AIA UK EDI - Designing for Everyone: from Intent to Impact
Join AIA UK for an exciting evening with Natasha Trotman, an Equalities Designer and Researcher advancing inclusive, accessible, evidence-led design with and for neurodivergent, disabled, and marginalised communities.
When: Wednesday 8 October 2025, 18:00
Where: MillerKnoll London, Floor 1, 20 St John's Sq, London EC1M 4AH
CES Credits: Estimated 1.0 LU/HSW for AIA Members
RIBA Members may count this activity towards their CPD recording requirement.
Speaker
Natasha Trotman, Equalities Designer and Researcher
Description
Inclusive design and equalities design are not afterthoughts; they are creative, evidence-based approaches that broaden who participates in and benefits from the built environment. This talk introduces practical ways architects and designers can integrate equity, accessibility, and intersectionality from the initial brief to the final output. Drawing on co-production with disabled and neurodivergent communities, case studies, and research from practice and academia, we will explore: framing inclusive intent as measurable outcomes; accessible engagement methods; collaborating with lived-experience experts; and translating insights into specifications, services, and spaces. Attendees will leave with a starter 'toolkit' of principles, prompts, and achievable actions to get started, along with ideas for deeper practice transformation.
Speaker Bio
Natasha Trotman is an Equalities Designer and Researcher dedicated to promoting inclusion, access, and equity for neurodivergent, disabled, and marginalised communities through inclusive design, information experience design, and therapeutic arts. She holds a Master’s in Information Experience Design from the Royal College of Art and has qualifications in therapeutic arts. Natasha has undertaken research and teaching roles at the RCA, including at the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design (HHCD), and was a Research Associate on the Wellcome Trust and HHCD project 'Design and the Mind,' which focused on co-creation with neurodivergent and disabled communities. She is a Design Council Expert, sits on the Advisory Board for The DisOrdinary Architecture Project, and is a member of the British Council’s Arts and Creative Economy Advisory Group. Natasha advises Wellcome, is a co-designer and co-developer for Wellcome's Social Justice Curriculum, contributes to a local government Inclusive Design Review Panel, and sits on the Strategic Board for Co-production Matters. She also serves as a Community Advisory Member for the Mayor of London’s UNESCO Day for Remembering the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its Abolition.
Tickets
£3 - AIA/ RIBA Members
£10 - Non-Members
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