How might we think differently about disability – and ability – as a way of opening alternative ways to design for everyone?

In this first episode in the 3 episode series Universal Design and… your host Jos Boys and her guests will expand, stretch and challenge the concept of Universal Design. They will shed light on how stereotypes of disability (and ability) limit ways of designing for diverse bodies and minds.

See full description and read transcript here: https://kglakademi.dk/da/blog-post/episode-1-universal-design-and-rethinking-disability

Participants: Jos Boys (Guest professor at the Royal Danish Academy 2022-25 and  co-director of The Disordinary Architecture Project), Camilla Ryhl (Research Director, Bevica Foundation), Beata Hemer (architect, educator and PhD candidate, Royal Danish Academy), Helen Stratford (UK-based disabled artist-architect)

The podcast Universal Design And… is made by The Royal Danish Academy, celebrating the guest professorship of Jos Boys from 2022-2025 and hosted by the architect and activist herself. The professorship was funded by Bevica Foundation. The podcast was produced with the help of Rakkerpak Productions.