ICDE: Case Studies on Accessible and Universal Design

Innovation Center for Design Excellence: Case Studies on Accessible and Universal Design

ICDE Call for Articles
The Innovation Center for Design Excellence (www.icde.co) calls for articles discussing how accessible or universal design is taught within a classroom by showcasing student work that embraces this topic.  

About
Innovation Center for Design Excellence: Case Studies on Accessible and Universal Design was established to create a series of biannual volumes for the betterment of design education and to create awareness of accessible and universal design principles, methodologies, and processes so that the world can be more accessible. This and future volumes advocate a cross-pollination of ideas and a broadening of perspectives encompassing how design can be and is being taught at universities around the globe. These disabilities are both cognitive, visual, auditory, speech, physical, neurological, or situational and exist in both digital and built environments. For these individuals with disabilities, unintentional barriers are ever present and create a lack of opportunity in both the digital and built environment. By publishing a series of in-depth articles, the creation of different paradigms can be studied and evaluated one topic at a time by peer review. ICDE hopes that the information within this resource finds its way into the classroom setting. 

The Innovation Center for Design Excellence (ICDE) offers an in-depth resource for design education on accessible and universal design. We hope to fill some of the needs within the field. Although there have been contributions to the advancement of accessible and universal design, these offerings have not explored topics to the depth this journal will allow. Due to their nature, associations, and publications cannot reflect the diversity of many teaching methods. ICDE, on the other hand, provides a broad collection of in-depth resources that explore this topic and provoke awareness, communicate methodology, and advocates the process to all interested parties, no matter how isolated they may be.

For more information on how you can participate or become an ICDE ambassador, please email John T. Drew, ICDE Executive Director, at jdrew@fullerton.edu. 

The Innovation Center for Design Excellence (ICDE) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering educational opportunities for underprivileged design students. 

Format Outline
Accessible and Universal Design Project
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Title of Project: 
Please provide the name of the project. Author and Institution:

Name of the author and the educational institution.

What Kind of Course and Level of Design Work: 
• Type (Level of course: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Graduate Studies.)
• Graphic Design (Level of course: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Graduate Studies.)
• Layout Design (Level of course: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Graduate Studies.)
• Image Making (Level of course: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Graduate Studies.)
• Web Design (Level of course: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Graduate Studies.)
• UX/UI Design (Level of course: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Graduate Studies.)
• Package Design (Level of course: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Graduate Studies.)
• Experiential Design (Level of course: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Graduate Studies.)
• Motion Design (Level of course: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Graduate Studies.)
• Collateral Design: (Level of course: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Graduate Studies.)
• Entertainment Arts: (Level of course: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Graduate Studies.)
• Other: (Level of course: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Graduate Studies.)

Duration of Project: 
Duration of the project in weeks.

Kind of Project:
What type of project is being used to teach Accessible/Universal Design?

Introduction: 
Brief introduction of the project, an infographic that shows the NASAD competencies met, and the accessible/Universal design standards used within this project. This should come from the ADA, Rehabilitation Act, Wc3, and other sources.

 

Required Reading:
Please list any reading requirements used within this assignment. 

Tools Needed:
Please list any tools used within this assignment. This should be in bullet form. For example:

Learning Goals
Please list the learning goals develop for this assignment. This can be in prose or bullet form.

Asset Deliverables
Please list the deliverables for this assignment.

Project Description
Please describe the methodology and processes used within this assignment. 

Lectures
Please describe the Lectures provided for the assignment. These can be in bullet form. 

Accessible Design Principles Used
(This section should address the need for accessible design competencies and how they are being introduced, practiced, or mastered in a designer's education (taxonomy). Note: Introduced means Accessible Design competencies are being introduced for the first time to students within a project. Practiced means Accessible Design competencies are being applied, and students have been exposed to these competencies at least one time previously. Mastered means students have been able to practice these competencies numerous times within different courses and are at the point of mastering the subject.) 

Student Examples 
Please provide student examples. (This should be from multiple stages within the project, from research to testing and draft to high-fidelity prototypes.) Each visual example should be formatted in the following way: Please indicate where these examples should be placed within the article.

Name of the file: Your name and a numbering system for each file submitted, for example, “John_T_Drew_1”, “John_T_Drew_2”, “John_T_Drew_3”, etc. 

(For print) file dimension: (max size) 8.75” x 11.25” (222.25 x 285.75) at 300dpi, CMYK, and formatted as a Tiff or EPS file. 

(For the web) file dimension (max size): 1920px x 1080px at 150dpi, RGB, and formatted as a JPEG or PNG. 

Project Captions
Please provide photo captions for each example provided.