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January 22nd 2016: Revisiting Universal Design

Why do museums continue to struggle with implementing universal design? The Americans with Disability Act is twenty-five years old, yet we still find exhibitions that are inaccessible for one reason (or many reasons). Join Janice Majewski, Director of Inclusive Cultural and Educational Projects at the Institute for Human Centered Design and Clare Brown, Professor of Exhibition Design at George Washington University for a discussion about the importance of incorporating universal design in all exhibitions intended for people and how we are training a new generation of designers to understand th

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Jan Majewski

Jan Majewski joined the Institute for Human Centered Design in January 2014. As the Director of Cultural and Educational Projects there, she works with museums and design firms in the planning stages of exhibitions to evaluate the accessibility of proposed designs and content and to problem-solve solutions that will move the exhibitions to the level of Universal Design.
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Clare Brown

Ms. Brown is the Program Head for the Master of Arts in Exhibition Design program at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at The George Washington University. She has been a professor of exhibition design for eight years and a practicing exhibition designer for nearly 20 years. Most recently she held the position of Exhibition Designer at the National Museum of American History.
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