RGD once again invites graphic design professionals to complete an online survey on accessible design.
A year into RGD’s Accessibility project, made possible with support from the Government of Ontario, as part of the EnAbling Change Partnership program, this survey aims to measure the changes in awareness to accessible design issues. Responses will be evaluated in direct comparison with last year’s survey results to measure the impact, if any, RGD’s project has had on the design community.
Since the original survey was completed, RGD presented the industry with a one-day conference (last January), launched a dedicated ACCESS-ABILITY website, and published a best practices handbook. Future initiatives include a webinar series on accessible design (taking place in February and March), as well as a lecture tour to graphic design programs at Ontario’s colleges and universities.
All survey participants will be entered into a draw for a chance to win a free registration to DesignThinkers 2011 (Nov. 3-4 in Toronto) if you fill out the survey by Monday, December 20!
With the support of the Government of Ontario, RGD released its handbook on accessible graphic design at this year’s DesignThinkers, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
“Imagine your life cut off from the ability to access information,” says Lionel Gadoury R.G.D., President, RGD. “Professional graphic designers strive to make communications clear and compelling, turning ideas into interactions. Inclusivity is essential to effective design and through this program, RGD is helping designers as they work to make our world more navigable and easier to understand.”
RGD Ontario’s ACCESS-ABILITY Conference featured an impressive line-up of guest experts in fields ranging from information design to environmental design. Among the presentations was a series of four case studies that showed the audience tangible examples of accessible design in action.
To view the transcripts of these presentations, follow the links below:
Presentations from RGD Ontario’s ACCESS-ABILITY: Design Accessibility Conference are now available for viewing. The conference took place on January 28 in Toronto and featured an impressive line-up of experts in the field of accessible design.
RGD Ontario is calling all designers with experience in accessible design to submit their projects. As part of its ongoing accessibility project, RGD Ontario is searching for case studies to feature in a best practices handbook, due for release later this year, as well as a new website on accessible design.
TORONTO — The afternoon sessions at last weeks RGD Ontario Access-Ability Conference included Ottawa-based web accessibility expert Derek Featherstone who spoke about the fundamentals of web accessibility.
Featherstone says accessibility needs to be part of the design process
He said the importance of accessible for the web is not just in meeting the guidelines, but about good design and planning. “Too much of accessibility happens between the implementation and launch of a project when the costs are highest,” said Featherstone.
Jenn and Ken Visocky O’Grady speak to a packed house at the Access-Ability Conference
TORONTO—Last week RGD Ontario hosted Access-Ability, a day-long event focusing on graphic design for a more accessible world. Morning speakers included the engaging duo Jenn and Ken Visocky O’Grady, founders of Lakewood, Ohio-based creative think tank Enspace and authors of The Information Design Handbook and A Designer’s Research Manual.
More than 1.85 million people in Ontario/4.4 million people in Canada have a disability. This number is on the rise as our population ages.
Accessibility is no longer an option. It’s a necessity.
The Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario (RGD Ontario) is helping to lead the way to a more accessible province for everyone through a partnership with the Ontario government.
TORONTO, ON (Jan. 26) – Making graphic design more accessible is the subject of an upcoming conference hosted by the Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario (RGD) on January 29. Attendees at ACCESS-ABILITY: Design Accessibility Conference will hear from industry experts from across North America as they reveal ways to transform design so that it may be accessed, understood and enjoyed by all.
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