Kate Kagioglidis

Designer for accessible editorial design

Driven by the pricipale that information is accessible to all, without compromising aesthetics.

Accessible Documents

Brochure open with illustrations and text

AccessAble Guide Luxembourg

During my traineeship at the European Parliament’s Digital Accessibility Team, I ensured the AccessAble Guide for Luxembourg—a collaboration between multiple EU institutions—was fully accessible (view Accessibility Report (PDF)). This 32-page resource helps newcomers navigate accommodation, transport, and leisure.
I handled content remediation to refine the guide for maximum usability, ensuring it meets accessibility standards.

Civic Data Lab – Toolkit for Data Projects Implementation

The material created (with Marko) for Corellaid offers comprehensive guidance and resources for successfully executing data initiatives within the civil society sector. This toolkit provides practical instructions and essential resources to facilitate the effective planning, execution, and evaluation of data projects, ensuring impactful outcomes. The worksheets are designed for flexibility, usable on Miro (online whiteboard), as printed materials, or as an interactive, accessible PDF form (view accessibility report (PDF)).

Project Insights: Civic Data Lab

Brochure with title Zukunft ist jetzt! in easy to read language

Zukunft ist jetzt!
Accessible Event Brochure

An accessible, visually cohesive brochure for the Zukunft ist jetzt! [The Future is Now!] conference, meeting PDF/UA standards (view accessibility report (PDF)) to ensure usability for all readers, including those using assistive technologies. The layout balances clarity and inclusivity, offering content in both easy and complex language versions. The conference focused on inclusive artistic education, pathways for creatives with disabilities to study at universities and alternatives of artistic education.

Three sheets with colorful excersises for the design thinking sprint of the co creation guide: Short texts an fieds to fill out

Guide for Assistive Tools Development

Leveraging experiences from the Open Health HACKademy and design-thinking principles to create and accessible guide for co-creation of assistive tool.

Project Insights: Co-Creation Guide

4 checklists in different colors for topics like: uxdesign; communcation at work, exhibtion items, and how to foster effective interactions with a student with a disability

Inclusion by Default:
Everyday Tools for Accessilbity

Whitepaper and Prototype

Reimagine a world where inclusion is not an afterthought but a fundamental part our of every environment and experience. Let’s be equipped with the knowledge and tools to make a difference, one checklist at a time.

Infographics

infographic. In the center a toilet with a price lable 300 Euro. Next to it a toilet brush and toilet paper. Connected to other infrastrucures and services

Flushing down data

The mundane act of flushing a toilet unveils a remarkable journey of data collection and analysis. In this exploration, we delve into how everyday sewage systems serve as a reservoir of valuable information, offering insights into public health, societal trends, and environmental impacts.

Project Insights: Flushing down data

Infographic: Line chart. Line shaped by teared of toiletpaper

Let’s talk toilet paper

A data visualization project aimed at shedding light on the consumption and production resources associated with toilet paper and its alternatives. The project seeks to raise awareness about effective and sustainable alternatives for personal hygiene.

Project Insights: Let’s talk toilet paper

different images of black objets with topographical surface. Hand written notes next to the pictures of names of molecules

Feel the scent

Exploring the transformation of synthetic scents into tangible objects using algorithms and 3D-printing, this project delves into scent descriptions and classifications. Scents become tangible to both smell and touch. This approach facilitates a deeper understanding of scents, making them accessible and tangible.

Project Insights: Feel the scent

Illustrations. explaining compuer vision. A person making a picture of an egg with an phone. An arrow to three photos on a wall with post-its next to it. One Egg, one egg with a crack, one with the note no egg

An Infographic explaining Computer Vision and its Applications

The goal was to make that complex topic accessible through a visual explanation. Simple explanations, engaging visualizations, and visually appealing design.

Project Insights: Computer vision

Clients and Partners

Logo Correlaid A capital letter c with lines
Logo be able. The words be able on tiles
Match My Maker logo to arms forming an M. The hands are close to shaking each other and building the middle of the letter M. The to "legs" of the M are a pen and a hex wrench
Eucrea Logo, Letters based on basic geometric shapes and with yellow shapes in the background
Logo sea natives surf camp. The letters forming a tent. the tent is in a circle with waves and sunset sky under the tent to finish the form of the circle two surfboards

About

Portrait of Kate Kagioglidis with a bright smile

I'm Kate Kagioglidis, a designer specialised in accessible editorial design, data visualisation, and digital publishing.

I create visually coherent, structured, and accessible content—from reports and infographics to templates and institutional documents. Ensuring compliance with WCAG, PDF/UA, and European Accessibility Standards, I help institutions, NGOs, and businesses produce inclusive digital and print materials that are both aesthetically refined and fully accessible. Driven by the principle that information should be accessible to all, without compromising aesthetics.

  • Since October 2024

    Schuman Trainee at the European Parliament (Brussels, Belgium). DG ITEC Digital Accessibility Team

    Supporting the Parliament’s Digital Accessibility Roadmap involves auditing and remediating digital content according to WCAG and EU standards, monitoring accessibility, engaging stakeholders, maintaining databases, developing resources, organizing events, and analyzing policies to promote best practices in digital accessibility.

    Dec 2023 - Feb 2024

    Civic Data Lab (Berlin, Gemany)

    Toolkit developement for civil society data projects

    Feb 2023 - Jan 2024

    EUCREA e.V. (Hamburg, Germany)

    Editorial Design, Branding and Accessibility Testing.

    Dec 2022 - Oct 2023

    STADT R A U M FLUSS (Hamburg, Germany)

    Multimedia Design and Communication Strategy

    Since Dec 2021

    Be able e.V. (Berlin Gemany)

    Inclusive Graphic Designer and Project Contributor

    For projects like Match My Maker

    June 2019 - Nov 2021

    Sea Natives Surf Camp (Tocha, Portugal)

  • 2024
    Master: Data and Design at ELISAVA Barcelona School of Design and Engineering (Spain)

    Mention in Research at ISEC Lisbon (Portugal)

    2021
    Data Visualization and Informationdesign at the LCC London (UK)

    2019
    Bachelor of Industrialdesign at the Kunsthochschule Burg Giebichenstein Halle (Germany)

    2017/18
    Erasmus+ Crossmedia Design at the ArtEZ AKI in Enschede (Netherlands)

    2013
    Abitur and Design and Media Technology Graduation

  • Document Accessibility: Skilled in ceating and remediating WCAG, PDF/UA, and EU standard conformant PDFs, forms, Word documents, and PowerPoint presentations, including complex layouts in Adobe InDesign.

    Adobe Creative Suite: Expert in InDesign, Illustrator, Proficient in Photoshop, and Lightroom. Familiar with After Effects.

    Web Design: Proficient in Squarespace, Wix Editor X, Readymag and WordPress. Experienced in screen reader compatibility and SEO optimization.

    Video Editing: Competent in Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, and iMovie.

    Data Visualization: Proficient in RAWgraphs, Flourish, Tableau, and QGIS for spatial data analysis.

    Programming: Knowledge of HTML, familiar with creative coding languages like Processing and P5.js.

    Canva: Expert in template creation.

    Social Media: Competent in social media management and email marketing platforms.z