Feb 19, 2015 9:00 PM

Gallery: Inspiring Objects Designed for Everyone, From Arduino to a Soy Sauce Bottle

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The MoMA's recently opened exhibition *This Is For Everyone* showcases some of the museum's most democratic designs. The Kikkoman soy sauce bottle, designed by Kenji Ekuan, is one example.
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Kinematic's 4-D printed dress is a glimpse at how technology will impact how we construct the built world in the future.

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The @ symbol, a true case of universal design.
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Golan Levin's Universal Construction Kit provides 3-D printed adapters to connect proprietary toy kits like Lego, Duplo and Lincoln Logs.

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The EyeWriter, democratizing the act of design by letting people with ALS draw with their eyes.
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The Arudino board opens the world of "thinkering" to a much wider audience.

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The Creative Commons symbol represents openness.
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Marjan van Aubel and Jamie Shaw's *Well Proven Stool* uses timber waste shavings to create a bio-resin.

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Technology Will Save Us' DIY Gamer Kit teaches people to code their own video games.
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MIT's Makey Makey turns the world into touchpads.

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All of these DIY technology kits like Yuri Suzuki's Ototo are a great example of enabling the average person to engage in the act of designing.

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