Holistic Inclusive Design Resource Page

Understanding Equity Design

1. International WELL Building Institute (IWBI)

WELL Equity Rating: The WELL Equity Rating helps organizations create environments that support diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- WELL Equity Rating Overview
- WELL Equity Rating Resources

2. American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)

Inclusive Design: Guidelines and case studies on creating inclusive spaces.
- ASID Inclusive Design Resources

Implementing Equity Design

3. General Services Administration (GSA)

Design Excellence Program: Provides guidelines on inclusive and accessible design.
- GSA Design Excellence

4. Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDeA)

Resources and Research: Offers tools and research on universal design and inclusive environments.
- IDeA Center Resources

5. World Health Organization (WHO)

Age-friendly Environments: Guidelines and strategies for creating spaces that are inclusive of all ages.
- WHO Age-friendly Environments

6. Stanford d.school's Equity

Equity Centered Design Framework: This framework reimagines the design thinking process to promote equity. It includes phases like "Notice" and "Reflect" to help designers develop self-awareness and empathy, ensuring that design is human-centered rather than "you"-centered.
- Equity-Centered Design Framework

7. RTI International

Equity-Centered Framework: This framework emphasizes transforming the researcher, research content, and practice to incorporate principles of diversity, inclusion, and equity. It draws on methodologies like culturally responsive evaluation, feminist, Indigenous, and critical methodologies, and community-based participatory research.
- Bringing an equity-centered framework to research

8. MITRE

Foundations in Equity Design: This resource provides insights from working across government to advance equity and lessons learned from applying equitable design to address structural inequity.
- Foundations in Equity Design

9. The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Guide on Using Equity Principles in Social Science Research: This guide suggests involving racially and ethnically diverse research teams, constructing research designs accepted by the community, and developing research questions that target root causes and address equity.
- Guide on Using Equity Principles in Social Science Research

Decolonising Your Office Space

Decolonizing your office space involves recognizing and addressing colonial legacies in design and creating spaces that reflect and respect diverse cultures and histories.

10. Design Justice Network

Principles and Resources: The Design Justice Network offers principles and resources for equitable design practices.
- Design Justice Network Principles

11. Native Land Digital

Territory Acknowledgment: Understanding the land you occupy and acknowledging its original stewards.
- Native Land Map

12. Decolonize Design

Strategies and Workshops: Provides strategies and workshops for decolonizing design practices.
- Decolonize Design

13. Design for Diversity

Toolkits and Frameworks: Offers toolkits and frameworks to integrate diversity into design processes.
- Design for Diversity

14. WAI Architecture Think Tank

Resources and Readings: Provides a range of resources and readings on decolonizing architecture and design.
- WAI Architecture Think Tank

15. International Journal of Qualitative Methods

Decolonizing Methodologies in Qualitative Research: This article proposes four practices for qualitative researchers to incorporate decolonial learning: critical reflexivity, reciprocity, embracing diverse ways of knowing, and transformative praxis.
- Decolonizing Methodologies in Qualitative Research

16. Feminuity

Decolonizing 'Wellness': A Guide for Workplaces to successfully cultivate well- being for all team members: Developed by Feminuity, this guide explores the history of self-care and wellness, offering an alternative approach that prioritizes collective well-being and inclusion.
- Decolonizing “Wellness”

17. EW Group

Decolonizing the Workplace: Practical Steps for Organizations: Conduct a thorough audit of your company to identify disadvantageous structures and seek help in remedying them. Challenge the status quo to foster a more inclusive environment.
- Decolonizing the Workplace: Practical Steps for Organizations

Trauma-Informed Design

Incorporating trauma-informed design principles helps create safe, supportive environments that promote healing and well-being.

18. Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Designing for Healing: Explores trauma-informed design to create spaces that promote healing.
- Designing for Healing

19. Center for Active Design

Trauma-Informed Design: Discusses principles and applications of trauma-informed design.
- Center for Active Design

20. Design Institute for Health

Building Dignity: Focuses on strategies for creating dignified, trauma-informed spaces.
- Design Institute for Health

21. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Trauma-Informed Care: Provides guidelines for implementing trauma-informed care in design.
- SAMHSA

22. WELL Building Standard

Trauma-Informed Design: Integrates trauma-informed principles to enhance mental health and well-being.
- WELL Building Standard

23. Trauma-informed Design Society (TiD Society)

Research & Guides: They provide various tools and guides, including the Trauma-informed Design Evaluation Tool for K-12 Schools and a toolkit for trauma-informed housing. These resources are grounded in SAMHSA’s guidance and aim to create supportive environments.
- Research & Guides

24. Published by UX Collective

Why Trauma-informed Approaches are Vital to Design and Research: This article discusses the importance of creating environments that support healing and recovery, rather than inadvertently re-traumatizing individuals.
- Why Trauma-informed Approaches are Vital to Design and Research

25. Social Design Sydney

Trauma Informed Design Research: This organization conducts research on trauma-informed design practices, focusing on creating safe environments for both providers and survivors.
- Social Design Sydney

26. Shopworks Architecture

Trauma-informed Design Manual: This manual outlines a four-phase process for implementing trauma-informed design in building projects, highlighting the benefits without increasing costs or complexity.
- Trauma Informed Design Manual

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Workshops and Training: Educating your team on the principles of equity design, decolonisation, and the integration of trauma-informed design practices.
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Trauma Recovery Support: Incorporating strategies to create a safe and supportive environment that fosters healing and resilience for individuals recovering from trauma.
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Ongoing Support: Providing continuous support and resources to help you maintain and evolve your space, ensuring it remains a place where everyone can thrive.

Trust The Process

Creating equitable and inclusive spaces is an ongoing journey that requires commitment and thoughtful action. It is not a one-and-done perfect destination. These resources provide a foundation to help you integrate equity design principles, decolonise your office space, and support trauma recovery, fostering a more inclusive and supportive environment for everyone. For more personalised support, reach out to me as your Space Transformation Coach. Let’s create spaces where everyone feels at home, both physically and emotionally.