Tools & Methods

Inclusive design puts people at the center of every design process. Engaging with real people leads to real insights and can be an eye opener for developing unique, inclusive and innovative solutions exceeding today’s solutions. The tools and methods presented here are practical suggestions to get you started in your own projects.

Adding Inclusive Design to your design process

Most companies have a design or development process that they use to bring new ideas to market.

Adding Inclusive Design in your architectural process

Inclusive Design activities is here added to a generic architectural process presented here in four main stages.

Research tools

These tools and techniques enable you to conduct research with people. These can be used even if you have little or no experience.

Architecture tools

The following four tools can help architects to engage with people, and understand user needs.

Checklist

Can I apply ‘Inclusive Design’ to my project?