Applied Arts and Communication Design for Inclusion

Communication design is aimed to solve real problems, it is an applied art, and designers use specific technical skills based on a broad context of knowledge and on a common language to several applied arts. In different communication design process access to (interfaces, places, information) can be supported by using the basic tools of the laboratory of the cartoonist, the illustrator, the videogame developer and other specific functional arts. We can observe a website in which illustration is the key to an inclusive visual design. In other cases the user experience design for all is guaranteed by information architecture. In order to develop skills in a job we can use a serious game or have a without words understanding experience using virtual reality. In the following text I’m going to describe selected case studies and a workflow to manage design processes and make different skills collaborate for a more inclusive communication design.