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jakewelch

32 karma · joined September 1, 2026

Designer and creative technologist https://jakewelch.design https://restroomarchive.com
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jakewelch··on Restroom Archive
Yeah! It lead me to design the UI to be very simple with a clear hierarchy, high contrast, and using a sans-serif font. Accessibility and legibility is key. I landed on using Arial as the font because it's arguably the most accessible. Beyond that, my research drove the language I use throughout. "Catalog", for example, used to be "Index". or calling comments "annotations". It's funny, something about the subject matter being so stupid made me want to go really hard on taking the archive itself 100% seriously.
jakewelch··on Restroom Archive
I did a lot of research on the standard design conventions used for other web archives and for designing public signage for ADA compliant restrooms!
jakewelch··on Restroom Archive
Hey this is my project. Thanks for sharing