Assistive Technology Awareness Resources by Alberto March is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Competition Category.
IronGraphic· 2026
Assistive Technology Awareness Resources
Client: World Health Organization
A' Design Award Winner in Graphic Category
Verified Award Winner
Verify Award Status for #177409The Design
About Assistive Technology Awareness Resources
Assistive Technology is a set of awareness resources created for a data toolkit on assistive technology. The illustration style emphasises inclusivity and accessibility. Linear figures show people using assistive devices, highlighting the value of these devices in everyday life. A semicircular frame unites the figures and acts as a visual metaphor for openness and participation. The incomplete frame suggests that inclusion is a continuing process. Four A4 manuals, banners and a light box were produced following accessibility standards.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award
Assistive Technology Awareness Resources is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. Assistive Technology Awareness Resources is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. Assistive Technology Awareness Resources is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.
Interviews
Design Interview
What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
The main idea behind the Assistive Technology Data Toolkit is to make complex scientific and public health information more accessible, understandable, and useful to the people who need it. Assistive technology plays a fundamental role in enabling people to live independently, participate in society, and improve their quality of life. However, the data and information surrounding assistive technology can be difficult to communicate effectively.
My inspiration came from the opportunity to use editorial design as a bridge between scientific knowledge and its audience. I wanted to create a clear, coherent, and visually engaging design that would help readers navigate information, understand its relevance, and recognize the importance of assistive technology in building more inclusive societies.
What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
My main focus was to transform complex information into a clear and accessible visual experience without compromising the accuracy or integrity of the content. I wanted the design to support comprehension rather than compete with the information itself.
The objective was to establish a strong editorial hierarchy, improve readability, create consistency across the publication, and help readers navigate different types of information intuitively. Above all, I wanted the design to reinforce the message that access to assistive technology is not simply a technical matter; it is an essential component of inclusion, independence, and human dignity.
What are your future plans for this award winning design?
I see this project as an opportunity to demonstrate how thoughtful editorial design can contribute to the communication of scientific evidence and public health priorities. My goal is to continue developing design solutions that make complex information easier to understand and more accessible to diverse audiences.
The recognition from the A’ Design Award also encourages me to explore further opportunities to apply these principles to publications, data toolkits, and information resources addressing global health and social development. I hope the project will inspire other organizations to recognize visual communication as an integral part of making knowledge accessible and actionable.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The style of the illustration is an effective visual representation of the assistive technology data Toolkit because it emphasizes inclusivity and accessibility. The focus on the interior elements and the use of linear components depicting people using assistive technology serve to highlight the significance of recognizing and valuing these devices as integral parts of everyday life. Additionally, the semicircular frame acts as a visual metaphor for openness and participation.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Four printed manuals, size A4, 48 pages, Text weight coated finish paper 70 grs for the inside pages. Covers have cardstock 80 grs. Roll up banners: 85 cm x 200 cm. 80mm light box sego.
- Tags
- assistive technology, assistive technology for families, disability, disabled, blindness, disability tools
- Production Technology
- The main image was created with Illustrator, while the publications were designed using Adobe InDesign, following the guidelines of the international organization for standardization to ensure accessibility for impaired audiences.
- Design Challenge
- The main goal was to present the advancing data collection on the Assistive Technology toolkit, which includes four tools addressing key questions: the population's unmet needs for assistive technology, the country’s capacity to meet these needs, the impact of assistive technology on users, and progress by Member States in implementing the World Health Assembly Resolution 78.1. This toolkit helps countries collect data to inform policy, raise awareness, and garner support for assistive technology. Its target audiences include policymakers, researchers, associations, assistive technology users and families, service managers, experts, and development partners.
- Research
- The research was based on the need to represent the rapid assistive technology assessment (rATA), which is a population-based household survey that collects self-reported information from people regarding their access to assistive technology, measuring the need, demand, and barriers. The tool can be used alone, or incorporated into other surveys and/or, or in national censuses.
- Inspiration
- The semicircle framing the illustration of assistive technology users serves symbolic and functional purposes. Visually, it unites the figures, suggesting belonging and dynamism with openness. Symbolically, it signifies acceptance, inclusion, and respect for diverse human experiences. Its incomplete form also represents continuity and potential for change, emphasising that inclusion is an ongoing, evolving process open to new perspectives.
- Project Duration
- The project started in March 2025 in Geneva and is still in the process of finalisation. The design process is made in Spain.
- Operation Flow
- All PDF documents were evaluated and found to comply with accessibility standards, particularly PDF/Universal Accessibility and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, using the PDF Accessibility Checker tool.
- Image Credits
- Images: Envato Elements and iStock
Illustrations: Alberto March
Content: World Health Organization
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