https://northstarinitiative.net 2025-08-28 daily 1.0 https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image19.png Northstar Initiative Logo https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/home.png Northstar Initiative https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image21.png Northstar Initiative Logo Diagram https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image03.png Northstar Initiative Logo Diagram https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image22.png Stone Hand Tools that Inspire Northstar. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image23.png Stone Hand Tools that Inspire Northstar. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image24.png Stone Hand Tools that Inspire Northstar. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image25.png Stone Hand Tools that Inspire Northstar. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image05.png Stone Hand Tools that Inspire Northstar. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image06.png Stone Hand Tools that Inspire Northstar. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image07.png Stone Hand Tools that Inspire Northstar. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image26.png Northstar word mark. Featuring rounded letter forms, and additional stylized features. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image08.png Northstar word mark. Featuring rounded letter forms, and additional stylized features. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image33.jpg Image of Aaron McIntosh, director and founder of Northstar Initiative. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image10.jpg Image of Keith Kirkland, haptics designer and advisor for the Northstar Initiative. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image11.jpg Image of Edwing Mendez, creative director and advisor for the Northstar Initiative. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image16.jpg Image of Sean Verbanic, Orientation and Mobility Specialist, and advisor for the Northstar Initiative. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image12.jpg Image of Emily Yates, head of accessibility and inclusive design at Mima and design advisor for the Northstar Initiative. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image17.jpg Image of Josh Ogren, Computational Designer at Hufft , and design advisor for the Northstar Initiative. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image18.jpg Image of Elvis Achelpohl, Architect at BNIM, and design advisor for the Northstar Initiative. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image13.jpg Image of Cale Doornbos, principal at the Lamar Johnson Collaborative, Landscape architect, and consultant for the Northstar Initiative. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image14.jpg Image of Kekeli Dawes, Architect for Multistudio and consultant for the Northstar Initiative. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image15.png Image of Matt Scheupach, senior project designer and associate with the Lamar Johnson Collaborative and consultant for the Northstar Initiative. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow02-8ec2cf6d.jpg The Bookmark Bench title page. A public space navigation tool. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow02-854f0366.jpg The Northstar Initiative design process. Thoughtful, Sustainable, Accessible, Final Concept. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow02-1f3be9c3.jpg People who are blind or visually impaired are three times more likely to experience loneliness and isolation. In part due to fea https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow02-234db1c4.jpg How can we design a beautiful yet subtle spacial navigation tool? https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow02-47370d67.jpg Project Inspiration: Oslo Opera House Facade, Naguri, Ancient British Rock Art, Cairns. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow02-c8b7a5b1.jpg Untitled https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow02-e4e196ef.jpg Untitled https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow02-0bfa5598.jpg Untitled https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow02-b83e4dfa.jpg Untitled https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow02-a4926c7d.jpg Untitled https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow02-39f7638d.gif Untitled https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow02-84e33599.gif Untitled https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow02-fd7e7860.jpg Untitled https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow03-0ce6f41a.jpg Untitled https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow03-ea85f562.jpg Untitled https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow03-bdb8776d.jpg Untitled https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow03-dfd929f1.png Untitled https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow03-a5318870.jpg Untitled https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow03-562f9c8d.jpg Untitled https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow03-e0c1da3a.jpg Untitled https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow01-a2e45e22.jpg A Bustling Crosswalk https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow01-d4249717.jpg A Bustling Crosswalk challenge card https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow01-596076e3.jpg A Museum Maze https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow01-b845a824.jpg A Museum Maze Challenge Card https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow01-f0072293.jpg A Washed Out Trail challenge card https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow01-46c4eed1.jpg A Washed Out Trail challenge card back https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow01-eb856f68.jpg A Winding Staircase challenge card https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow01-609b13fe.jpg A Winding Staircase challenge card 2 https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image34.jpg Image of Lily Dickson, long term Northstar collaborator, muse, and multimedia artist. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image01.jpg Image of Lydia Moreno, STEM Educator at the Kansas State School for the Blind. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image09.jpg Image of Keith Kirkland, haptics designer and advisor for the Northstar Initiative. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow04-bba66559.jpg Design Beyond Sight title slide https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow04-c60b17ef.jpg Northstar is an accessible wayfinding and placemaking design studio, inspired by the perspective of the visually impaired. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow04-bb3538c8.jpg Our Story https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow04-89ac7a21.gif Visual Impairment is expected to increase by 55% by 2050 https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow04-6c1ffd96.jpg A Celebration of Collaboration: pictured are designers nationally and internationally that Northstar has worked with. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow04-9ac69778.jpg Guest speaker Lily Dickson: Mixed Media Artist https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow04-76d34ace.jpg Guest Speaker Lydia Moreno: STEM Educator and artist at the Kansas State School of the Blind https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow04-fa4e7b82.jpg Guest Speaker Keith Kirkland: Haptics Designer and co-founder of Haptic Nav https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow04-372fca0d.jpg A collection of work by Northstar, including the Bookmark Bench, KCAI Reimagined, and a future trail project. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow04-f75dad45.jpg How might we carry these perspectives into the spaces we build, the communities we nurture, and the futures we imagine? https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/slideshow04-d77dd9f7.jpg Thank you, stay connected https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image31.png Northstar Initiative Logo https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image32.png Northstar Initiative https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image04.png Stone Hand Tools that Inspire Northstar. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image27.jpg Ancient British Rock Art. An element of early human making that influenced the design language of the Northstar Initiative. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image28.png Ancient British Rock Art. An element of early human making that influenced the design language of the Northstar Initiative. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image30.png The Northstar font of choice, known as zed text l. This font is the main font utilized by Northstar, as it has been one of the best performing fonts for accessibility and acuity this side of the 21st century. https://northstarinitiative.net/assets/images/image29.png Northstar's secondary font of choice, Zed Text Extra-Wide L. 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