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Our mission is to improve the built environment using innovative interior design techniques that incorporate the principles of Universal design. 

Universal design is not specifically about adapting a space for wheelchair access.

Neither is it specifically about decorating, but it does promote making the best choices in furnishings and accessories.

More than that, it is about making a home, office or any built environment into an attractive, comfortable, safe, fully accessible, and welcoming place for you, your family, and everyone who visits you.

Three people with mobility aids jumping .
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Perhaps you are a southpaw living in a right-handed world.

Maybe you are beginning to feel the limitations of aging, or you are one of those brave souls who roll through Mid-town in a wheelchair.

Whether we go through life with a medical or psychological condition that is permanent, temporary or recurring, every one of us could benefit from a world that embraces the principles of universal design.

Incorporating the principles of UNIVERSAL DESIGN into any renovation or newbuild project will create an intrinsically good design.

Picture of a lowered sidewalk curb.

Left: The ubiquitous, but invisible lowered curb featured multiple times at the corners of all urban streets.

Right: Oversized revolving doors are designed to accommodate a wheel-chair user along with a caregiver.

A picture of an over-sized revolving door.

Universal Design is important for everyone.


The fact is, we already use universal design every day but we may not realize it.


Any time we ride a bicycle over a lowered curb; any time we rely on a “talking” elevator to tell us when we have arrived on a specific floor; any time we walk into a building through an over-sized revolving door; any time we reach for a lever rather than a typical, round door knob, or every time we “zoom” the computer screen to 150 percent so that it is more legible, we are using a design that has been conceived to accommodate everyone.


More and more, universal design is creeping into our everyday lives, making things a little bit easier for everyone and, like the best types of design, few people will notice.

 


 

 

 

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