21ST CENTURY LIFE CALLS FOR
A FRESH DESIGN APPROACH


If you

  • are impatient for change;
  • have never been content to let things happen slowly when they could happen faster;
  • have ever been limited by  someone else's thoughtlessness;
  • swim in ideas that make life better, easier, efficient,  connected and more beautiful for others...

 

Join us in our quest to create diverse opportunities to network, learn, and share critical information useful to people working at all levels for positive change. 

Because design is fundamental to everything we use to live and learn, Universal Design Today partners champion a "how-it-all-works-together-for-a-better-life-and-business" approach to designing housing, communities, programs and products. We like to share this information with others via unique events that allow people to share, learn, celebrate Universal Design for all.

OUR GOAL IS TO TRANSFER CRITICALLY USEFUL INFORMATION TO PEOPLE WHO NEED IT THE MOST

We are committed to liberating the practice of Universal Design - distinct from ADA compliance - extending beyond built environment concerns, and unleashing them into the wilds of many other design-driven disciplines. Our goal is to equip a wide range of people to incorporate universal design and innovation-driven strategies into all aspects of housing, education, community planning, technical and non-technical product/program development, to improve how we "live and learn."

We're interested in uniting an unprecedented mix of people with wide ranging design, building, education, planning, user experience (UX), and economic/community development and expertise. Help us create live-action design events that make UD and innovation-economy development habit forming, contagious and everyday household terms. Get in touch if you're interested in hosting, sponsoring or presenting at future events.

BECAUSE DESIGN SHOULD CLOSE THE GAPS

HOW DO WE (RE)CREATE BUILDINGS, COMMUNITIES, LEARNING PLACES, PROGRAMS AND PRODUCTS FOR  21st CENTURY PEOPLE?

 With Universal Design.

Universal Design (UD) was first described by Ronald L. Mace as the concept of designing all products and the built environment to be aesthetic and usable to the greatest extent possible by everyone, regardless of their age, ability, or status in life.

“Today, the practice of UD has expanded beyond the built environment. UD is widely acknowledged by top educators, designers, technologists, product developers and business leaders as the best approach to create a world that is more user friendly and attractive to everyone."              

                                                                                                                          -Richard Duncan, RL Mace Universal Design Institute

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COMPELLING TOPICS

Learn how Universal Design can increase everyone's potential at home, school, and in communities around the world, and why it matters so desperately now.

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AMAZING SPEAKERS

Subject matter experts, unsung heroes, emerging geniuses, and the generally curious come together to share, design, teach, and explore UD-driven human potential.

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INSPIRING IDEAS

Prepare to manage idea overload, because it's coming. You'll have to pace yourself for the marathon exchange of ideas and information to improve how we live and learn.

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Impatient for change? Love making places, programs and products more attractive and functional for more people? Join your tribe. 
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2017 Program
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2017 Pics HERE
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2017 Speakers