Eliza Squibb

Eliza Squibb (she/her) uses textile design to bridge the worlds of art and science. Collaborating with healthcare providers, artists and artisans, Eliza creates textile patterns that communicate health information for populations with low literacy or language barriers that prevent equitable healthcare access. Eliza’s textile patterns have been grant-funded since 2015, including two Grand Challenge Exploration grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and her designs have been used in health campaigns in West Africa to promote maternal and infant health. 

Eliza teaches in the Hyundai Motor Group Regeneration Studio (RISD x HMG) as well as two courses on design thinking at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s D-Lab that connect innovative global startups and nonprofits with student teams to solve global challenges in health, agriculture, sanitation, climate change and social entrepreneurship. Additionally, Eliza has taught at Project Open Door, RISD’s college access program for adolescent artists, and in the Textiles department. She holds a BFA in textile design from RISD. Eliza facilitates workshops in design thinking at health conferences and for DESIGNxRI’s Design Challenge program. Eliza is a 2019 Atlantic Fellow for US + Global Health Equity, a program at George Washington University with the support of the Atlantic Institute. Originally from Maine, Eliza lives in Providence, where she loves to explore and canoe. 

photo by Jo Sittenfeld