Design
Barbie Diversity Continues in 2020
It is so exciting to see the newest array of diverse dolls coming out in 2020 thanks to Barbie’s Fashionistas doll line. We have a close connection to the designers thanks to the opportunity to collaborate with the team as they launched the very first prosthetic leg doll back in 2019. This year, the newest…
Read More +Meet Make Just Right
If you have followed Born Just Right for a long time, you know this website and organization has evolved over the years. These last four years found us going from a community and website to a community and nonprofit. The blog posts have dropped off dramatically, but our impact in the world has grown. Jordan…
Read More +Project Unicorn in the MSI Chicago Wired to Wear Exhibit
People keep saying we are on fire this year. It’s kind of wild to think all our organization and Jordan has accomplished but what we are doing this year is based on work we’ve had underway for YEARS. Our next big event is this WEEK. Jordan’s Project Unicorn prototype and another participant in our BOOST…
Read More +Mission Accomplished: BOOST by BJR in Bogotá
We are so proud of what Born Just Right’s Senior Program Director Kate Ganim could accomplish with Bogotá’s Fabrilab across two design-packed Saturdays. Four kids had a chance to develop prototypes based on their own limb differences and learn how to make those ideas a reality. Kate wrote up her experience from this past weekend:…
Read More +New BOOST Inventions in Bogotá
Our first international BOOST by Born Just Right workshop started out strong with the help of four creative kids. They gathered with their parents at the Fabrilab, a 3D printing and design center in Bogotá, Colombia. Our Senior Program Director Kate Ganim is in the city and was able to launch one of our workshops…
Read More +Microsoft’s #GamingForEveryone Commercial
Have you ever seen Microsoft’s adaptive Xbox controllers? I have tracked its release ever since I learned the disability community worked WITH Microsoft designers to develop the controller. That is what we hope happens every time someone creates a product. Let’s always include the disability community in the building process. We especially need to stop…
Read More +Anaiss and her Wheelchair BOOST Invention
Each and every participant who joined in our most recent BOOST workshop came to the event with different views and ideas of what interests them. Anaiss came in with an open mind and left five days later with an actual boost to help her reach for items there were just a little difficult to grab.…
Read More +Sydney’s BMX Bike Arm
We are so thrilled to see some of our Superhero Boost (now named BOOST by Born Just Right) participants’ work toward a new prototype since this summer’s workshop. As they report out details of their work with us, we’re going to share them with you! First up: Sydney! We are so excited to see her working…
Read More +The Story of Superhero Boost (now BOOST by Born Just Right)
The story of Superhero Boost (now called BOOST by Born Just Right) starts way back in January 2016. Jordan and I were invited to attend an event in San Francisco called “Superhero Cyborgs” and it’s where the Project Unicorn idea happened. We were so lucky to get to know Kate Ganim of KIDmob and work…
Read More +Sharing a Design Story with #AIGAdesign
This morning, Jordan has a chance to tell her story of creating Project Unicorn and learning how design can enhance her life and the lives of many other kids. She and I are attending the national AIGA Design Conference in Minneapolis. She is giving a presentation during a symposium called The Impact of Inclusion. Jordan…
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