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'''Open Style Lab''' (OSL) is a [[nonprofit organization]] that was launched in 2014, initially as a public service project at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]. The nonprofit's executive director and board president is Grace Jun.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Macias|first=Melba|date=2021-02-03|title=Open Style Lab Puts Great Design Within Reach|url=https://enablingdevices.com/blog/open-style-lab-puts-great-design-within-reach/|access-date=2021-11-25|website=Enabling Devices|language=en-US}}</ref> The organization designs and produces [[adaptive clothing]] and products, with and for people with disabilities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/nonprofit-merges-hi-tech-high-fashion-make-clothes-people-disabilities-n800731|title=Nonprofit merges hi-tech and high fashion to make clothes for people with disabilities|website=NBC News|date=14 September 2017 |language=en|access-date=2019-05-19}}</ref> The group invites designers, engineers, and occupational therapists from across the globe to work together to solve a real-life problem with an adaptive clothing solution. The program was replicated at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] International Design Center <ref>{{Cite web|last=Miller|first=Meg|date=2016-08-15|title=The MIT Lab That's Quietly Pioneering Fashion For Everyone|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3062726/the-mit-lab-thats-quietly-pioneering-fashion-for-everyone|access-date=2021-11-25|website=Fast Company|language=en-US}}</ref> and at [[Parsons School of Design]] at [[The New School]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2016/08/120576/mit-open-style-lab-summer-program-2016|title=Why Some Of The Country's Best & Brightest Spent The Summer Designing Clothes|last=Ilyashov|first=Alexandra|website=www.refinery29.com|language=en|access-date=2019-05-19}}</ref>

Every Summer, the group puts together cross-functional teams including designers, engineers, and occupational therapists, that are paired with a 'client' who has a disability. The teams then have 10 weeks of research, design, and development to put together a solution for their client.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/open-style-lab-fashion-showcase-parsons-designing-for-the-disabled|title=Fashion for the Disabled, Open Style Lab's Showcase at Parsons|website=Vogue|date=14 August 2017 |language=en|access-date=2019-05-19}}</ref> The group has worked with those people with spinal cord injuries and cognitive disability for their designs,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/fashion/parsons-design-disability.html|title=Designing for All Abilities|last=Safronova|first=Valeriya|date=2017-05-09|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-05-19|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> such as adaptive sewing toolkits. The organization was named the Emerging Designer of the Year at the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt [[National Design Awards]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ito|first=Rika|date=2019-11-18|title=Open Style Lab from NY｜ Co-Creation Design|url=https://www.adfwebmagazine.jp/en/design/open-style-lab-from-ny/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-25|website=ADF Web Magazine|language=en}}</ref>

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