Hey. Karen Hawkins here. User Experience Designer by craft. Human Factors Engineer by education. And now Accessible Design Expert by profession. I love sharing nunaced techniques in solving accessible design problems.
Design systems are not simple machines, but their structure is stable. From styles like colors and fonts, to components like buttons and links, to patterns like cards and filters, to page templates and fully designed pages, the elements build upon each other, from small and simple to large and complex. At each level, the design requirements vary, as do the accessibility requirements. Thus, it is imperative that designers understand what these differences are and how to design for them.
In this session we’ll discuss the accessible design and documentation considerations for each of the levels in design systems. For styles we’ll discuss tokens. For components we’ll discuss things like states and interactions. For patterns we’ll discuss things like keyboard navigation and interactivity between elements. And for templates and pages we’ll discuss things like responsiveness and orientation.
Using Design Tokens to up your Accessibility Game | a11yTO Meetup | November 2023 |
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Focus People, Focus! | Registered Graphic Designers Webinar Series | September 2023 |
Creating Accessible Design Systems | Web Accessibility in Mind Conference | August 2023 |
Creating and Managing Accessible Design Systems | John Slatin AccessU 2023 | May 2023 |
Focus People, Focus! | a11yTO | October 2022 |
Making Websites Usable, Not Just Accessible | TechAccessOK | May 2019 |
Making Websites Usable, Not Just Accessible | Accessing Higher Ground 2018 | November 2018 |