Accessibility

We design digital products for a living. An accessibility statement from a design agency is a statement about its own standards, so this one avoids the two things that make most of them worthless: claiming a level of conformance nobody has tested, and listing no known problems at all.

What we are aiming for

This website targets WCAG 2.2 Level AA. We review it annually, and after any significant change to the design or the build.

We are not claiming full conformance. A claim of full conformance means every page has been audited against every criterion, and where that has not happened, saying so is more useful than saying otherwise.

What we have built in

• Semantic HTML — real headings, real lists, real landmarks, so the page has a structure a screen reader can move through
• Keyboard access throughout, with a visible focus style
• Filters and menus that report their state, and content that is hidden from assistive technology when it is hidden on screen
• Text that meets AA contrast against its background
• Alternative text on images that carry meaning, and none on images that are decoration
• Layouts that reflow to 320px and survive zooming to 200% without loss of content
• Motion that respects prefers-reduced-motion — every entrance animation on the site stops when that setting is on

Known issues

• Case-study imagery. Some images migrated from our previous website have alternative text that is adequate rather than good. We are rewriting it as we revisit each project.
• Long-form documents. The contents rail on pages like this one is a convenience, not a substitute for the page's heading structure; both are present, but we have not yet had this pattern tested with screen-reader users.
• Video. Where we show motion work, captions and descriptions are not consistently provided.

If you find something that is not on this list, we would like to know about it.

How we test

We test with keyboard navigation, browser zoom, forced-colours mode and automated checks during development. We have not yet commissioned an independent audit of this website. When we do, this page will say who carried it out and what they found.

Accessibility in the work we do

For client projects, accessibility is part of the design rather than a pass at the end. Depending on the engagement that includes accessible colour and type systems, keyboard and screen-reader behaviour specified in the design documentation, component libraries that carry the correct semantics, and testing against WCAG 2.2 AA. Where a client needs to meet the European Accessibility Act or a public-sector duty, we scope that explicitly.

Telling us about a problem

Email hello@griddesign.co.uk or call +44 (0)20 8050 0556. Tell us the page and what happened, and we will reply within 5 working days.

If you need something on this site in a different format — a document as plain text, large print, or read aloud — ask and we will provide it.

Enforcement

If you contact us with a complaint and you are not happy with our response, the Equality and Human Rights Commission is responsible for enforcing the Equality Act 2010. You can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service at equalityadvisoryservice.com.

About this statement

This statement applies to griddesign.co.uk. It was prepared using our own review of the site against WCAG 2.2 Level AA. The date at the top of the page is when it was last reviewed.