Photography courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art
Featured in “Designs for Different Futures” Exhibit
The Make the Breast Pump Not Suck Collective is thrilled to be featured in the Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibit, “Designs for Different Futures”, happening through March 8th, 2020. The exhibit focuses on “exploring visionary and sometimes controversial designs that promise to transform how we live, eat, heal, travel, and even love, in any number of possible futures.”
Work by the Make the Breast Pump Not Suck Collective (Binta Beard, Catherine D’Ignazio, Alexis Hope, Kate Krontiris, Rebecca Michelson and Jennifer Roberts). Design by Courtney Lord. Video documentary by Elizabeth Bayne.
Our Research Reviewed in the Journal of Clinical Lactation
Read the review of our research, Speaking Our Truths—27 Stories of What It’s Really Like to Breastfeed and Pump in the United States, in the Journal of Clinical Lactation (2019). The reviewers write, “For those of us passionate about the rights of families to reach their highest potential, this publication can be used as a tool for advocacy work. It is an easy read and has clear room for next steps. With a better understanding of what can be improved, we can work toward meeting the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations of exclusive breast- feeding for the first 6 months (AAP, 2005; WHO, 2001).”
Alexis Hope Keynotes re:publica 2019
How do we build joyful futures? Who gets to imagine and invent them? And what can hacking a Breast Pump teach us about designing for equity? Art Director Alexis Hope shared the team’s efforts to of how institutions undertake innovation work by reimagining the hackathon—a staple in technology spaces—as a path to equitable design. Watch the talk to learn more about our work in making space for joy and play helps people and institutions come together with a generative spirit to build relationships across lines of difference.