Tag: Inclusive design
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Designing for the Senses
Think for a moment about the last station or airport you travelled through. What did it sound like? Was there a constant hum of announcements? A screeching train? Rolling suitcases? People rushing past? Are you tuning anything out? What could you see? Consistent use of colour and organised signage, or disjointed and overwhelming visual cues?…
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‘It’s OK, to want to be ordinary…’
Recently one of my colleagues, for the purposes of this blog let’s call her Helen, is nearing two notable landmarks in her life. One is her fortieth birthday and the second is her final ophthalmic consultation to register her as blind. For most of her life, Helen has been visually impaired, but she then became…