Cosmic Velocity

Cosmic Velocity team wishes you a wholesome festive season! We thank our team, our supporters and our clients, as well as everyone who made it to our end of year get together. Here's to an exciting 2025 ahead, and taking time to rest and recharge ❤️🎉 #DesignStudio #UXdesign #ProductDesign #YearEnd2024

We loved running our Cosmic Velocity inclusive design training at ClearScore last week! 🚀 Real stories, practical exercises, and 2 rooms (virtual and an in-person one) full of engaged designers working together to make digital products more accessible. We even test-drove our new exclusion canvas (huge thanks for all the valuable feedback!) As one participant beautifully put it: "It brought the design team together; focused on something we all want to do better; helped reflect on our processes.” Special thanks to Laurent Christoph and Yolanda Martin Olivas for championing inclusive design and inviting us in! Looking forward to seeing how the team implements these practices in their daily work. Another thank you goes to my co-facilitator and co-founder Stephen Tomlinson for the usual brilliance of co-creating and running an awesome inclusive design training in hybrid mode. ❤️🚀 #InclusiveDesign #Accessibility #DesignThinking #UX

When we at Cosmic Velocity teach inclusive design, we often think about our design ambition - what exactly would we like to do? How might we help to lower barriers for participation? For us, it's all about sharpening this pyramid - ensuring teams gain tangible steps to achieve better outcomes. Because inclusive design isn't just about understanding differences—it's about making tangible changes today. #inclusivedesign #accessibility #innovation

🎁 Happy holidays, friends! We attended our first Xmas party of the season and it made us think about gifting. Ever wonder where Cosmic Velocity team finds their favourite gifts? Here are three gems we discovered this year that we can't stop talking about: 🍷 First up - Brixton Wine Club! Founded by the amazing Louisa Payne, they've become our go-to for all things wine and we love their started-in-a-flat, democratising wine drinking story. ☕ We're also coffee obsessed (who isn't?), and RISE coffee box has been our best find of 2024. Love how they champion local suppliers! 📚 For fellow book lovers, The Folio Society Ltd creates the most beautiful books you'll ever hold. They're an independent employee-owned publisher in London, and their CEO Joanna Reynolds has an inspiring leadership story worth checking out. https://lnkd.in/eMdPqH3Y PS: For pretty much everything else, we're huge fans of BUY WOMEN BUILT Some of the coolest gifts we've found this year came from their incredible community of women entrepreneurs. Happy gifting! 💝 #ShopSmall #MeaningfulGifts #HolidaySeason #CosmicVelocity

🌱 Nothing beats working with innovative companies building real solutions that make a difference. We are just back from EMEX London's The Net Zero & Energy Management Expo where we supported our amazing client IO-Gen. Their platform helps complex multi-site businesses to monitor their energy usage and supply chain and take tangible steps towards lowering their carbon footprint. We are proud to be a part of this transformation journey. 🌍 #NetZero #Sustainability #CleanTech #EnergyManagement #GreenTech #Innovation #UKTech #ClimateAction

Put disabled people at the heart of every project by getting a diverse range of user testers to regularly review your digital content and services, say the panel discussing 'Inclusive research is better research': Ashley Peacock of AbilityNet, Chris Bailey of HSBC, Yasmin Keats of Open Style Lab, Aleksandra Melnikova of Cosmic Velocity and Ioana Tanase of Microsoft. Need help with your user research process? AbilityNet can help. https://lnkd.in/ehpjX8hw #TSP2024 #TechSharePro #DigitalA11y

Get excited for this TechShare Pro 2024 Panel highlight: Inclusive Research is Better Research Led by AbilityNet's Senior Accessibility Consultant, Ashley Peacock discusses - What makes inclusive research better research? - What are the challenges to creating a more inclusive research practice within your organisations? - What's the impact of non-inclusive research? with our fantastic panel line up: Chris Bailey (HSBC), Yasmin Keats (Open Style Labs), Aleksandra Melnikova (Cosmic Velocity) and Ioana Tanase (Microsoft). Join us for an insightful panel discussion on Inclusive Research with disabled populations. Don’t miss this session at TechShare Pro 2024. Get your online ticket today: www.techsharepro.com #InclusiveResearch #PanelDiscussion #ResearchInnovation #Accessibility #BetterResearch

Busy weeks at Cosmic Velocity with training, product design, and speaking engagements in full swing! Catch our own Aleksandra Melnikova at TechShare Pro next week, talking about why Inclusive research is better research - come say hello! 🤗 🚀 https://lnkd.in/e2pcyyT7 #AccessibleDesign #ProductDesign #TechSharePro #DesignThinking #Innovation #TechForGood #DigitalAccessibility #UXDesign #Training

Happy Halloween! Nothing says "creepy" as effectively as some of the stuff that comes out of #Midjourney when we are generating content for work or leisure. Here's the best selection for your amusement. Share your own AI magic in the comments! 👻 #AI #GenerativeAI #Halloween2024 #HalloweenAtWork #CosmicVelocity

30+ clients and growing! Love what inclusive design can do for your business? Let's talk, we'd love to work with you ❤️ #InclusiveResearch #ServiceDesign #ProductDesign #Training