The talk attempts to critically examine various aspects of accessibility. Particularly in web design, there is a common misconception that standardization, personalization, and simply adhering to conventions automatically result in accessibility. But what else can accessibility mean on the web, beyond standardized technical structures? Have we fully discovered all possibilities, and should experimentation be left to the arts? What role remains for web design if AI applications already present content more effectively than websites can? Doesn't this development risk losing a significant part of communication? How can we actively ensure the web remains an accessible place?

These questions are central to the talk, inviting attendees to explore diverse perspectives on web accessibility.

Lecture language: German
Translation into German Sign Language

The talk deals with the central role of language and design in teaching. How can inclusive and non-discriminatory language break down barriers and broaden understanding for diverse target groups? How can students from different backgrounds be reached and supported equally? Jolanta will answer these questions with examples from her own teaching practice. 

Lecture language: German Sign Language
Translation into German

10am – 6pm

University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
Design Department,  
Building D, LW Graphic Lab

How can we move beyond the gender binary characteristic of our language? Camille Circlude details the emergence of inclusive, non-binary and post-binary typography, which, in the wave of inclusive writing, seeks to fight the gendered nature of French language. The field of typographic design now offers an unprecedented space for writing to embrace the vast prism of gender, beyond binarity. Typography is seen as an emancipating technology that enables us to resist hegemony and embrace the hybridity of forms. Today, it offers the possibility of materialising queer, non-binary, genderfluid, agender and genderfuck existences in the shared and symbolic spaces of language and writing. Exploring the possibilities of a post-binary future, the workshop will look at the questions and issues raised by these new typographic forms in a corpus of texts brought together in a publication printed in Riso, the challenges of which lie in their translation.

Libraries have been providing knowledge for centuries. In times of digital reading, they face the challenge of making printed material accessible in digital form. The symposium Further Reading 2024 takes a look at proven and innovative strategies for digitising knowledge as well as the user behaviour of readers. How is the digital revolution changing the cultural technique of reading? What expectations do we have of access to information? What future do libraries have?

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Typography nowadays creates reading spaces beyond two-dimensional layers. The spatial arrangement not only creates depth, but offers new possibilities for connecting and structuring textual content. This Further Reading event explores how we can design texts for three-dimensional spaces. How does this change the perception of our daily environment ? How do we benefit from those new possibilities of reading and what are the limits ? What is the role of the reader or the designer ?

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