Disability Cultural Center

Design identity for a San Francisco center on disability culture. Collab for the website development.

Image: Computer and purple vase on orange. Screen with dark-mode logo on an arch. San Francisco arched over a snail garden. Abstract sans-serif Disability Cultural stacked text connect at the y and l. Center underneath. Purple-magenta floating blobs and fluffy shape background. Beige placeholder text.

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Accessible suite for the DCC [Disability Cultural Center]. Celebrating the joy, creativity, and brilliance of disability communities. Designs balance access with whimsy for a healing experience. Themes include calming sensory and textures.Florals, spoonie straws, and wood grains.

Large design identity included a style guide with over 400 assets for web and print. Custom illustrations to make wallpaper patterns and backdrops. As well as newsletter, document, and social media templates. Eight logo variations. Use guides and safe-space for artists. Three colour palettes, contrast pairings, and blindness simulations. Typography rules with web-safe alternates.

Website design concept and wireframes. Developed by Access Design Studio in WordPress. Project managed and edited by Jess to add community techniques.

Logo suite and access guide
Asset index doc with alt text and long descriptions
Main and expressive palettes
Single illustrations and backdrops
Social media profiles and banners
Newsletter and email signatures
Google and Microsoft templates
Website concept wireframes

Style guide booklet, phone and laptop showing the identity suite

Image: Open style guide. Back page artist logo without the San Francisco and garden. Example on a dark photo of a Black disabled person. Table of contents flipped page. Bottom page headphone, mask, and sunflower illustration. On a green blob-fluff background. Phone with a quote section and website footer. Divided by the snail garden art. Laptop screen. Spoonie straw orange slide with an alternate logo. Disability Cultural on one line. Center under with half the garden line art on each side. 12 colour palette in 2 strips. Magenta, orange, purple, yellow, neutrals and greens. Main logo in light mode with magenta and black text.

Credits: Screen mock-ups from Mockup Cloud. Artist logo backdrop from Disabled and Here.

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Image: Line art of disabled objects on beige. Single thick-thin line style. Power and manual wheelchairs with snail-like wheels. Crutches and blind cane. Pillows, big shirt, and slippers. Spoons and double ended spoon-fork. Straws, metal with silicone tip and bendy. Planter, hearts, and swirls.

Line art drawing pattern with disability related objects