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Mobilize the global usability community
Through World Usability Day, local events, regional organizers, public awareness, and community-building.
Building on World Usability Day since 2005
Human-centered design for the world’s biggest challenges.
World Usability Initiative runs global programs that bring usability, accessibility, UX, HCI, plain language, education, research, design, and policy communities into public-interest technology and service challenges.
From awareness to action
If we solve for the problem but ignore the human factors of the people in the loop, we will not create solutions that work.
World Usability DayGlobal community • annual since 2005
Why WUI exists
Technology alone does not solve human problems.
Technology is now part of how people learn, receive healthcare, access government services, participate in civic life, respond to climate change, manage money, communicate, and work.
WUI exists to make human-centered design part of how high-impact systems are imagined, funded, built, evaluated, and improved.
What WUI does
Four ways WUI turns global awareness into action.
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Build capacity through education
Through World Usability Education, teaching resources, speaker programming, books, articles, and learning partnerships.
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Recognize and elevate impactful work
Through the WUI Design Challenge, awards, juries, case studies, and visibility for strong human-centered design work.
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Influence institutions and public-interest technology
Through partnerships, standards conversations, SDG-inspired project framing, and cross-sector collaboration.
Featured initiatives
Programs run and stewarded by WUI.
World Usability Day
A global day of events and advocacy focused on making technology, products, and services easier to access, understand, and use.
WUI Design Challenge
A recognition program for evidence-based, human-centered design work with real-world impact.
World Usability Education
A global capacity-building initiative for usability education and human-centered design practice.
Speaker Series
Global conversations across usability, accessibility, HCI, UX, plain language, policy, and public-interest technology, with public recordings embedded on the Speaker Series page.
Books & Publications
Related books, articles, and publications that share global perspectives on usability and human-centered design.
Global Challenges
A careful SDG-inspired lens for identifying where usability and human-centered design can improve high-impact systems.
SDG-inspired work
Global goals help identify where use matters.
WUI uses the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as one lens for identifying areas where usability, accessibility, plain language, UX, HCI, and human-centered design can improve outcomes.
References to the SDGs are for thematic alignment and project-framing purposes and do not imply UN endorsement or affiliation unless explicitly stated.
Get involved
Three ways to help WUI grow.
Apply to serve on the Board
Help guide WUI’s strategy, governance, partnerships, funding, and long-term impact.
Apply to be a WUI Ambassador
Represent WUI, connect communities, and extend the reach of WUI’s work across regions, institutions, and networks.
Volunteer for an initiative
Support World Usability Day, the Design Challenge, education, speaker programming, publications, communications, or fundraising.
Support WUI
Donations and sponsorships help sustain the work.
Your support helps WUI expand global usability awareness, recognize impactful design work, build education capacity, create accessible programming, and connect human-centered design expertise to public-interest challenges.
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