It’s PRIDE month!!! 🌈 🥳
Here are some amazing LGBTQIA designers you need to know about!
#pridemonth #pride #lgbtq #lgbtqia #inclusive #designwithpride #designinspo #designerlife #designers
Question: How do you design for better access?
Answer: Give disabled people the power to choose and change your design from the very beginning.
As designers, we indeed are experts in our field. But, we have to be careful that the double edged sword of “expertise” doesn’t lead to an exclusionary process. Designers are experts in space, but not all are experts in disability. What an inspirational solution from EVP and Design Futurist, AJ Paron, to allow children to impact the design decisions!
#accessibledesign #accessibility #universaldesign #neurodivergent #inclusivedesign #designadvice #workplacedesign #designexpert #designinspo #belonging #interiordesigninspo #equityandinclusion
Question: How do you design for better access?
Answer: Give disabled people the power to choose and change your design from the very beginning.
As designers, we indeed are experts in our field. But, we have to be careful that the double edged sword of “expertise” doesn’t lead to an exclusionary process. Designers are experts in space, but not all are experts in disability. What an inspirational solution from EVP and Design Futurist, AJ Paron, to allow children to impact the design decisions!
#accessibledesign #accessibility #universaldesign #neurodivergent #inclusivedesign #designadvice #workplacedesign #designexpert #designinspo #belonging #interiordesigninspo #equityandinclusion
Question: How do you design for better access?
Answer: Give disabled people the power to choose and change your design from the very beginning.
As designers, we indeed are experts in our field. But, we have to be careful that the double edged sword of “expertise” doesn’t lead to an exclusionary process. Designers are experts in space, but not all are experts in disability. What an inspirational solution from EVP and Design Futurist, AJ Paron, to allow children to impact the design decisions!
#accessibledesign #accessibility #universaldesign #neurodivergent #inclusivedesign #designadvice #workplacedesign #designexpert #designinspo #belonging #interiordesigninspo #equityandinclusion
Question: How do you design for better access?
Answer: Give disabled people the power to choose and change your design from the very beginning.
As designers, we indeed are experts in our field. But, we have to be careful that the double edged sword of “expertise” doesn’t lead to an exclusionary process. Designers are experts in space, but not all are experts in disability. What an inspirational solution from EVP and Design Futurist, AJ Paron, to allow children to impact the design decisions!
#accessibledesign #accessibility #universaldesign #neurodivergent #inclusivedesign #designadvice #workplacedesign #designexpert #designinspo #belonging #interiordesigninspo #equityandinclusion
How can we move towards “universal delight” instead of “universal design”, which implies that we only need to comply with the standards but never go beyond them? What are your thoughts on this?
Comment below!
#access #inclusivedesign #accessibilityforall #accessibility #inclusionmatters #universaldesign #universaldelight #architectureinspiration #interiordesigninspiration #interiordesigntips #designthinking #workplacedesign
Exclusion runs deep. As designers, we have to explore our history and understand the root causes of why it happened in the first place. We must then unlearn the processes that have undermined belonging in our spaces.
Want to hear more from @adobe’s Head of Inclusive Design? Check out our latest podcast episode! Link in bio!
#belonging #inclusivedesign #graphicdesign #adobe #interiordesign #accessibility #inclusionmatters #designpodcast
#disabilityinclusion
Right now, 41% of Americans listen to podcasts monthly. While we love our Alternative Design Podcast, we get that it might not be your thing!
Inspiration can be sparked from a variety of sources, so we dug deep into our company heritage to a time when Kimball pianos brought "music to the millions". Staying true to our roots, we’re launching a full length music album as a companion to the Alternative Design Podcast! With a variety of musical styles and plenty of alternative voices, we invite you to tune in to a productivity soundtrack that will unlock new creative possibilities. Listen now on Itunes and Spotify!
#albumdrop #newmusicmonday #newmusicalert #recordoftheday #podcastalbum #designpodcast #indiemusic
Want to know how to get employees back to the office? Take a look at Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to understand what our spaces need to accomplish to improve the human experience and provide an incentive for employees to return in person!
In Vessels of Light, we explore how color in the metaverse could be used to accomplish Maslow’s highest tier, Self Actualization, in the virtual and physical workplace of the future. What if we could use color to create personalized experiences for users, and what if those experiences could promote the necessary emotional intelligence to conquer work-related stress, fatigue, or even burnout? Click the link in bio to listen to Episode 10 now!
#maslow #maslowshierarchyofneeds #burnoutrecovery #workplacestrategy #workstress #emotionalintelligence #transformationthursday
“Color is perceptual…”
#colortherapy #metaverseart #color #perceptions #colorhealing #design
How can we begin relying on each other more? Do we actually know who our neighbors are? What if there was a community where prototyping and testing new things could happen within the safety of radical inclusion? What challenges could we solve for?
#burningman #burningmanfestival #prototyping #neighbors #community #regenerativedesign
What can our permanent cities learn from a temporary city of artists in the desert? Leave your thoughts below!
Check out our latest episode, "Actions That Open the Heart" on Alternative Design podcast to learn more. Available on all podcast listening platforms.
#burningman #leavenotrace #radicalinclusion #participation #communitybuilding
Ready for Season 2?!✨🎙 We are 😉
There’s still time to catch up if you haven’t tuned in. Check out our link in bio if you need to binge listen! 🙌🏻 Season 2 drops next Monday, February 7th.
#podcastlaunch #designpodcast #creativepodcast #newepisode #interiordesigninspo #podcastsofinstagram
Have you ever felt like you've come THIS close to your mental breaking point?
Often times it's not just one incident that can lead to a mental crisis, it's often a lot of little things that stack up into a giant thing and next thing you know you've completely tanked. But what if design could help? What if we started to intentionally and strategically create accessible spaces that are meant to stabilize, to calm, to ground? This could look like creating small "nooks" off to to the side of the grocery store for a moment of centering, or it could look like a pop-up crisis stabilization unit in a shipping container in the parking lot outside!
How can we be inspired be what we've learned from the design of clinical spaces and apply that to public spaces in general to support everyone's mental health? Find out more in our most recent episode "Pop-Ups to Breakdown Stigmas". Link in bio!
Comment below on how you think we could use design to support emotional and mental wellness!
#anxiety #depression #healing #love #mentalhealth #mentalhealthadvocacy #mentalhealthadvocate #mentalhealthandwellness #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthblog #mentalhealthblogger #mentalhealthcommunity #mentalhealthcounseling #mentalhealthhelp #mentalhealthisimportant #mentalhealthisreal #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthquotes #mentalhealthrecovery #mentalhealthstigma #mentalhealthsupport #mentalhealthtips #mentalhealthwarrior #mentalhealthwarriors #mentalhealthwellness #mentalillness #mentalillnessawareness #mentalwellness #selfcare #selflove
Have you ever felt like you've come THIS close to your mental breaking point?
Often times it's not just one incident that can lead to a mental crisis, it's often a lot of little things that stack up into a giant thing and next thing you know you've completely tanked. But what if design could help? What if we started to intentionally and strategically create accessible spaces that are meant to stabilize, to calm, to ground? This could look like creating small "nooks" off to to the side of the grocery store for a moment of centering, or it could look like a pop-up crisis stabilization unit in a shipping container in the parking lot outside.
How can we be inspired be what we've learned from the design of clinical spaces and apply that to public spaces in general to support everyone's mental health? Find out more in our most recent episode "Pop-Ups to Breakdown Stigmas". Link in bio!
Comment below on how you think we could use design to support emotional and mental wellness!
📓 This is Journal Entry 242 from Aerospace Architect Mason Campbell from February 23rd 2078! We bring you into the future, following his journey to the first Martian settlement, NUWA.
Astronauts have often reported challenges with mental health during their mission flight. It makes sense, you essentially feel "quarantined" to the space shuttle until you arrive to your destination. It can feel lonely, even when you are surrounded by your fellow crew mates. This is a familiar feeling for many, especially after this past year. Have you ever combatted loneliness?
Comment below how you supported your mental health during the pandemic and some wellness habits you now have as a result!
#wellness #selfcareroutine #mindfulness #motivateyourself #health #thrive #stressreduction #mindful #inspiringothers #intention #gratitude #mentalhealth #space #emotionalhealth #astronaut #spacetravel #space #stars #astrophysics #mars #nuwa #galaxy
👨🚀 Meet Mason Campbell, an Aerospace Architect travelling to Mars in 2077 as a Project Manager for the construction of the first settlement on the Red Planet.
In this episode, you hear first hand what life on Mars will be like via the journal entries from Mason. Kind of different to hear past tense journal entries from the future, but this is #immersive storytelling! Tune in to our latest episode, Waking Up on Mars, to hear more!
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#art #journal #astronomy #cosmos #astrophysics #earth #galaxy #hubble #mars #love #inclusive #moon #nasa #outerspace #spacex #elonmusk #spaceexploration #science #spaceart #spacestation #stars #telescope #hydroponics #podcast #newepisode #astronaut #storytelling #immersive
How do you intentionally slow down? ⌛
Our lives are more fast paced than ever before, but if Covid has taught us anything it's that mental health and self awareness are non-negotiable. This is especially true in the workplace. Mindset impacts everything from our stress levels to our organ function! So how do we take a moment...to breathe. To find respite.
Lane Rick from the @officeofthings shares how the meditation chambers they are designing for companies like @google and @youtube guide users through the process of slowing down. By allowing multisensory design to do the legwork for us, employees from all backgrounds and experiences can enjoy the calming benefits of meditation.
#respite #calm #meditation #inspiration #quote #work #instagood #worklifebalance #slowdown #positivethinking #postivemindset #workingfromhome #wellness #selflove #healing #depression #mentalhealthrecovery #mentalhealthtips #multisensory #design #interiordesign #architecture
The Funk Brothers standardized the sound of @classicmotown with their tight rhythm section, which could only be achieved by the hours they spent playing together. 🎺🎹 🎸
What if our collaborative teams could look like that? Could we invest the time and energy to get to know our teammates so well that we instinctively know when the project brief hits who would be best fitting for each task? What do you guys think? How in this post-pandemic era could we encourage our project teams to get to know one another better? Leave comments below!
Did you know @classicmotown was inspired by the automotive assembly line? @berrygordyjr said he imagined “raw talent coming in one door and polished stars coming out the other”.
Fun fact, our architectural design process also has some key features of the assembly line process. Think “multidisciplinary” 😉 To hear more, check out Episode 3, People Are Not Cars.
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