Accessibility Kiwi
Accessibility Kiwi translates the WCAG 2.2 guidelines into a structured, navigable system for designers working inside real project workflows.
Accessibility is not an edge case, but a structural requirement.
Instead of simplifying documentation, the system reinterprets the full WCAG 2.2 criteria and restructures them according to when and how they become relevant during design decision-making. The focus is not on reducing complexity, but on improving orientation, hierarchy and timing of information.
Each iteration was evaluated against a single question: Does it reduce decision friction in a dense environment?
- This led to a system of tag-based filtering, accordions for details, sticky titles for scrolling, lazy loading for performance and single-criterion views for comparison and bookmarking.
- Examples are intentionally framed as starting points rather than prefabricated solutions, supporting interpretation instead of prescribing outcomes.
- The original WCAG 2.2 numbering was deliberately preserved to support collaboration with external documentation and prevent gaps during review, even when alternative groupings could have been more intuitive.
- During development, accessibility was also tested within the interface itself. When interaction issues emerged in keyboard navigation, the accordion interaction was revised in VanillaJS to ensure full operability without relying on pointer-based input.
Accessibility Kiwi is authored, designed and developed by me using Kirby CMS. The backend is not only a storage layer, but part of the system logic: It defines how accessibility knowledge is structured and updated.
I started this project after a shift in my design perspective in 2021, when I met people who rely on accessible systems in everyday contexts.
Accessibility has become a central design question for me.
Accessibility Kiwi functions both as a public guide and as an experiment in how information structures can influence the practical use of design knowledge.
Certificates & Publications
- W3C Certificate: Introduction to Web Accessibility (2021)
- Publications: Medium (2023–now)
- Mentions: Kirbysites (2023)