Universal Design And...

What can be learnt from diverse disabled people’s expertise and creativity in making more inclusive products, buildings and environments?  The last episode in the series of Universal Design and…focuses on the knowledge gained by negotiating inaccessible designs that disabled people have. We also talk about the importance om enabling disabled people to become designers in their own right, as well as being involved in design and educational processes.Read the full episode description and transcript here: https://kglakademi.dk/da/blog-post/episode-3-universal-design-and-disabled-creativityParticipants: Jos Boys (Guest professor at the Royal Danish Academy 2022-25 and  co-director of The Disordinary Architecture Project), Else Skjold (fashion researcher, designer and educator), Masashi Kajita (Research cluster lead, architect and educator, Royal Danish Academy), Peter Gråbøl Holm (disabled researcher and activist, Knowledge Centre on Disability), Poppy Levison (UK-based blind architectural student).The podcast Universal Design And… is made by The Royal Danish Academy, celebrating the guest professorship of Jos Boys from 2022-2025 and hosted by the architect and activist herself. The professorship was funded by Bevica Foundation. The podcast was produced with the help of Rakkerpak Productions.

How can we both capture, and design for, the richness of human bio and neurodiversity rather than for standardized or conventional users?  In this second episode of Universal Design and… we get into the practical methods of how we can design more inclusively and how non-disabled people can develop their understanding of non-conventional bodies and minds as a positive factor rather than as an assumed problem for design processes.  Read full episode description and transcript here: https://kglakademi.dk/da/blog-post/episode-2-universal-design-and-bodies-buildings-spacesParticipants: Jos Boys (Guest professor at the Royal Danish Academy 2022-25 and  co-director of The Disordinary Architecture Project), Marcus Aminaka Wilmont (fashion designer and educator, Royal Danish Academy), Olga Popovic Larsen (architect and educator, Royal Danish Academy) Roberta Cassi (architect and researcher, Royal Danish Academy) Adam Linden Neilsen (research and teaching assistant, Royal Danish Academy) Masashi Kajita (research cluster lead, architect and educator, Royal Danish Academy). The podcast Universal Design And… is made by The Royal Danish Academy, celebrating the guest professorship of Jos Boys from 2022-2025 and hosted by the architect and activist herself. The professorship was funded by Bevica Foundation. The podcast was produced with the help of Rakkerpak Productions.

How might we think differently about disability – and ability – as a way of opening alternative ways to design for everyone?In this first episode in the 3 episode series Universal Design and… your host Jos Boys and her guests will expand, stretch and challenge the concept of Universal Design. They will shed light on how stereotypes of disability (and ability) limit ways of designing for diverse bodies and minds.See full description and read transcript here: https://kglakademi.dk/da/blog-post/episode-1-universal-design-and-rethinking-disabilityParticipants: Jos Boys (Guest professor at the Royal Danish Academy 2022-25 and  co-director of The Disordinary Architecture Project), Camilla Ryhl (Research Director, Bevica Foundation), Beata Hemer (architect, educator and PhD candidate, Royal Danish Academy), Helen Stratford (UK-based disabled artist-architect)The podcast Universal Design And… is made by The Royal Danish Academy, celebrating the guest professorship of Jos Boys from 2022-2025 and hosted by the architect and activist herself. The professorship was funded by Bevica Foundation. The podcast was produced with the help of Rakkerpak Productions.