Universal Design Symposium

The goal of the Universal Design Symposium is to convene people who are passionate or interested in Universal Design and provide them with the opportunity to meet, converse, and interact. You are invited to attend the 2015 Universal Design Symposium on March 20-21 at NC State University’s College of Design.

As designers, architects, planners, researchers, or educators, many of us are teaching and creating designs that invite people to use and enjoy. In 2014 there were more than one billion people in the world living with some form of disability and, by 2050, there are anticipated to be more than two billion people in the world older than 60 years of age. We often see the elderly and people with disabilities struggling, physically or emotionally, with the designs surrounding them. Should we ask ourselves more often if we are including and welcoming these people with each of our designs? Are there new areas we should be taking on?