Engineering at Home
photo by Michael J. Maloney
Engineering at Home is an online design archive of adaptations built by, with, and for Cindy, who became a quadruple amputee late in life. It’s also a manifesto about what counts as engineering, and who counts as an engineer. Read more on the project website. Co-created with Sara Hendren. Engineering at Home was awarded Honorable Mention for the 2016 New Directions Award given by the General Anthropology Division of the American Anthropological Association.
Exhibit Information
Selections from Engineering at Home, including the entire website, have been accessioned for the permanent collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Selections will be shown at: “Design & Disability” Exhibition (June 2025 to February 2026) and at “Caring for Ourselves” at V&A East (opening 2025).
Engineering at Home was included in the exhibit: “The Future Starts Here,” Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK (May 12-Nov 4, 2018). For information, see the exhibit website and a story in Wired magazine.
Engineering at Home was included in the exhibit “How Will We Work,” Vienna Biennale, Austria (2017)
Engineering at Home was included in Metropolis Magazine, "Best of 2018: The 6 Objects and Exhibitions That Represented This Year."