I’ve spent my career volunteering for the Design community. I’ve built a fix for the tension between accessibility and design practice. Now, I need your support.
Accessibility has been at odds with design practice. I’m building the fix, but I need your help to bring it forward.
I’m Santiago Bustelo. I’ve spent my career volunteering for the Design community, including serving as a regional coordinator for IxDA since 2010. I’ve also helped drive Accessibility Laws because I believe technology should empower, not exclude.
I’m not here to sell a product; I’m a colleague who has spent decades trying to improve our craft and would like to finish what I started.
For decades, I’ve seen accessibility treated as a bureaucratic checklist that designers resist because it’s forced upon them and leads to poor design outcomes.
To solve this, I spent months building IPAX.
It’s not another 'contrast checker'. It’s a model that rewards great design instead of just legal compliance, integrating WCAG, APCA, and ergonomics like halation, glare, and chromatic fatigue.
The model is solid and the first tools (Sandbox, Font checker, Color System designer) are live (please forgive the experimental settings and rough corners). But I’ve hit a financial wall and can no longer carry this development alone.
I’m currently looking for sponsors, research partners, or grants to close the gap between accessibility theory and real-world design practice.
If you work at a university, an organization, or a company that actually gives a damn about the European Accessibility Act (EAA 2025) and wants to support a tool that makes compliance operationally transparent, let's talk.
And if you're just a curious UX colleague, check it out: icograma.com