Eight of the best design products celebrating Pride Month 2019

With this year’s Pride Month in full swing, we’ve rounded up eight products that you can truly use and wear with pride, from rainbow-printed Nikes to a multicoloured Ercol loveseat.
How to make your workplace more autism-friendly

AsIAm.ie founder Adam Harris is on a mission to make Ireland the most autism-friendly country in the world. But how do we get there?
Open the aperture

“If we’re being honest, Cannes, and by extension our industry, is exclusive by design.”
Photographer Kristan Emerson is legally blind, experiences the world as bright, colourful place

Imagine a world where flashes of colour, approaching and receding sound, as well as the kind words of a dedicated family member, are the only way you know where to look.
IKEA launches gaming products focused on accessibility and esports

IKEA is partnering with medical wearables company UNYQ to release a line of gaming accessibility product.
The tech empowering disabled people in cities

Cities are difficult to navigate at the best of times, but for people with disabilities they can be like an obstacle course and a maze wrapped into one.
How to make Pride truly accessible

Held every June to honor the legacy of the LGBTQ movement and the event that started it all, the 1969 Stonewall riots, Pride is a season to celebrate resilience, resistance and the vast spectrum of sexual and gender diversity.
A Closer Look at Universal Design

Something designed under the guiding principles of universal design should be usable by all people to the greatest extent possible. By definition, it should inherently be as accessible as possible for as many people as possible, minimizing need for further specialization.
Making Inclusive Design the Norm

Inclusive design as a movement has benefited an immense surge in visibility in design circles. Now that it is receiving the attention it deserves, the design community needs to know how to put inclusive design to work.
Strengthen inclusion, participation of people with autism to ‘achieve their full potential’ says UN chief

On World Autism Awareness Day, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres underscored in his message on Tuesday, the importance of technology which helps people living with autism “achieve their full potential”.