Creating websites, apps and other digital services that are fully accessible and that everyone can use seems to be a no-brainer, but it’s harder than you might think. All credit goes to Karwai Pun…
Accessibility is no longer an afterthought. It’s a requirement. So now the challenge is: how do we design accessible experiences at scale?
This is a beautiful wheelchair accessible house located in a wooded area of near Vancouver, British Columbia. Showing how a home can be modified to be accessible along with aesthetic design.
Most cities are utterly unfriendly to people with disabilities – but with almost one billion estimated to be urban-dwellers by 2050, a few cities are undergoing a remarkable shift
We round up some of our favorites from this year's A' Design Award and Competition from interior design to lighting to furniture.
A website should be user-friendly for everyone, including those with poor vision, dyslexia, autism or physical disabilities. UK-based interaction designer
Simple in its design and description, the Right Angle Stair Handrail proposes a handrail that mirrors the stair's contours. Probably not the ideal handrail to s
With many new products and styles on the market today, you can to design a wheelchair accessible home that is functional and beautiful.
One of the reasons why my mother can never use the tub for a bath is that her acute arthritis and four lower limb joint replacements restrict her movement. With
Accessible design is a lot more than just a building trend: it's a necessity. Making sure that everyone can access spaces regardless of their physical abilities is just a no-brainer. Proponents of "universal design," as it's called, are calling for architects, urban planners, builders and interi ...
Creating websites, apps and other digital services that are fully accessible and that everyone can use seems to be a no-brainer, but it’s harder than you might think. All credit goes to Karwai Pun…
REDesign Exit Door simply repositions the door handle to make it an intuitive and effective design during emergency evacuations. Most of than not, the assumptio
Accessibility is the layout and creation of products, devices, offerings, or environments for People with disabilities.
With views of Silicon Valley, this house was built on a steep, almost unusable lot as a fully accessible home for a mobility impaired, aging in-law.
Rick Hansen Foundation Ambassador Jenna Reed-Côte worked with designer Kendall Ansell to finally transform her condo into the barrier-free space she needed.
One of my favorite things in the world is stumbling across a design that's both creative yet so painfully obvious, it makes me wonder why nobody thought of it b
Mark Lane, the UK's first garden designer in a wheelchair and presenter on BBC Gardeners' World, with his top tips for a safe, secure and beautiful garden.
Clever design, or safety hazard? The arguments are discussed at Reddit.
Accessible homes are now following Universal Design principles, which create accessibility by focusing on usability and livability.
Accessibility in urban planning is a vitally important feature of any civilized society - everyone, regardless of their mobility, should be able to access and enjoy public facilities. Crappy-designed accessibility for people in wheelchairs, for example, sends a pretty insulting message: "We added this feature because someone told us we had to, but it's not important enough that we put any effort into making sure it actually helps."
Accessibility in data visualization goes well beyond considerations for color blindness. There are a few things you can do to help everyone easily comprehend the graphs you create. Make sure that everyone, not just you or your ideal user, understands the point of the visualization. When you consider
This concept design by Argentinian industrial designer Pia Balducci makes a see saw wheelchair accessible. However you can see that the seats are wider to accommodate a wheelchair.
A house built for "aging in place" should also be located in a neighborhood built for aging in place.
"I woke up with soothing morning sunlight right on my face at around 6 a.m. Stepping down from the bed, I leaned out of the window to feel...
Image 14 of 29 from gallery of Crèche D3 / Gayet-Roger Architects. Photograph by Sergio Grazia
More than 56 million people in the U.S. have some type of physical disability, according to the 2010 census. Whether someone needs help in the kitchen and bathroom or more space to maneuver a wheelchair around the house, here are 10 ways to make your home more handicap accessible.
Something happens when I’m at the gym. I’m not sure how to explain it but whenever I start exercising and reading my UX articles (yes, I really do that), it’s as if things start connecting that I had…
The COVID-19 pandemic brought a whole lot of changes to our world, our lifestyle, and us. People are now consciously veering towards an environment-friendly way
For most people, using a public bathroom is a no-brainer. You go in, do your business and then wash and dry your hands and leave. We don’t think of it being a d
Image 6 of 7 from gallery of Universal Signage: The First Step in Making Cities More Accessible. © Avanti Avanti Studio & Design for All Foundation
Inclusive design is often confused with simply designing for people with disabilities. However, true inclusive design is much more than this — it is about designing for as diverse a range of people…
Universal Design is designing spaces and products so they can be used by everyone - disabled, able-bodied, the young and old.
Accessible homes are now following Universal Design principles, which create accessibility by focusing on usability and livability.
Sometimes all it takes is a simple tweak to an ordinary design to make it usable for a person with physical restrictions. The Arm Use Basin, a recipient of hono
Shared mobility has been on the rise for the past years, and even though the pandemic kind of paused its growth, we're still seeing a lot of different modes and
A website should be user-friendly for everyone, including those with poor vision, dyslexia, autism or physical disabilities. UK-based interaction designer
