Brian Glenney | |
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| Born | December 14, 1974 Pullman, Washington, United States |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | University of Southern California |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Main interests | Philosophy of Mind,Molyneux's Problem,Graffiti,Skateboarding |
| Notable ideas | Accessible Icon Project |
Brian Glenney (born December 14,1974) is an American Philosopher and Graffiti Artist most known for co-founding a street art project turned movement known as the Accessible Icon Project. The movement re-designed the International Symbol of Access to display an active,engaged image with focus on the person with disability. [1] “It was intended as a kind of radical statement,”says Elizabeth Guffey,author of Designing Disability:Symbols,Space,and Society and professor of art history at SUNY Purchase. “The very oddity of it is people started taking it seriously as a new symbol,and it’s such a weird life that it’s lived,that it’s become a kind of legal symbol.” [2]
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- Education and career
- Philosophical work
- Philosophy of Mind
- Urban arts
- Other work
- Books
- See also
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The Accessible Icon is in use internationally. It is the default accessibility emoji [3] and its use is a legal requirement in New York and Connecticut. [4] and is used in numerous others,such as on placards in Washington state. [5] However,the icon is also banned federally by the Federal Highway Administration for use on road signs in the United States and the International Organization for Standardization,which established the regular use of the original symbol under ISO 7001,has also rejected the design. [6] The infamy of the Accessible Icon,with its illegal beginnings,and both legalized and banned status,makes it of considerable artistic value,as evidenced by its display and housing in many museum permanent collections,including Museum of Modern Art and Cooper-Hewitt,Smithsonian Design Museum. “We really like the situation we’re in,”Glenney says. “It gives visibility to the context of people with disabilities. It keeps them ‘in the market’of ideas,so to speak. Our symbol is most successful when it's not fully legal—when there's lots of wrinkles and questions.” [7]
