Institute of Designers in Ireland (IDI) Awards 2020: Winner of the Universal Design Award Category

The Centre for Excellence in Universal Design (CEUD) is proud to continue its partnership with the Institute of Designers in Ireland (IDI) and honour Irish designers who are applying a Universal Design approach in their designs and designing for all people.

Each year we award a design entry to The Institute of Designers in Ireland (IDI) Awards that has applied a Universal Design approach.

The IDI Awards 2020 Ceremony took place on the 4 November 2020. The winner of the Universal Design Category, chosen from 50 unique entries, was Nokia Bell Labs, for its design of an interactive stall at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition

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Nokia Bell Labs interactive stall at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition ©Nokia Bell Labs, courtesy of Ross Dowd, Industrial Design Lead of project

Nokia Bell Labs’s interactive stall was designed to be accessed and used by people with a wide range of characteristics. It was a worthy winner of this year’s Universal Design Category as the team involved, and the designed stall, addressed age, size, ability and disability to design a fun, interactive and informative stall.