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Prosthetic Leg Cover, The Mercury

This is a Prosthetic leg cover. It was designed by Alleles Design Studio. It is dated ca. 2011. Its medium is digitally fabricated abs plastic, polyurethane straps, metal hooks.

ALLELES Design Studio’s mission is to do for prosthetics what fashion did for eyeglasses. These prosthetic leg covers adorn and add a human silhouette to artificial limbs. Intended as a fashion accessory, the goal is to give amputees choice to select from a large variety of colors and patterns and the ability to shop in the same way they choose clothes.

This object was donated by Alleles Design Studio. It is credited Gift of ALLELES Design Studio Ltd..

Our curators have highlighted 9 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

  • Prosthetic Leg Cover, Baller
  • digitally fabricated abs plastic, polyurethane straps, metal hooks.
  • Gift of ALLELES Design Studio Ltd..
  • s-e-2592

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 49 × 13 × 11 cm (19 5/16 × 5 1/8 × 4 5/16 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Access+Ability.

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