Tagged Universal design.
7 pieces from the studio — field notes and case studies that share this thread. Keep pulling.
The case for a touchless, signless world.
Most technology around us assumes you can speak. It doesn't have to — and the pieces to fix it are already in the room.
Where the numbers come from.
Every claim we make should be checkable — these are the sources behind the statistics and the legal context we cite across the site.
What we build, and what we don't.
1891 is an interactive experience company, not a sign-language AI lab — here's the line we draw, and why it lets us build today rather than wait for a frontier to clear.
What we tell every client up front.
Before anyone signs anything, we say the quiet parts out loud: signing isn't universal, privacy needs a second factor, recognition has limits, and the room itself is part of the build.
Six principles that shape every install.
If you only take a few things from how we work, take these. They're how we make the decisions you don't see us making — the ones that happen before a single board is soldered.
Touchless-world demo
The signless / touchless thesis made into a thing you can poke at right now — 36 handshapes, in your browser, on the camera you already have.
Blast'D! Arena
Blast'D! Arena is Frederick's indoor playground — real teams, real running, live scoring on a 75-inch board — and the laser-tag installation that proved the tournament engine the Arena product now carries to every sport.