Demand Accessible Space

A close up of a black Unisex T-shirt with the “Looking Forward” design. The design features a bold high-contrast ink painting of the Mercury space helmet in black and white, reflecting the disability pride flag in the visor. The disability pride flag features five zigzag lines that are left to right blue, yellow, white, red, and green, on a black background with small gaps between each color.
A navy blue Unisex t-shirt with the “Space Walkies” design. The design features an illustration of a German Shepard in a spacesuit and bubble helmet, facing to the right. The space suit is cream and tan colored with a red vest and accents. She wears a backpack connected to her light blue bubble helmet by a white hose, and her fluffy tail is raised out of the back of the suit. The dog floats in front of a field of small dot stars and three large five pointed stars in faded white.
The back of black t-shirt featuring the “Rise Up" design. The design features a space capsule modeled after the Mercury capsule, depicted in high contrast black and white with gold details, enclosed in a white circle. Wrapping the side of the capsule are the words, “Demand Accessible Space” above a small window. Next to the text and window is a gold banner with a black fist, a gold infinity symbol on the arm of the fist. The banner is a “Black Disabled Lives Matter” graphic created by the same artist. The capsule floats in front of a field of stars, and is outlined by a constellation in the shape of a megaphone.
A Unisex t-shirt in Royal Blue with the “Make Space” design. The design features the title phrase in white and gold on a royal blue background. “Make” is drawn in bold white capital letters with a thin gold outline. “Space” is drawn in thin white capital letters with a heavy gold outline. “For” is written in a smaller gold print under the “SP” of space, and “Everybody” in all capital white letters beneath it the full width of the design. The text is surrounded by white dots and four sided stars. From the left and bottom of the text are dashed lines alternating white and gold, giving the appearance of movement to the design as though it were shooting through space.
A black Unisex T-Shirt featuring the "Untethered" design. The design consists of a realistic drawing of an astronaut in full spacesuit wearing a manned maneuvering unit, against a solid black background. The drawing is based on a reference of an iconic photo of the first untethered space walk. The space suit is white with details and shadows in various shades of grey to black. The domed visor is black and reflects the light from the shuttle. Their are small red details including stripes on the thighs of the suit, a NASA patch on the left chest, and stripes of an American flag on the left arm. The drawing is made up of many thin continuous and winding lines in white, black, and 4 shades of grey. Each line individually would appear as scribbling, but when layered together they create the detailed astronaut image. At a distance it is not evident that the image is constructed in this way, but reads at first glance as a photograph or detailed traditional illustration.

The Demand Accessible Space collection celebrates our partnership with Mission: AstroAccess, an organization dedicated to advancing disability inclusion in space exploration. We’ve collaborated with five artists and activists to create apparel that amplifies their messages around inclusion and accessibility, supporting AstroAccess vision that if we can make space accessible, we can make any space accessible! 

A team of prospective astronauts who are blind, deaf, have limb loss, paralysis, or mobility disabilities will join AstroAccess’ first zero-gravity flight this October, 2021. 10% of all proceeds from this collection will directly support these Ambassadors as they work to advance accessibility for our community in space and on Earth!

To learn more about the AstroAccess mission visit their website here.

Looking Forward

Women's Fit T-Shirt
$29

Unisex T-Shirt
$29

Patch
$6.50

Enamel Pin
$7.50

Sticker
$4

Space Walkies

Women's Fit T-Shirt
$29

Unisex T-Shirt
$29

Cropped Hoodie
$45

Unisex Crossover Hoodie
$45

Sticker
$4

Enamel Pin
$7.50

Rise up

Unisex T-Shirt
$29

Women's Fit T-Shirt
$29

Zip Hoodie
$45

Patch
$6.50

Make Space

Unisex T-Shirt
$29

Women's Fit T-Shirt
$29

Patch
$8

Enamel Pin
$7.50

Sticker
$4

Untethered

Women's Fit T-Shirt
$29

Unisex T-Shirt
$29

Archival Print
$95

Limited Products

Truth Bomber
$89

Patch
$5

The Demand Accessible Space collection celebrates our partnership with Mission: AstroAccess, an organization dedicated to advancing disability inclusion in space exploration. We’ve collaborated with five artists and activists to create apparel that amplifies their messages around inclusion and accessibility, supporting AstroAccess vision that if we can make space accessible, we can make any space accessible! 

A team of prospective astronauts who are blind, deaf, have limb loss, paralysis, or mobility disabilities will join AstroAccess’ first zero-gravity flight this October, 2021. 10% of all proceeds from this collection will directly support these Ambassadors as they work to advance accessibility for our community in space and on Earth!

To learn more about the AstroAccess mission visit their website here.

Featured Artists in this Collection

AJ Redmond beams a brilliant smile, looking warmly directly at the viewer. The photo is zoomed in on AJ's face with the background blurred. AJ is a black man in his early 30’s with a tight afro and short black beard and mustache.

AJ Redmond

AJ Redmond is a prolific artist whose sought after work pays homage to some of the most popular pastimes and landmarks of Santa Cruz, CA, his hometown of almost 20 years. AJ’s  ink drawings and paintings demonstrate his meticulous and unique eye for detail, “I try to capture details and textures to express the beauty in real life.”

AJ credits a mural in his preschool classroom as the spark that ignited his pursuit of art. He continued to develop his skills through school art classes, and refined his practice at The Claraty Arts Project, a studio collective for artists with developmental disabilities where he has been a member since 2011.

AJ’s unique approach to his work typically forgoes any sketch or framework, starting with a single point and working outward in finished detail. The resulting drawings and paintings are AJ’s own brand of realism, representing everyday objects and scenes with beautiful patterns and textures. AJ’s work has been featured in numerous galleries and exhibitions throughout the Bay Area, in Southern California, and Dallas TX.

Oaklee Thiele is a woman in her 20s of Colombian heritage, with light skin and chin length brown hair. She is sitting in her manual wheelchair smiling down at her German Shepard service dog that stands at her side, wearing a red checked bandana and service vest with his tongue out looking at the camera. Oaklee wears a an olive green t-shirt, black pants, and black tennis shoes. Oaklee sits in front of a large clock face that faces outward toward a street, so you can see the mechanisms on the back of the clock face.

Oaklee Thiele

Oaklee Thiele (she/her) is a New York based disability rights activist, public speaker, and artist whose work chronicles life from the disabled perspective and the intimate bond she has formed with her medical alert service dog, Coco. 

Oaklee is co-creator and head artist for The My Dearest Friends Project – an international, disability-led art collaboration archiving disabled stories.  She is also the creator of To Be Young (And Disabled) which aims to create career opportunities for young, disabled creatives by providing a space for artist talks and publications in a globally distributed zine series. 

She is currently earning a BFA from The Cooper Union Advancement of Science and Art in New York.

Jen White-Johnson is an Afro-Latina woman wearing a light denim blue button down shirt with the top 4-5 buttons unbuttoned. She's wearing a light tan felt hat and wooden carved ear-rings with the raised fist design above a wooden triangle covered in white, orange, and green strips and dots. She has light brown skin, dark hair pulled back under the hat, a birthmark on her left cheek, dark brown eyes, and smiles slightly at the camera.

Jen White-Johnson

Jen White-Johnson is a Afro-Latina, disabled artist, designer, educator, and activist, whose visual work explores the intersection of content and caregiving with an emphasis on redesigning ableist visual culture.

As an artist-educator with Graves disease and ADHD, her heart-centered and electric approach to disability advocacy bolsters these movements with invaluable currencies: powerful, dynamic art and media that all at once educates, bridges divergent worlds, and builds a future that mirrors her Autistic son’s experience.

Jen has presented, consulted and collaborated with a number of brand initiatives, art spaces, and universities across print and digital, in addition to facilitating events centering disability art and design advocacy. 

Jen currently teaches as an Adjunct Professor of Photography at Bowie State University, in Bowie, MD.  Jen holds an MFA in Graphic Design from the Maryland Institute College of Art and a BA in Visual Arts from University of Maryland Baltimore County.

Chelsie Tamms looks confident, casual, and just plain cool smiling at the camera. She has light skin, dark brown eyes, and long straight brown hair. She is visible from just below the waist sitting sideways in a grey slub fabric chair, her right elbow leaning on the back of the chair, her left arm resting in her lap. She has a black short sleeve blouse, black pants, a black fitness tracker, pearl earrings, bright red lipstick and manicured nails painted peach. In the background is a white wall, a sheer white curtain, and a dark wood table chock full of succulents.

Chelsie Tamms

Chelsie Tamms is an award-winning lettering artist and designer based out of Chicago. Chelsie is founder of Lettering Works – a woman-owned modern brand design studio that is dedicated to crafting the highest quality of branding and custom artwork delivered with creativity and strategic intention. 

With over 10 years of practice of lettering and design, Chelsie is passionate about craft and intention. When she’s not designing, she can be found eating ice cream, traveling internationally, or starting a new passion project.

A close up photo of Felicia from the shoulders up. Felicia is a white woman in her early 30's with bright blue eyes, short sandy blonde hair, and a wide friendly smile. She is wearing a bright pink t-shirt. Behind her head the black leather headrest and control array of her power wheelchair is visible. In the distance green grass, two large trees, and blue sky are out of focus.

Felicia Bowers

Felicia Bowers is a painter and digital artist from Southeastern Michigan. Felicia has always been drawn to art as a means of expression, starting as soon as she could stand with the assistance of a rolling walker. In school she was supported to paint using her right foot, and has since honed her practice creating beautiful abstract works in watercolor and acrylic. 

In 2017 Felicia worked with People Love Art founder Adam LaVoy to develop an art making process using the built-in eye tracker on her communication device. Leveraging years of practice carefully controlling her eye movements she began to create intricate drawings layering a series of continuous lines that show the movement of her eyes on the screen. Some of Felicia’s early works from this collaboration have sold for over $14,000, and resulted in Felicia being invited to present at TEDx Detroit. As eye strain begins to affect the precision and detail that are the hallmark of her early works, People Love Art is continuing to support her evolving and increasingly fluid style.