1. Inclusive Design
Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Corey Timpson
Vice President, Exhibitions, Research, and Design
corey.timpson@humanrights.ca
@coreytimpson
NAEA : 2017.03.08
3. PREMISE
Rather than design and develop something and then figure out how
to make it accessible, we design with all audiences, and all abilities,
in mind from the outset.
“Inclusion” would also address cultural, linguistic, and other dynamics of
difference.
Inclusive Design
4. METHODOLOGY
. Inclusive Design Advisory Council (IDAC)
. IDAC-WG
Make informed business decisions.
Build awareness among staff, visitors, and museum field.
Inclusive Design
5. IMPLICATIONS
. facilities construction and management
. exhibit design & fabrication
. digital software design & development
. media design & production
. product invention
. partnerships
. leadership recognition
Inclusive Design
6. EXHIBIT DESIGN & FABRICATION
. Environmental Scan
. Smithsonian Accessibility Guidelines
. Museum of Science London, Building Accessible Exhibitions.
. Musée de la civilisation Québec
. National Building Code
. Provincial Building Code
. WCAG 2.0
. + more
Inclusive Design
36. MOBILE APP
. Driver for development was Inclusive Design
. available for iOS and Android
. in English and French
Inclusive Product Design
37. MOBILE APP
. Driver for development was Inclusive Design
. available for iOS and Android
. in English and French
. and ASL, LSQ, and DA
Inclusive Product Design
43. Road
ECOSYSTEM
95 digital installations
+100 hours of video
100,000 words of text
+300 objects/artefacts
19 Mixed Media / Immersive Environments
1 Web site
1 Mobile Program
Digital Signage System (5 different instances)
57. In The Now
OUR WORK IS NEVER DONE
. We have a methodology of continued evolution
. CMHR Inclusive Design Policy
. CMHR Standards
. Hard of Hearing (Neck Loops, Induction Broadcast, Induction Tech)
. Perpetual iteration and adaptation
59. Key Take-Away
METHODOLOGY
. the work is never done (it continues on)
. iteration (prototyping, testing, at every phase)
. include and involve people
. accept and embrace criticism
OUR GREATEST SUCCESS
. Inclusive Design thinking has become a key characteristic of our
corporate culture.