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The curb cut effect: how designing for exclusion builds better things for everyone.

In the 1970s, disabled activists in Berkeley, California poured their own concrete kerb cuts (the sloped ramps between pavement and road). They did it without permission, got sued and won. Now just about everyone uses them.

By: Jackie 4 min read

The rest of the list.

  1. Accessibility

    The curb cut effect

    Where universal design came from, and why designing for the people left out makes things better for everyone.

    4 min read
  2. AI Strategy

    If your bot asks for information you already have, it's not AI. It's a slow form.

    We watched someone struggle through a bureaucratic process on a screen that said it was "powered by AI". It behaved like an old paper form.

    4 min read
  3. Co-design

    Nothing about them, without them.

    Most organisations that come to us care a lot about the people they serve. Where it goes wrong is leaving those people out of the decisions.

    5 min read
  4. Accessibility

    WCAG 2.2: what changed, and what it means for your team.

    A practical guide to the 2.2 criteria, like focus visible, target size and redundant entry, written for non-technical leaders.

    7 min read
  5. AI Strategy

    Slow AI: how we built EPCheck without making people wait.

    The decisions that made a free ingredient-risk checker useful for carers in a hurry.

    6 min read

end of list · we write when we have something to say