Bill Fischer
Professor, author, artist, designer,
and purveyor of Inclusive, Socio-Emotional,
Entertaining, and Universal Design
IxDD 2021: North America
This presentation will provide inspiration and methods for transforming accessible design from a quantitative-box-ticking-conformance-driven ‘duty’ to a passionate commitment towards making media better for everyone through Universal Design. Building a common commitment from the interaction design community to share knowledge in this arena is job-1.
Attendees will learn about the legal requirements for accessibility as they apply to public, state, and federally funded interactive media. They will gain an understanding of the important differences between accessible and universal design. Tools for measuring accessibility will be reviewed and demonstrated. Methods for creating universal media will be outlined. Bill and his team at Kendall College of Art and Design, along with field experts, and students have been creating and user-testing innovative media that aims to elevate the inclusiveness of interactive media, all as part of The EPIC Project. Our knowledge, based on our successes and failures, is shared, for free, as a public service on the I-See-U Design Guide (i-see-u.info).
A free, digital, phone-ready, I-See-U pocket design guide will be made available for all attendees.
