Dani Clode: When the Body Changes the Brief
Dani Clode: When the Body Changes the Brief
What if a prosthetic wasn’t designed to replace anything? When Dani Clode built the Synchronised arm for disability activist Kelly Knox, she put the pulse sensor where she could find her own pulse, and at the first fitting nothing moved. From that series of alternative limbs to the Third Thumb, a robotic additional digit at the centre of University of Cambridge neuroscience research into augmentation, Dani’s work questions the human body as a fixed design template, and explores what happens when the bodies we design for begin to change the brief.
Speakers
Dani Clode
A New Zealand augmentation designer and researcher at the Plasticity Lab, University of Cambridge, UK. Her multidisciplinary work explores prosthetics and human augmentation through design, robotics and neuroscience. She is an author on multiple scientific papers, and her award-winning designs are exhibited internationally, including five permanent museum installations.
A New Zealand augmentation designer and researcher at the Plasticity Lab, University of Cambridge, UK. Her multidisciplinary work explores prosthetics and human augmentation through design, robotics and neuroscience. She is an author on multiple scientific papers, and her award-winning designs are exhibited internationally, including five permanent museum installations.
Monday 8 March 2027
11:00am – 11:30am
Shed 10, Queen’s Wharf, 89 Quay Street, Auckland
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