Over our 40+ year presence in Boston and around the world, IHCD has established enduring relationships with people and organizations who share our values and work tirelessly to make the world more inclusive. Hear from some of them in the video below.
Opportunities for learning through IHCD include a Lunch & Learn series, trainings, workshops and events. Internship and fellowship opportunities are also available all-year-round.
Our scope for consulting includes, among others, plan reviews, assessment of accessibility in the built environment and testing of digital and web accessibility.
IHCD works with entrepreneurs, designers and businesses to evaluate concepts, prototypes or existing designs to assess usability for the widest possible spectrum of people.
IHCD has an established database of user/experts, chosen for each opportunity to find the best match between the person and the project.
Inclusive design is design that works for the widest spectrum of users without the need for specialized adaptation. It centers around the user experience with a focus on social sustainability. IHCD uses the World Health Organization’s Definition of Disability as the foundation for our consulting and research work in the field and in our user/expert lab. We believe that good design must work not only for as many users as possible, but also enhance everyone’s experience.
You can submit your project, product, or service as Design for All Good Practice until Friday, February 21, 2020, opting to the International Awards Design for All Foundation 2020.
From the Design for All Foundation:
The Design for All Foundation, with the…
The IAUD International Design Awards were initiated nine years ago to raise awareness of Universal Design, and to showcase best practice examples. Since then, each year winning entries have demonstrated the success of this project and a growing understanding of…
Entries for the International Union of Architects (UIA)'s Friendly and Inclusive Spaces Award 2020 will be accepted until Saturday, November 30th, 2019.
From UIA: Award winners and commended projects will be exhibited at the UIA Congress in…
From Ricardo Gomes, who sits on IHCD's Board of Directors and is Professor and ID Search Committee Chair at San Francisco State University:
The School of Design at San Francisco State University is seeking qualified candidates for a new faculty position in Industrial Design. …
A user/expert is a person who has developed expertise by means of their lived experience in dealing with the challenges of the environment due to a physical, sensory or cognitive functional limitation. IHCD has an established database of user/experts who range from adolescents to people in their ‘80s. Participants help review the usability and accessibility of physical environments as well as products, services and new technologies.
IHCD is home to the New England ADA Center; the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a comprehensive federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination in all aspects of life on the basis of disability. There are five Titles within the ADA that outline rights and responsibilities of employers, state and local government, businesses and non-profits, architects and designers and individuals and advocates, and IHCD strives to help customers reach standards set by these titles.
We are committed to advancing the role of design in expanding opportunity and enhancing experience for people of all ages, abilities and cultures through excellence in design.
IHCD has built a large family of friends and allies over 30 years, and we are proud to say that this inner circle is characterized by both longevity of commitment and an appetite for the next frontier.
IHCD is located at 200 Portland Street, Boston, MA 02114.
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Telephone:
1 (617) 695-1225 (v/tty)
Fax: 1 (617) 482-8099
Email: info@IHCDesign.org
