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. …
This presentation will offer an introduction to the concept of wayfinding and touch on a number of related issues: what makes wayfinding difficult, some consequences of disorientation, customer expectations about wayfinding in health facilities, and more. It will also drill down a bit and…
From A Place to Flourish:
The Generative Space Award recognizes break-through designs that improve health and healthcare. Submit your recent projects that clearly
demonstrate the integration of the physical and social environments to make your community A Place to Flourish…
When: Friday, November 15, 2019, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: Institute for Human Centered Design, 200 Portland Street, First Floor, Boston, MA 02114. View IHCD's location on Google Maps.
To request an accommodation, email Leigh…
IHCD's Executive Director, Valerie Fletcher, will be on the Women in Design Keynote panel for ABX 2019 on Wednesday, November 6th from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. The keynote panel, titled, "Empathetic Design - Crafting Spaces for People," will also host David Rubin,…
IHCD welcomed the Boston Society of Architects' Women in Design (WiD) for an evening of sharing our practice, methods and global vision of the central role of design in making the reality of diversity of ability, age and culture work and its power to enrich everyone’s experience.
The…
Join IHCD's New England ADA Center at one of its trainings in October 2019 on a range of topics including ADA protections for people in recovery, the ADA and employment, and much more.
ADA Employment Issues, MA
Date: Monday, October 7, 2019
Time: 10:00 am-12:00 pm…
Drawing from his design research on restrooms and museums, Joel Sanders will discuss the imperative for designers to form cross-disciplinary collaborations dedicated to creating inclusive public spaces that meet the needs of people of different ages, genders, races and…
IHCD is thrilled and honored to announce the launch of the Eliza Forrest Kaye Bromfield Memorial Lunch & Learn Series. Eliza was a beloved member of the IHCD family. Through this series of public lunch & learn events that Eliza ran in her years with IHCD, we intend to honor her curiosity…
Longtime disability rights advocate and founder of Access Living, a Chicago-based service and advocacy organization, Marca Bristo, died at 66 on Sunday, September 8, 2019.
During her illustrious career, Bristo co-founded the National Council on Independent Living, helped write the…