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Ashley John Pigford
Professor
Department of Art & Design
+ Affiliated Faculty in
Fashion & Apparel Studies
@ University of Delaware

design@udel.edu
I have organized this portfolio into categories rather than a chronological list to emphasize the multidisiplinarity of my creative research. Also, I am in progress of re-publishing a lot of the older work following a recent and significant loss of data. 

Assistive Devices > 

electro/mechanical things designed to assist individuals with physical disabilities 
PushnDraw® Assistive Writing and Drawing Device Ambit // Open Source Robotic Eating Assistant Pivot // Open Source Electro-Mechanical Eating Assistant Swing Arm // Retracting Outrigger for Wheelchairs Scoot // Open Source Custom Mobility Device Grippers // Wheelchair Outriggers for Holding Things

Installations >


interactive experiences involving robotic, sonic, visual, typographic and kinetic elements
Museum of the Hand Clifford Brown Listening Garden Vanishing Point P'unk Avenue Active Intersection TwoLovers Bright Type Mirror SoundPlay at the DCCA Knock Knock Sonic Joke Machine

Prints & Books >


collaborative projects involving letterpress, printmaking and publishing
Vista Sans Wood Type Project Printeresting's Ghost Modular Wood Type Phonografik Collectivo Lexicology Capture, Cut, Print

Workshops >


opportunities to engage in particpatory action research
drawBots @ Tasmeem 2013, VCU Qatar, Doha, Qatar alphaBots @ ATypI 2014, Barcelona, Spain Siggraph 2014: Naturally Digital, Vancouver, BC Modular Wood Type @ VCU, 2014, Richmond, VA Delightful Interactions @ Tasmeem 2015, VCU Qatar, Doha, Qatar Penland School of Crafts, 2015, Penland, NC

Performances >


technologically-mediated, performative experiences intended for a live audience
This Machine Kills Fascists PG-2 Typographic Sequencer