Gallery: Dyslexic Designers Just Think Different—Maybe Even Better

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    Dyslexic Design, is an exhibit of, in case you haven’t guessed, work from dyslexic designers. It opens in London September 22. Graphic designer Kristjana S Williams's piece Vestur Uglu London is one piece on display.
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    London-based industrial designer Jim Rokos curated it in the hopes of getting other people to see what he already can: that people with dyslexia aren’t suffering from a so-called learning disability. Rather, they’re highly creative problem solvers who think in ways that make for killer designs. Another such example: Tom Raffield's chandelier that looks a bit like an atom.
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    Consider Vitamin studio’s Knot Lamp. The pendant hangs from a knotted cord, rather than metal brackets or screws.
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    Or, take Sebastian Bergne’s tilted, oblong wine decanter. It looks like it might fall over. “Other designers wouldn’t dare to do this because they wouldn’t imagine it would work,” Rokos says.
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    Tina Crawford's "Thread on Fabric" art.
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    Another Kristjana S Williams piece.
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