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-creativity

Participants: 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.