Delayed: Accessibility activism through design as satire

This project examines systemic ableism in airports, using design activism and satire to expose barriers faced by people with physical disabilities. Through interviews and co-design, it reveals how physical obstacles—broken elevators, inaccessible restrooms—create deeper emotional and social challenges.

Humor becomes the engine for change. Not just to communicate, but to spark reflection—and action.

Change must start from the ground up. That’s why the project speaks to able-bodied audiences, raising awareness before demanding systemic shifts.

Visual explorations include EASY-O, an unwinnable board game simulating travel barriers, and Delayed, a fictional in-flight magazine with a satirical safety card and video confronting air travel inaccessibility.

Accessibility isn’t an afterthought.
It’s the foundation design must be built on.