December 2011: Blind Spot Campaign: Advocate for Access

Photo: Jessica Kanzenbach

A product of the Fall 2011 course Art 4223, Community-Based Design, this group of students worked collaboratively with Colorado Center for the Blind participants to advance awareness of accessibility in public places through an advocacy campaign created to empower people who are blind.

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http://designigniteschange.org/projects/513-blind-spot-advocate-for-access

http://www.ourcoloradonews.com/littleton/news/metro-state-center-for-blind-collaborate-for-awareness/article_2b2a65c5-5481-5f9c-966b-aae74556aaa5.html

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Lisa M. Abendroth is a Professor in the Communication Design program at the Metropolitan State University of Denver. Seeking a balance between design research and classroom pedagogy, Lisa works across disciplines in order to embrace a public interest design practice focused on issues of social equity towards marginalized audiences and communities. Lisa promotes projects for culture and collaboration through her design firm culture language dialogue.

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December 2011: Blind Spot Campaign: Advocate for Access

http://www.ourcoloradonews.com/littleton/news/metro-state-center-for-blind-collaborate-for-awareness/article_2b2a65c5-5481-5f9c-966b-aae74556aaa5.html

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