Comments on: Eames Inspired Prosthetic Leg

By: » When Life Hands You Lemons…

» When Life Hands You Lemons… — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:25:20 +0000

[...] Life Hands You Lemons… written by Tony – August 18th, 2009 You have an Eames inspired prosthetic leg created for [...]

By: Viveka

Viveka — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:30:28 +0000

From the description it sounds like these fellows conceived and executed this whole thing without ever knowing that Charles and Ray Eames started out in plywood precisely this way – making splints from molded ply for injured WWII servicemen. Only after perfecting this technique did they move on to molded plywood furniture. Parallel evolution?

You can in fact buy original 1943 Eames leg splints:
http://www.eamesgallery.com/cart/detail_prod.php?id=273

By: Freddie Hiltibrand

Freddie Hiltibrand — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:10:26 +0000

Please send me info on the gel cup fittings.
My leg is amputated short above my knee. My prosthetic never adjusts or fits comfortably. Would greatly appreciate any help.

Fred Hiltibrand

By: The ∪nion: Joanna Hawley | The Dapper Alchemist

The ∪nion: Joanna Hawley | The Dapper Alchemist — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:51:27 +0000

[...] engineers/scientists. So bravo to Joanna Hawley, I’m looking forward to your future work. Thanks to Yanko Design for pointing me to [...]

By: Joanna Hawley

Joanna Hawley — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:11:34 +0000

Hi Redwork-
That is actually my partner for the project. He has both of his legs, but we modeled the leg using Rhino and then photoshopped it onto his leg. We felt that portraying the leg in context was the best way to really convey the message.

Thanks for your interest!

By: Redwork

Redwork — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:01:15 +0000

so is he really wearing a prototype of the prosthetic or is it a model and cgi ?

By: The ∪nion: Joanna Hawley « The Dapper Alchemist

The ∪nion: Joanna Hawley « The Dapper Alchemist — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:48:18 +0000

[...] So bravo to Joanna Hawley, I’m looking forward to your future work. Thanks to Yanko Design for pointing me to [...]

By: tricky

tricky — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:44:59 +0000

Actually, the Eames designed some some orthopedic stuff in plywood. Here´s a picture of me trying one of those designed for WWII, a collectors item now:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbasulto/2461168227/

By: effielu

effielu — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:23:11 +0000

from a medical perspective, this limb is very appealing. very aesthetic and pleasing to the eye of the young amputee faced with having to select a prosthesis.