Tools & Methods

Inclusive design puts people at the center of every design process. Engaging with real people leads to real insights and can be an eye opener for developing unique, inclusive and innovative solutions exceeding today’s solutions. The tools and methods presented here are practical suggestions to get you started in your own projects.

Adding Inclusive Design to your design process

Most companies have a design or development process that they use to bring new ideas to market.

Adding Inclusive Design in your architectural process

Inclusive Design activities is here added to a generic architectural process presented here in four main stages.

Research tools

These tools and techniques enable you to conduct research with people. These can be used even if you have little or no experience.

Architecture tools

The following four tools can help architects to engage with people, and understand user needs.

Checklist

Can I apply ‘Inclusive Design’ to my project?

Inclusive design framework

What do you need to take into account when you want to practice more inclusive design in you organisation? This framework visualise the building blocks for inclusive design within the holistic parametres of products & services, design process, design team and company culture.

Inclusive design assessment

What should your organization focus on to effectively improve its inclusive design practices? The inclusive design assessment allows you to gain insight into how your organization scores along the elements of the inclusive design framework. Scroll down to do the assessment!

Inclusive design change guide

Building on the inclusive design assessment, the change guide provides design leaders and senior designers with change management theory to improve inclusive design practices in their organization.