How to design workplaces & cities for women
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Virginia Santy |
TEDxMileHigh
• November 2022
From DaVinci's Vitruvian Man to the Modular Man of the mid-20th century, we've used measurements of men's bodies to create everything around us. Chairs. Doorways. Buildings. Cars. The basic structures of our physical environments work against women, in subtle and not-so-subtle ways, from too-cold offices to too-heavy doors. Design consultant Virginia Santy shares how designing an office for women sparked an even greater conversation: what if we built whole cities and economies for women?