OpenStyleLab Week 1

1. HELLO & WELCOME TO THE 2019
OPEN STYLE LAB SUMMER PROGRAM!
Open Style Lab | Week 1

2. Today’s Agenda:
• Fellows introduce themselves
• General Overview of OSL Mission, Values, 2019 Research
• Expectation & Deliverables + program structure (part1)
• Presentation of past Open Style Lab work
• Past Fellows Example work
• Briefing for Assignments

3. Open Style Lab’s (OSL) mission is to make style
accessible to people of all abilities regardless of
cognitive and physical ability.
A 501c3 non-profit organization, OSL is
dedicated to creating innovative lifestyle
solutions for and with people with disabilities.
We implement an interdisciplinary collaborations
centered around inclusion and creativity.
What is Open Style Lab?

5. Disability is part of the
human life cycle. The U.S
elderly population is
expected reach 84 million
by 2050.

6. Education Activism Technology
As the Executive Director of Open Style Lab,
Grace Jun, also teaches at Parsons School of
Design with a curriculum focused on inclusive
design. Her methodology in ‘story first’
teaching by pairing students with a person
with a disability, has established a community
of pioneers obsessed with accessibility as the
focus of design.
Eight years ago, Christina Michalove-Mallon
lost the ability to use her hands and arms due
to motor neuron disease (ALS). A former
client of OSL, she now serves as a board
member and drives the conversation of
inclusivity in design. She has helped invent
range of technology enabled garments for
people all abilities. (Swipe 2.0 awarded by
Fast Company).
With an Industrial Engineering
background, Pinar Guvenc helps drive
innovative partnerships at OSL. She
co-founded an e-commerce platform for
functional furniture designed in NYC and
manages business operations and product
commercialization efforts at Eray/Carbajo,
an international architecture and design.

7. We have more than 10 behind the scenes people supporting you…
WHO IS THE OSL TEAM?

8. Thought Leader
R&D Think Tank
Inclusive Experience

9. Experiencing Open Style Lab is transformational
OSL is giving disabled
people a seat at the table.
They employ disabled
people, there are
disabled folks on your
board, the disabled voice
is woven throughout the
organization.
Colleen (Writer, Advocate, Past OSL client)
This team is making life
easier, more dignified and
inclusive of all kinds of
people with all kinds of
disabilities using
technology.
Open Style Lab is breaking down the barriers that
have kept those smiles from the faces of millions
of people with different qualities and abilities.
Quemuel (DOT Department of Transportation)
Mary-Lynn Landgraf (former senior international trade specialist at
the U.S. Department of Commerce. Office of Textiles and Apparel)

10. https://www.openstylelab.org/osl-ambassador
We employ people with disabilities to our team and work
closely with and our representative ambassadors.

11. OSL2015
SUMMEROSL2015

12. OSL2015
SUMMEROSL2016

13. OSL2017

14. OSL2018

16. OUR MISSION & GENERAL OVERVIEW

17. Week 5-6: Ideation and basic garment construction. Fabricate & test
prototype of kits.
Week 6-7: Ideation and basic garment construction. Fabricate & test
prototype of kits and test.
Week 8-9: Fabricate & test final product
Week 10: Final showcase!
What to expect for lab times and
July 27- August 24th part two

18. SHARING KNOWLEDGE
1-5
ITERATIVE MAKING
6-8

19. FITTING,
TESTING, &
MENTORSHIP
6-8
ENGAGE WITH
THE
COMMUNITY
8-10

20. O P E N S T Y L E L A B
C L I E N T 2 0 1 4
MEET RYAN

21. MEET ELIZA
O P E N S T Y L E L A B
C L I E N T 2 0 1 6

22. Thank you
hello (at) openstylelab (dot) org
hello@openstylelab.org
Visit Us: www.openstylelab.org