Thu, May 09
|Virtual Event
Universal Color Design: Creating Rich Experiences for a Color-vision Diverse Population
Contemporary color-design often limits access to media, education, wayfinding, safety, and careers, for the 40% of the population that live with visual impairments, such as color blindness, low vision, and light sensitivity.
Time & Location
May 09, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EDT
Virtual Event
About the event
Abstract
This eye-opening presentation will provide an in-depth review of how contemporary color-design often limits access to media, education, wayfinding, safety, and careers, for the 40% of the population that live with visual impairments, such as color blindness, low vision, and light sensitivity.
Bill will demonstrate how we can facilitate their inclusion by implementing accessible and universal design methodologies and systems.
Attendees will be introduced to tools, techniques, and case studies that can empower them to become good color-design-citizens without compromising the enrichment that color can bring to our universally shared experiences.
Speaker Spotlight: Bill Fisher
Bill Fischer is professor emeritus and founder of the Digital Art & Design program at Kendall College of Art and Design. He is the author of the I-See-U blueprint for Inclusive, Socio-Emotional, Entertaining, and Universal design.
He was the executive producer for The EPIC Project (Engaging Production Inspiring Classrooms) an ongoing collaboration with faculty, K12 educators, and field experts that built and tested over 30 educational animated, game, app, AR, and VR media innovations focused on STEM, neurodiversity, mental health, history, and social studies. Over 300,000 students have engaged with EPIC media. Prior to that, Bill designed toys, buildings, automotive interiors, animated, and interactive media for over 20 years.
Links