Day 786 - Inclusive Design SG - https://golifelog.com/posts/inclusive-design-sg-1677284094323
Looks like [my pit stop for my social impact projects](https://golifelog.com/posts/pit-stop-for-social-impact-patronage-project-1677120042697) is going to be brief. Funny how with a proper closure, I'm able to move on and boy did I move on fast.
I just started another social impact project, this time on a topic close to heart:
**Inclusive design**.
Web accessibility. A11y. Design for disability.
Many names, all pointing to the same thing. Designing for the 100%, for everyone. Yes, that includes even non-disabled folks who don't usually think of themselves as needing any inclsuive design.
I was inspired by the idea of a community after I attended an event at SG Enable, an advocacy organisation for persons with disabilities. Asked around, and realised there isn't really any such community for Singapore.
So I started one myself. A [Telegram chat group community](https://t.me/inclusivedesignsg) as the minimal, viabe version of the community, to chat/ask about inclusive design practices, places, products, events and resources.
Once I did that, everything else cascaded along:
- Designed a quick emoji logo. A Singapore flag emoji with background that looks like a colour wheel, but in CMYK colours to represent the design community roots but also to metaphorically represent the "inclusive" aspect (all colours in the colour wheel).
- Immediately started adding friends and peers.
- Call me crazy but I went and bought inclusivedesign.sg domain for 2 years.
- Received 1 one-time coffee on Buy Me A Coffee from a friend who joined.
- Created a Google account and Gmail for inclusivedesign.sg - for emails and drives.
- Created a [Makerlog project](https://getmakerlog.com/products/inclusive-design-sg) to log the progress pf the project
- I didn't want it to just be a chat group. Thought we could anchor the community with a quick info product, a bit like how Keto List Singapore is run. Started exploring Softr and Siteoly for Google Sheets based directory listing sites, for starting the directory website MVP of local inclusive design resources.
- Ask around for links to resources to add to the site.
- Once the site with some resources are done, I would consider beta launching it to see if there's interest.
Excited for this new product and season of exploring inclusive design!
Onwards!
I just started another social impact project, this time on a topic close to heart:
**Inclusive design**.
Web accessibility. A11y. Design for disability.
Many names, all pointing to the same thing. Designing for the 100%, for everyone. Yes, that includes even non-disabled folks who don't usually think of themselves as needing any inclsuive design.
I was inspired by the idea of a community after I attended an event at SG Enable, an advocacy organisation for persons with disabilities. Asked around, and realised there isn't really any such community for Singapore.
So I started one myself. A [Telegram chat group community](https://t.me/inclusivedesignsg) as the minimal, viabe version of the community, to chat/ask about inclusive design practices, places, products, events and resources.
Once I did that, everything else cascaded along:
- Designed a quick emoji logo. A Singapore flag emoji with background that looks like a colour wheel, but in CMYK colours to represent the design community roots but also to metaphorically represent the "inclusive" aspect (all colours in the colour wheel).
- Immediately started adding friends and peers.
- Call me crazy but I went and bought inclusivedesign.sg domain for 2 years.
- Received 1 one-time coffee on Buy Me A Coffee from a friend who joined.
- Created a Google account and Gmail for inclusivedesign.sg - for emails and drives.
- Created a [Makerlog project](https://getmakerlog.com/products/inclusive-design-sg) to log the progress pf the project
- I didn't want it to just be a chat group. Thought we could anchor the community with a quick info product, a bit like how Keto List Singapore is run. Started exploring Softr and Siteoly for Google Sheets based directory listing sites, for starting the directory website MVP of local inclusive design resources.
- Ask around for links to resources to add to the site.
- Once the site with some resources are done, I would consider beta launching it to see if there's interest.
Excited for this new product and season of exploring inclusive design!
Onwards!