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Flyer for IHCD Global Webcast on April 25th
You are invited to join us for a virtual webcast on April 25th from 5:30-7:00p featuring the work of Coco Raynes, a renowned multi-disciplinary designer from Boston.  This highly illustrated monograph showcases over five decades of her work, covering areas such as wayfinding, universal design,…
Coco Raynes booksigning at IHCD office during Boston Design Week
Join us for an exciting webcast with Coco Raynes, an award-winning designer whose work showcases a sophisticated graphic vocabulary and design language spanning multiple design fields. From wayfinding and visual identities to interiors, architecture, and jewelry, Raynes' trend-setting designs have…
Image of an old New England Town Hall in background with green New England ADA logo center frame.
Please save the date for our upcoming webinar! The New England ADA Center, a project of the Institute for Human Centered Design (IHCD), is excited to discuss with leaders of New England municipalities about how they created successful transition plans for accessibility under the Americans with…
black and white photo of woman in wheelchair protesting. The sign in her hand reads, “No More Negotiation”
The disability rights community lost one of its most influential and respected advocates on March 8, 2023, with the passing of Judith “Judy” Heumann. As a civil rights activist, author, and policy maker, Judy dedicated her life to fighting for the rights of people with disabilities, both in the…
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Join us for an informative session with Dr. Oce Harrison on "How the American Disabilities Act Applies to Addiction, Recovery, and Employment with SUD Diagnosis" with the National Spanish Addiction Training Center. This session aims to educate people in recovery from addiction on their civil…
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The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering’s Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx®) Tech program has released "Best Practices for the Design of Accessible COVID-19 Home Tests", a document with recommendations for developers and manufacturers of diagnostic tech to make at-…
Restorative Cities book cover illustration by designer Spring Braccia-Beck. Illustration shows a colorful urban intersection with green social spaces, large buildings, one with a bakery on the street level, a library, cars on the streets.
Overcrowding, noise and air pollution, long commutes and lack of daylight can take a huge toll on the mental wellbeing of city-dwellers. Covid-19 brought home just how much the spaces we occupy on a day-to-day basis can affect our mental health - we also need open spaces to drive down infection…
MVRD submission for the Portland Museum of Art competition
We're excited to share MVRD's proposal for the Portland Museum of Art competition. As part of the museum's campus unification and expansion, the design responds to the PMA's "Art for All" vision with a beacon of the museum's new era, turning the museum inside out - opening the museum to the city by…
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We’re excited to announce, our Director of Public Inclusive Transit, Reggie B. Ramos is a member of Healey-Driscoll’s Transportation Transition Committee.  Transition committees aim to guide Massachusetts Governor-elect Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor-elect Kim Driscoll on important work as…
Three fair-skinned adults, one man and two women smiling at the camera. They are standing in front of a navy blue background with a large American flag on each end of the photo. The man standing farthest left is wearing a gray suit, white shirt and navy blue tie. The woman in the middle has short brown, a black suit, white pearl necklace and a light blue shirt. She is the honoree holding an award from the Department of Justice. The woman on the right has long dark hair, gold drop earrings, a white shirt and
Each year the U.S. Attorney in Massachusetts holds a formal ceremony to honor award recipients. These awards recognize federal agents, state troopers, local officers, investigators and community leaders for exceptional leadership, outstanding collaboration, investigative achievement and excellence…