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Tuesday, January
26th
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A Personal and
Historical Perspective on Creative Thinking and Design with a Focus on
Seniors
Barbara
Beskind
IDEO |
Abstract: An appreciation for a
longitudinal point of view enriches one's understanding of past, current, and
future design and technological needs. Designing for the senior and/or visually
impaired population can be complex, challenging, and ever so gratifying when
you can improve their personal safety, independence in life skills and joy of
life.
Biosketch: Barbara
Knickerbocker Beskind is a designer and internationally recognized pioneer
in the field of occupational therapy. Barbara graduated from the Home Economics
School of Syracuse University with a BS in Applied Arts and Design in 1945. She
trained as an occupational therapist through the US Army’s War Emergency
Course during World War II and served for 20 years, retiring as a major in
1966. She went on to found the Princeton Center for Learning Disorders, one of
the first independent private occupational therapy practices in in the US. She
is the author of a clinical textbook on occupational therapy and holds a patent
for inflatable equipment that helps children improve their balance. In 1973,
the American Occupational Therapy Association honored Barbara as a Charter
Fellow in recognition of her innovative therapeutic techniques.
In January 2013, Barbara saw IDEO
founder David Kelley speak on 60 Minutes about the importance of cultivating a
diversity of experience among team members developing new products and
services. Barbara wrote to the company, offering to help IDEO design for an
aging population. She soon began working in IDEO’s Bay Area offices and
has been directly involved with client projects related to contact lenses,
health care delivery, and retirement home services.
- Contact
Information:
- Lecture Material:
- Pre-lecture slides - 1.04 Mb pdf file
- Slides - 1.18 Mb pdf file
- Photos - 1.01 Mb pdf file
- Video - 1:16:44
- Adam
Savage's 10 Commandments of Making - 10:03
- Links:
- The
Surprising Secret to Aging Well
- At
90, She's Designing Tech For Aging Boomers
- Barbara Beskind at
IDEO
- 'Age
is not a barrier': Tech designer, 91, lands her dream job in Silicon
Valley
- 91-Year-Old
Lives Out Dream as Tech Designer at Silicon Valley Firm (with video
4:28)
- Meet the 91-Year-Old Who Is
Finally Living Her Dream as a Tech Designer in Silicon Valley
- In
‘Ageist’ Silicon Valley, 90-Year-Old Designer Happy at
IDEO
- Woman
lands dream job in Silicon Valley after eight decades (with video
0:33)
- Silicon Valley's 91-year-old
designer
- Getting my dream job at 89
(with audio 9:18)
- Interview
with Barbara Beskind, Inventor
- IDEO’s
Barbara Beskind on wealth, time, fantasy & design
- Woman,
91, Lands Her Dream Job in Silicon Valley
- Woman,
91, works as tech designer in Silicon Valley
- Technology
Innovations That Could Help the Elderly
- 91-Year-Old Woman Lands Job
As Tech Designer in Silicon Valley
- Once
a Designer Always a Designer - Even at 91-Years Old
- Aging
with Attitude: Designer Barbara Beskind
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