Anchored in the context of the European Accessibility Act, the program goes beyond compliance to highlight inclusive design as a lever for innovation and transformation. It addresses how a Design for All approach transforms objects, services, and human relationships when implemented with and for vulnerable audiences.
Participants will engage with:
- Field actors — designers, medico-social organizations, and artists — actively reshaping practices;
- Students who have experienced co-design in vulnerable contexts;
- A “real-world” pedagogy developed within L’École de design Nantes Atlantique, centered on listening, empathy, and iteration.
These hands-on sessions create a space for collective storytelling, practice, and exchange, empowering participants to integrate accessibility at the core of their design and innovation processes.
Details on the event:
- Target audience: Design professionals and young designers. Public and private sector stakeholders. Healthcare, social care, and accessibility practitioners. Researchers and educators. Cultural and creative sector professionals (museums,cultural institutions, artists). Advocates and organizations engaged in inclusion and diversity.
- When:
- Thursday, September 18, 2025. From 10.00 to 12.30 am.
- Friday, October 10, 2025. From 10.00 to 12.30 am.
- Format: Online.
- Type of event: Workshop and mutual learning session
- Language: French
- How to participate: Registration is now closed, but you can join the livestream here
- Accessibility information: Captioning and sign interpretation in French
- More information
- inclusion | social policy | standardisation | European standard
- Thursday 18 September 2025, 11:00 - Friday 10 October 2025, 12:30 (CEST)
- Country
- France
Programme
- 18 Sep 2025, 11:00 - 12:30 (CEST)Agenda. Session 1
Design for all: Accessibility as a Source of Innovation.
11:00 – 11:10 From Standards to Ethics. How can accessibility standards (EN 17161, Accessibility Act) become drivers for attention, innovation, and shifting perspectives?- Florent Orsoni – Director of Research, Foresight & Professionalization
11:10 – 11:50 Changing Perceptions: Making Care Objects Desirable Design as a tool for reclaiming identity and dignity.
- With Les Flâneuses, designer Yves Subarroque and master’s students rethink the narratives surrounding aging, mobility, and health.
Les Flâneuses is a French company offering mobile, universal accessibility solutions through a patented micro-vehicle, designed to provide comfort, independence, and inclusivity in public spaces (museums, parks, airports…) without any installation work.
Yves Subarroque – Co-founder, Les Flâneuses. Master’s students, Care Design Lab.
11:50 – 12:20 Creating With: Artistic Devices for Active Inclusion.
Three signature workshops from the Care Design Lab:- KubE – Accessible music creation.
- Laisser sa trace – Tools for civic expression.
- Inclusive Wall – Shared presence in public spaces.
Methodologies: design sprints, sensitive prototyping, interdisciplinary collaboration.
- Clément Livenais – Head of DN MADE Product Design Program. DN MADE Product Design Students.
12:20 – 12:30 | Teaching Attentive Design A pedagogy grounded in empathy: how to make inclusivity a core learning principle in design education? Insights from a proven teaching model at L’École de design Nantes Atlantique.
- Clémence Montagne – Director, Care Design Lab.
- 10 Oct 2025, 11:00 - 12:30 (CEST)Agenda. Session 2
Ethics and Accessibility: Co-Design as a Driver for Transformation
11:00 Introduction
- Florent Orsoni, Director of Research, Foresight, and Professionalization
11:10 | Co-design & Heritage: Ethical Issues and Case Studies
From product design to exhibition design, exploring ethical choices in the design and production of inclusive devices. Experience sharing on the Von Sinnen project at the Karlsruhe Natural History Museum: co-design with publics and professionals, and reception by visitors and staff.- Philippe Moreau & Marie-Laure Even Moreau, Tactile Studio
- Karlsruhe Natural History Museum
11:30 Co-design in Product Development: Practices and Learnings
How to involve users and partners to enrich design, develop more inclusive products, and transform design practices.- Camille Chevroton, APF France handicap
11:50 | Conclusion & Discussion
Summary of key takeaways and open discussion on inclusive co-design practices.
Practical information
- When
- Thursday 18 September 2025, 11:00 - Friday 10 October 2025, 12:30 (CEST)
- Languages
- French