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1 hour agoFELT's Home for Life Centers Dignity in Ageing-in-Place Design
Accessibility is embedded through spatial generosity and adaptable design, supporting aging in place with beauty, autonomy, and emotional comfort.
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Online learning
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2 months agoMaking Video-Based Learning Accessible: A Practical Guide
Video-based learning dominates digital education but lacks accessibility features, creating barriers for 1.3 billion people with disabilities globally, requiring captions, transcripts, audio descriptions, and keyboard controls for inclusive design.
New York City
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2 months ago90% of NYC Intersections Lack Audible Crossing Signals for Blind Pedestrians
New York City and other urban areas lack standardized, well-maintained accessibility infrastructure for visually impaired residents, creating safety hazards despite some progress toward ADA compliance.
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2 months agoOn World Hearing Day 2026: From Communities to Classrooms, Designing for Inclusion
The design of classrooms, childcare facilities, community centers, and public spaces directly shapes how sound is perceived, how communication unfolds, and how inclusion is experienced. Acoustics, spatial configuration, lighting strategies, and material choices can either reinforce barriers to participation or foster environments that support diverse auditory experiences.
Education
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3 months agoFIRST ON amNY | NYC EDC puts out call for vendors to design new modular public restrooms | amNewYork
The city's quasi-governmental Economic Development Corporation called on vendors Friday to apply to design new modular public restrooms under Mayor Zohran Mamdani's $4 million pilot program, which will place the lavatories throughout the city. The EDC's request for proposals (RFP), which it shared exclusively with amNewYork before its Feb. 6 release, lays out criteria for companies bidding to design the public restrooms. It comes after Mayor Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin announced the pilot, which will test 20 to 30 modular restrooms.
New York City
Design
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5 months agoArchitecture for Everyone: Reflecting on Accessibility on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Inclusive, disability-centered design of buildings, streets, and homes enables autonomy, dignity, participation, and broader social progress across aging and expanding urban populations.
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
5 months agowooden boccia ramp encourages inclusive play for children with and without disabilities
Ghiotto is a boccia ramp designed to support social interaction among children with and without disabilities in environments. Developed by Diego Reggiani as a university project within a design laboratory at Politecnico di Milano, it was selected for the shortlist of the iF Design Student Award. Rooted in the principles of universal design, the project addresses a crucial challenge: enabling children who use wheelchairs to build meaningful relationships from a young age.
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7 months agothe barbie x HEWI bathroom collection extends to homes, hotels and maternity wards
Barbie and HEWI launched a 2025 bathroom collection merging Barbie aesthetics with universal design, offering about 40 accessible, design-led products for diverse spaces.
Design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
7 months agobarbie and HEWI join forces for unlimited sanitary collection of pink-hued bauhaus lines
Barbie and HEWI launched a 2025 sanitary collection combining Bauhaus design with Barbie's hues, offering nearly 40 accessible, inclusive bathroom products.
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