Inclusive
Inclusive design considers different physical, cognitive and social needs in the development of products, spaces and services. Accessibility and universal design inform approaches that aim to remove barriers and make everyday experiences available to a wider range of people. Projects across disciplines examine how usability, dignity and participation can guide design decisions, reflecting the varied abilities and circumstances of individuals.
ElectroGlide: making wheelchair mobility more accessible
Designed by Chicago-based studio Ono Ideas through a participatory research process, this motorised device promotes independence and more inclusive mobility, helping wheelchair users move around with greater ease.
Palaces for the people: on the importance of designing social infrastructure
Aire Commune’s latest project combines shade, seating, planting, and power in a repeatable module and shows how modest infrastructure can matter to a city as much as the…
Talkid: Keep the connection, remove the smartphone
A new communication device designed specifically for children, inspired by the walkie-talkie principle. Despite its Wi-Fi connectivity, it is designed to encourage safe, simple, distraction-free use through a…
A Occhi Chiusi: What would you design without sight?
An IED Rome student project turns blindfolded play into a research tool for rethinking how children learn through their senses, and how designers can design without sight.
What if humans are no longer at the center of design?
Rethinking Design for Longevity through a planetary lens.
A new standard for water safety: the Mamuli-Surf Helmet
Born from Daan van Rooijen’s personal experience, the solution, designed by surfers for surfers, aims to promote a new culture of safety in surfing, not only with the…
Designing the hospitals of tomorrow with PARK and Carlo Ratti Associati
How a winning competition entry for the Spedali Civili di Brescia turns a century-old hexagonal hospital plan into an argument that healthcare, landscape, and city life can no…
A charming bracelet can translate between sign and spoken language
Samuel Nagel and Paul Feiler’s winning design for the 2026 RIMOWA Design Prize refuses to treat disability as a problem to be hidden, merging design and accessibility.
Approaching architectural densification in a different way: Student Studies 46B
How a 93-square-metre project on a garage roof in Chiapas is challenging what small but comfortable housing solutions can look like.
Design as reconstruction: UNBROKEN at the Ukrainian Design and Innovation Week
With this project, presented last May in Kyiv and online, resilience becomes a real design matter, through which the essence of new objects takes shape in workshop practice…
Ottobock’s neuromodulation suit: treating muscle spasticity at home
How simple biological principles have been put together to create Exopulse Mollii Suit, the world’s first full-body wearable device to treat muscle spasticity.
Prestige University: the roof becomes an urban amphitheater
Sanjay Puri Architects transforms Prestige University into a habitable topography: an accessible roof turns into an open-air amphitheater, where passive strategies for extreme heat and fluid spatial layouts…