Website Redesign Phase 1: Accessibility in Figma | Spindrift Blood Orange Black Tea

What does it actually take to design a modern, accessible website from the ground up?

In this episode of Accessibility Craft, we’re pulling back the curtain on the Equalize Digital website redesign. We talk about how we selected a design partner, why our original design budget nearly doubled, and how accessibility requirements were built into the process before the first Figma designs ever arrived. We also dig into accessibility QA during the design phase, and Steve shares some early thoughts on how the designs will become a modular, performant WordPress build.

Before all that, we preview WordPress Accessibility Day 2026 and taste Spindrift Tea in Blood Orange, a still brewed iced tea with real fruit juice that inspires some surprisingly strong opinions.

For show notes and a full transcript, go to AccessibilityCraft.com/184.

Chapters

• (00:00:00) - Introduction
• (00:02:05) - Today’s Beverage: Spindrift Blood Orange Tea
• (00:08:31) - WordPress Accessibility Day 2026
• (00:13:15) - Our Website Redesign Update
• (00:13:39) - Sponsor: Accessibility Checker
• (00:14:46) - Choosing a Design Partner With Accessibility in Mind
• (00:19:38) - The Design Budget: Before and After
• (00:21:43) - Documenting Accessibility Requirements
• (00:28:34) - Reviewing Designs for Accessibility
• (00:35:28) - Accessible Designs Aren’t Boring!