New Book Bespoke Bodies: The Design & Craft of Prosthetics Explores the Impact of Accessible Design
May 12, 2021
By Nicholas Tamarin Bespoke Bodies: The Design & Craft of Prosthetics by Sam Aquillano and Amanda Hawkins features personal accounts by amputee professional athletes, veterans, and kids. Photography courtesy of Design Museum Everywhere.
Approximately 2.1 million people in the U.S. live with limb loss. A new book from Design Museum Press, Bespoke Bodies: The Design & Craft of Prosthetics, tackles the subject. Its 200 pages explore the far-reaching impact of accessible design and the advancements in medicine, robotics, and 3D printing that have transformed the intersection between the human body and technology, from sculpting ocular prostheses to mind-controlled bionic limbs, and includes a foreword by Paralympian track medalist John Register. “We started connecting with different people in the community children, veterans, athletes and it was clear that there w