Melting away misconceptions
The myth that accessibility inhibits creativity melted fast when designers understood that accessibility didn’t mean watering down creative genius, it meant expanding it. It’s complementary.
Recent projects like Alain de Saint Louvent’s “Understanding Accessibility” platform are proving the point. The platform equips designers with a tool to guide creativity with accessibility in their work from the very start, allowing them to harness their creative spark and include these requirements in the design process from the get-go.
Marianne Waite, the inclusive design guru at Interbrand, notes:
"We’ve seen in the last few years people and brands are trying to break down this tension... and we’re seeing beautiful things as a result."