Sugandha Gupta On Accessible Design And Embodied Justice
Aug 25, 2026 · 1 hr 20 min · 11 segments
In this week’s episode I sat down with Sugandha Gupta. Sugandha is the Assistant Professor of Fashion Design and Materiality at Parsons School of Design. She creates multi-sensory textiles and…
In this week’s episode I sat down with Sugandha Gupta. Sugandha is the Assistant Professor of Fashion Design and Materiality at Parsons School of Design. She creates multi-sensory textiles and garments that reflect her identity with Albinism. Her research intersects disability, environmental and embodied justice. We discuss our fashion origin stories, the relationship between culture and disability identity, how design is shaped by the body and much, much more. This episode was edited and produced by Ben Curwin. Join Always Looking Up on Substack: https://jilliancurwin645746.substack.com Join The Patreon: https://patreon.com/AlwaysLookingUp Follow Sugandha: Instagram: @sugandha.in.here Website: https://www.sugandhagupta.com Follow Sensory Textiles: Instagram: @sensory\_textiles Website: https://www.sugandhagupta.com/gallery Follow Me: Instagram: @jill\_ilana , @alwayslookingup.podcast TikTok: @jillian\_ilana Website: https://www.jillianilana.com Email: [alwayslookingup227@gmail.com](mailto:alwayslookingup227@gmail.com) Read With Me: Goodreads The StoryGraph Support the organizers, detainees and their families at Delaney Hall (all links from @feminist): Donate To Family Support Funds: linktr.ee/SupportOurFamilies Donate to the Commissary Fund: [givebutter.com/commissaryfund](givebutter.com/commissaryfund) Call your representative: https://5calls.org Learn More: [indivisible.org/campaigns/dismantling-detention](indivisible.org/campaigns/dismantling-detention) Support Minneapolis: Stand With Minnesota: https://www.standwithminnesota.com MN NOICE: https://mnnoice.com Community Aid Network MN: https://www.canmn.org Support Those Impacted By The Cutting Of SNAP Benefits: Feeding America: https://www.feedingamerica.org World Central Kitchen: https://wck.org No Kid Hungry: https://www.nokidhungry.org List Of NYC Food Pantries: https://www.nyc.gov/site/dycd/services/food\_pantries.page Support Immigrant Communities (all links came from @chnge): The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (@chirla\_org): https://www.chirla.org/donatenow/ Immigrant Defenders Law Center (@immdef\_lawcenter): https://www.immdef.org Inland Coalition 4 Imm Justice (@ic4ij): https://secure.actblue.com/donate/jornaleros
In this week’s episode I sat down with Sugandha Gupta. Sugandha is the Assistant Professor of Fashion Design and Materiality at Parsons School of Design. She creates multi-sensory textiles and…
