SEGD Accessible Design Task Force

The SEGD Accessible Design Task Force gives the SEGD community a voice at the federal level, shaping national accessibility standards and codes. Through collaboration, policy work, and design leadership, we ensure that accessibility is integral to the built environment.

SEGD Accessible Design Task Force

Accessibility is not optional—it’s essential. The SEGD Accessible Design Task Force ensures our community has a voice in shaping national accessibility standards. The SEGD Accessible Design Task Force is unique within our community. It represents SEGD on the International Code Council’s (ICC) Consensus Committee on Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities and participates directly in the development of ICC A117.1 Standards for Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities model code, one of the two key accessibility standards in the United States that guide inclusive design in the United States. The A117.1 Building Code standard’s technical requirements ensure that buildings and sites are usable by people with disabilities when they open to the public. 

For more than four years, the SEGD Accessible Design Task Force has devoted over 4,000 countless hours to shaping the 2025 ICC A117.1 Standards update, bringing their expertise in wayfinding, signage, and user-centered design to the national code-writing process.

By holding these seats, SEGD ensures that the voice of the experiential design community is heard at the highest levels of policy-making. Re-established in 2022, our committee works in partnership with organizations like the ISA to safeguard and advance accessibility laws—ensuring built environments are equitable, usable, and designed for all.

Contact

Connect with your SEGD Accessible Design Task Force:
accessible-design@segd.org.

SEGD Accessible Design Task Force Voting Members

SEGD Accessible Design Task Force Founding Members and Current Advisors

Ken Ethridge, Business Development Manager at ASI, is a two-time SEGD Angel Award Honoree and SEGD Distinguished Member. Ethridge co-authored the SEGD ADA White Paper and represented SEGD to the ANSI 117.1 standards committee on site and building accessibility since 1993. 

Chris Calori, Founding Partner of CVEDesign, is an SEGD Fellow and SEGD Distinguished Member. Calori co-authored “Signage and Wayfinding Design: A Complete Guide to Designing Environmental Graphic Design Systems”

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