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2020

  • Work on this object began.

2021

2025

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Reusable Respirator, OESH

This is a Reusable Respirator. It was designed by OESH and Dr. Casey Kerrigan. It is dated 2020. Its medium is 3d-printed elastomer. It is a part of the Exhibitions department.

Dr. Casey Kerrigan is founder of OESH, a shoe company in Charlottesville, Virginia. In 2020, Kerrigan manufactured hundreds of reusable respirators for local health care workers. They are made from the same springy, 3D-printed material employed in OESH’s health-focused shoes. The soft, flexible design works especially well for women, whose faces are often too small for standard respirators.

This object was donated by OESH. It is credited Courtesy of Casey Kerrigan.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 12.7 × 11.4 × 8.9 cm (5 in. × 4 1/2 in. × 3 1/2 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics.

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