Designing disability : symbols, space, and society / Elizabeth Guffey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guffey, Elizabeth E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barrier-free design--History.

Barrier-free design.

International Symbol of Access.

Signs and symbols--Social aspects--History.

Signs and symbols.

Signs and symbols--Social aspects.

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018.

Summary:

Elizabeth Guffey's original and wide-ranging study of impairment, mobility, and access traces the evolution of the International Symbol of Access (ISA), and provides a design history of the wheelchair, a product which profoundly impacted the lives of many disabled people from the 1930s onwards. Guffey examines the rise of 'barrier-free architecture', and explores how the ISA became widely adopted and a mark of identity for some, especially within the Disability Rights Movement. Addressing debates that have unfurled around the symbol, expressed in guerrilla art, graffiti, and studio practice, Guffey considers and new challenges to the relationship between design and disability. Book jacket.

Contents:

History of an Idea: Access ( -1961)

Redesigning Signs and Space (1961-1974)

A Mark of Identity? (1974-Today).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-212) and index.

ISBN:

9781350004276

1350004278

9781350004283

1350004286

OCLC:

964329604