Emir Manrique · Design · Accessibility · Development
Good web design includes everyone.
Accessible pages, clear visual rules and helpful guides, designed from the start for the widest range of people, so everyone can use essential services online with ease.
Emir Manrique
Digital & Graphic Designer
- IAAP Professional Member
- Design partner to AndiSites Inc. through eMirDesigner LLC
- Creator of The Bridge Method
Two dates every public entity needs to know.
April 26, 2027
State and local entities serving 50,000 people or more.
April 26, 2028
Smaller entities and special districts. Standard: WCAG 2.1 AA.
Why it matters
One visual method, many public services.
The Bridge Method turns accessibility into visual decisions: color pairs, type, hierarchy, focus and layout that every person can read and use. Every designer who learns these rules carries them into each public-sector project they touch. That is how a design decision reaches a person paying a fine or finding a court date, in any state.
Step 1
Designers learn the rules
Step 2
Web firms apply them
Step 3
Public agencies, schools and nonprofits
Step 4
People get done what they came to do
state and local government entities covered by ADA Title II
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, 2024
2027 / 2028
ADA Title II compliance dates for state and local governments
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, 2026
Where do you want to start?
For public entities
Six design decisions to settle before the first page, and how projects run: AndiSites Inc. leads, eMirDesigner brings the design.
For schools and organizations
For private schools, universities and nonprofits: accessible website design, documents and help guides, working directly with me.
For public teams
Checklists for counties, courts and community colleges, a statement template and a 12-month plan.
For designers
The Bridge Method v1.0, published with a DOI so other teams can use and cite it.
The Bridge Method · v1.0
Five phases from the designer's seat, one goal: people can complete the task.
Understand
Map the critical tasks and spot the design barriers on the current site.
Define the system
An accessible palette, type scale, focus style and target sizes, checked once.
Design and annotate
Components with every state, templates for each language, notes developers can build from.
Review together
Design reviews with developers and testers, before and after the build.
Guide and transfer
A shared design system, help guides and short videos, so the next person starts ahead.
Selected work
Justice nonprofit · Mississippi
96% more active users after launch
Team project with AndiSites Inc. · Results reported by AndiSites
Public technical college · Minnesota
12% more applications after launch
Team project with AndiSites Inc. · Results reported by AndiSites
Community college · North Carolina
16% more active users after launch
Team project with AndiSites Inc. · Results reported by AndiSites
Projects delivered in partnership with AndiSites Inc. Shared with permission.
Clear for everyone.
Accessible design means being understood in every way people take in information:
- Language. Plain words, short sentences and clear next steps, for people with cognitive disabilities, people with low literacy and anyone reading in a second language.
- Visual. A clear hierarchy, readable type and images with text alternatives.
- Color. Enough contrast, and color never as the only way to show meaning.
- Audio and video. Captions, transcripts and no sound that plays on its own.
Every rule in the method starts there.
“Accessible design speaks clearly: in words, images, color and sound.”
Recognition and community
Team awards · 2026
Five awards for four websites
- Fayetteville Technical Community College: MarCom Gold; w3 Silver: Fayetteville Technical Community College, w3 Awards winners gallery (opens in a new tab)
- Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities: MarCom Platinum
- Mississippi Center for Justice: MUSE Silver: Mississippi Center for Justice, MUSE Awards winners gallery (opens in a new tab)
- Hennepin Technical College: w3 Silver: Hennepin Technical College, w3 Awards winners gallery (opens in a new tab)
Awarded to AndiSites Inc. I was part of the design team on each website.
Team awards · 2025
Two awards for one website
- Beaufort County Community College: MUSE Silver: Beaufort County Community College, MUSE Awards winners gallery (opens in a new tab); w3 Silver: Beaufort County Community College, w3 Awards winners gallery (opens in a new tab)
Awarded to AndiSites Inc. I was part of the design team.
IAAP member
International Association of Accessibility Professionals, since September 2026. CPACC candidate after Oct 28.
Letter of recognition for virtual courses
Instituto Iberoamericano de Altos Estudios Judiciales, 2014. For the team’s work on two virtual advanced courses in Ibero-American civil procedure and constitutional law. Read about the courses.
Featured in NOTIDEM
Executive Directorate of the Judiciary, issue 36, 2008. A profile of the multidisciplinary team behind the institution’s electronic image. Read the story behind the NOTIDEM profile.
Client spotlight
Prospera: client spotlight on eMirDesigner (opens in a new tab), entrepreneur success stories in NC, 2021.
Want your site to work for everyone? Let's talk.
A 30-minute conversation on Zoom about your site, your deadline and where accessible design can help. Public-sector projects are delivered together with AndiSites Inc. No pitch.
Or write to hola@emirdesigner.com