parity.
par·i·ty / perədē / noun
Gender Bias in Design
Industrial design, its culture and its objects, plays a significant role in social constructions of race, class, gender and age. This project specifically explores the active and passive roles design objects play in circumscribing a female world. A seemingly passive design object can actually reveal the economic, social, and political climate to which it is born.
Since the 1500s the sewn-in pocket has historically been the exclusive privilege of men and men’s wear. The pocket symbolized access to money, autonomy and the right to privacy - things historically denied to women and continue to be. Current fashion industry “standards” in patterning women’s wear with non-functional pockets is a hangover from yesteryear and Parity Pockets are here to fix it!
3 fold strategy
1
Immediate fix
Provides solution to non-functional pockets.
2
workshop & empathy exercise
Creating awareness through interactive workshop.
3
online resource
Curated research and design projects.
Workshop materials
Resource Database
Go straight to the source.
