Through my company's work in digital product design, I've observed “It’s an edge case,” has been an excuse for some product creators to discount designing for the 1 in 4 adults in the U.S. who have a ...
When you design for people with disabilities, you're forced to think differently about every interaction, every flow, every piece of information. There’s a question that comes up often in ...
It was nearly 30 years ago that the Americans With Disabilities Act established its accessibility guidelines to protect the rights of people with disabilities. Accessible design has grown up a lot ...
Accessibility used to mean compliance. An installed grab bar, an added ramp, a resized font. But meeting physical standards is only half the challenge. The other half, the part that truly changes ...
Of all the steps a city can take to make itself more pedestrian-friendly, developing a integral system of signage is both a quick and easy improvement that makes a world of difference--as shown by ...
Publicly occupied spaces can be overwhelming. Airports, schools, stadiums, and workplaces all feature environments with visual chaos that can be disorienting and stressful for individuals, especially ...
The blog post was authored by Altan Cekin, AIA, Market Vice President of Aviation, and David P. Park, SEGD, Senior Environmental Graphic Designer, Gresham Smith. As travel continues to rebound ...
A month into designing my tabletop role-playing game supplement, I realized I would have to design it twice: once for maximalism and once for accessibility. Although it would have the same core ...
Ohio didn’t have time to put ink to sheet metal — let alone allow it to dry — on new handicap-accessible signs before state lawmakers scrambled to reverse their decision to depict a revamped "dynamic" ...
In recent years, it hasn’t been uncommon to find an array of accessible features and design practices inside the newest game releases. In 2022 alone, the industry celebrated God of War Ragnarök’s ...
Libraries are complicated. They have a maze of departments, a specific method for retrieving books, and many rooms with different purposes: public and staff areas, service desks, and storage areas for ...