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MIAD Industrial Design senior designs orthopedic shoes for people with diabetes

MIAD Industrial Design senior designs orthopedic shoes for people with diabetes

MILWAUKEE (April 25, 2019) … Fueled by his lifelong passion for footwear design and inspired by two classmates with diabetes, Samuel Joseph ’19 (Industrial Design) has designed a new orthopedic shoe for diabetics. “As I researched diabetic and hybrid dress shoes, and talked with people with diabetes, they were saying they …

How a medical condition is inspiring a MIAD Fine Arts senior thesis project

How a medical condition is inspiring a MIAD Fine Arts senior thesis project

MILWAUKEE (April 22, 2019) … For MIAD senior Malia Spellman, the process of making art is not just about creativity. It’s also about learning to accept how forces beyond her control affect her physical ability to create work. “I have a muscular disease and have struggled making things with my hands …