Fri, Sep 12
|Taubman Design Center
Design Jam
Designsprint style workshop focused on product design & development for the limb loss community and beyond.
Time & Location
Sep 12, 2025, 4:00 PM – Sep 13, 2025, 5:00 PM
Taubman Design Center, 460 W Baltimore St, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
About the event
Design Jam: Adaptive Products for Outdoor Recreation is a fast paced and fun interactive training and product innovation event for manufacturers, makers, limb loss community members, innovators, entrepreneurs, designers, students, problem solvers, design faculty, business coaches, recreational athletes and outdoor enthusiasts.
This hands-on design and prototyping challenge brings together stakeholders from all sectors to brainstorm and prototype new adaptive apparel, accessories, and equipment that improves access to outdoor recreation for people in the limb loss community.
Up to eight multidisciplinary teams of 8-10 participants will be selected to participate in this two-part, hands-on design and prototyping challenge. Prospective participants must apply online in advance. Teams will be curated to ensure representation from students, faculty, and professional designers, manufacturers, makers and entrepreneurs, business coaches, and end users from the limb loss community.
Participants gain empathy and listening skills, learn how to apply the principles of inclusive, human centered design to their future…