Name Patricia Moore | ||
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Occupation Industrial Design and Gerontologist Known for Pioneer of Universal Design Education | ||
Patricia moore 2012 rit innovation hall of fame
Patricia Moore (born 1952) is an American industrial designer, gerontologist, and author. She has been recognized by ID Magazine as one of the "40 Most Socially Conscious Designers" in the world. In 2000 she was selected by a consortium of news editors and organizations as one of the "100 Most Important Women in America." ABC World News featured her as one of "50 Americans Defining the New Millennium."
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- Patricia moore 2012 rit innovation hall of fame
- Patricia moore lecture
- Education
- Career
- Professional associations
- Works
- Legacy and Honors
- References
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Education
She earned her bachelor's degree from Rochester Institute of Technology. She completed advanced studies in biomechanics at the New York University School of Medicine and the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine. She earned graduate degrees in psychology and social gerontology from Columbia University.
Career
Moore began working with Raymond Loewy International in New York City in 1974. Loewy is widely recognized as the Father of Industrial Design.
In 1979, at the age of 26, Moore began an exceptional and daring sociologic experiment to study the lifestyle of elders in North America. She traveled throughout the United States and Canada, prosthetically disguised as elder women, more than 80 years of age. The guises Moore utilized represented a range of health and wealth, allowing her to experience how elders manage their daily lives. The research was completed in 1982, after visiting 116 cities in 14 state and two Canadian provinces.
Moore & Associates opened in New York City in 1980. Now MooreDesign Associates, in Phoenix, Arizona, specializes in developing new products and services for the lifespan needs of consumers of all ages and abilities. Moore's broad range of experience includes Communication Design, Research, Product Development and Design, Environmental Design, Package Design, Transportation Design, Market Analysis, and Product Positioning.
Clients include: AT&T, Bell Communication, Boeing, Citibank, Corning Glass, General Electric, GTE, Herman Miller Healthcare, Honolulu Light Rail, Johnson & Johnson, Kimberly Clark, Kaiser Permanente, Kraft General Foods, Marriott, Maytag, NASA, Norelco, OXO, Pfizer, Playtex, Seoul Design City Project, Sky Train, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, Sunbeam, 3M, Valley Metro Rail, and Whirlpool.
Moore was the 1996 & 1997 Carnegie Mellon University Visiting Design Chair, is an Adjunct Professor of Industrial Design at Arizona State University, and has lectured at universities throughout North America, Australia, China, Europe, Korea, Japan, New Zealand; Russia.
Professional associations
She is the co-author of the American National Standards Committee on Anthropometry. She has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Physical Therapy Association, the Harrington Arthritis Research Center, the Herberger Center for Design Excellence at Arizona State University, the Advisory Board of CARF (Certifying Association of Rehabilitation Facilities), and The American Occupational Therapy Association Foundation.
Moore is a Fellow of the Industrial Designers Society of America.
Works
Legacy and Honors
All from the 2010 Speakers Biographies of the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation. Moore has received the following recognition: