AIA UK EDI - Designing for Everyone: from Intent to Impact
Join us for a special talk on inclusive design, preceeded by drinks and networking, hosted at longtime AIA UK sponsor Herman Miller's showroom!
When: Wednesday 8 October 2025, 18:30
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.
Schedule
18:30 - Doors open. Networking with drinks and snacks.
19:30 - Talk by Natasha Trotman
Venue Accessibility
The MillerKnoll showroom is wheelchair accessible, with a lift to access the first floor
Guide dogs are allowed
BSL interpreters will not be provided
Accessible unisex toilets are available
There is a wellness room should a participant need some time out or a moment to themselves
Local transport includes:
Farringdon Station a 5 minute walk away
Nearby bus stops on adjoining Clerkenwell Road (J and K)
Car parking available on St John's Square outside the venue.
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
Spaces are limited. Book today!
This event is made possible with the support of Herman Miller. Please consider them for your next project. Further information at: https://www.hermanmiller.com/en_gb/.