including designers, engineers, and occupational therapists, that are paired with a 'client' who has a disability. The teams then have 10 weeks of research, design, and development to put together a solution for their client.^[5] The group has worked with those people with spinal cord injuries and cognitive disability for their designs,^[6] such as adaptive sewing toolkits.

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