In this issue of the Design for All Foundation newsletter we invite you to join us on 16 January in Barcelona for an interactive day of knowledge sharing on user-centred design and innovation. We also congratulate Saint-Étienne, the first French municipality to have been awarded the Flag of Towns and Cities for All, and Askersund, which has won the Flag for the sixth year in a row.
On behalf of the Design for All Foundation team, we wish you a very happy festive period and a joyful new year packed with interesting projects.
EVENTS
IDeALL Innovation Exchange Day
Date: 16 January 2014
Location: Disseny Hub, Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes, 37-38, 08018 Barcelona
Organiser: IDeALL project consortium
Website: IDeALL Innovation Exchange Day ... read more
International Conference on Universal Design Lund 2014: Call for papers
Deadline: 15 January 2014
Organiser: Lunds Tekniska Högskola (Lund University)
Website: International Conference on Universal Design Lund 2014: Call for papers ... read more
Zero Project Conference 2014: Accessibility
Date: 27-28 February 2014
Location: United Nations Vienna International Centre
Organiser: Zero Project team ... read more
NEWS
Saint-Étienne becomes the first French municipality to receive the Flag of Towns and Cities for All
During the "Health and design for all" symposium hosted by the Cité du design on 25 November 2013, Saint-Étienne City Council was presented with its first Flag of Towns and Cities for All, thereby becoming the first municipality in France to achieve this recognition of excellence in design for all ... read more
Askersund is awarded its sixth Flag of Towns and Cities for All
On 28 October 2013, the municipality of Askersund in Sweden was awarded the Flag of Towns and Cities for All for the sixth year in a row, beating its own record as the municipality which has received the Flag more times than any other.
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Presentation of ECA 2013: Design for All in progress - from theory to practice
The European Concept for Accessibility (ECA) 2013 publication Design for All in progress - from theory to practice was presented at the Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt Berlin (Berlin Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment) on ... read more
EO Guidage wayfinding system recognised at the Sign Design Awards 2013
The Sign Design Awards 2013, which recognise the best work in the area of signage over the preceding three years, were presented in London on 21 November. Seventy entries from nineteen countries were submitted across eight categories, with projects spanning a range of settings including city wayfinding schemes, offices, leisure venues ... read more
Mobility, Mood and Place, a project exploring user-centred approaches to mobility for older people
Launched in September 2013, Mobility, Mood and Place is a three-year research project led by OPENspace at the University of Edinburgh and involving academics from the University of Edinburgh, King's College London, Heriot-Watt University and ... read more
Singapore Building and Construction Authority expands accessibility code
IIn August 2013, the Singapore Building and Construction Authority (BCA) introduced its new Code on Accessibility for the Built Environment , providing a set of requirements for building owners and professionals so that buildings and public spaces in the city state meet a minimum standard of accessibility... read more
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