Danish Khan. Product Designer. Accessibility Researcher. Based in Birmingham.

I design digital experiences that work for more people. My work spans product design, digital accessibility and research. I build practical tools, study how people use digital products, and share what I learn through open source, teaching and community work.

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My Story

Hi, I’m Danish Khan, a product designer turned accessibility researcher.

I started in UI/UX design in Pakistan, working on independent client projects before moving into product leadership and community education, reaching hundreds of students through workshops and training. Moving to the UK in 2023, my work in healthcare showed me the barriers disabled people can face online, which led me into accessibility research. Since then I have built open-source accessibility tools, published peer-reviewed work with IEEE and Springer, and taught thousands of learners through speaking, judging and community work.

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Recent Activity

Highlights from my research, recognition and community work.

Recognition

National Digital Awards 2026, Finalist

Selected as an official finalist in three National Digital Awards 2026 categories: Best UX Designer, Emerging Talent Under 30 and Platform Tool (MarTech & AI). The 2026 programme received over 500 entries across all categories, with approximately six finalists selected per category. My finalist status was officially…

Education

Learn Figma 2025: From Basics to Your First Design Project

Danish created this free Figma and UI/UX course, which was approved and launched on 30 October 2024. It contains 12 lectures and is offered entirely free. On 16 August 2026, the course had 13,996 enrolled students across 153 countries, 965 ratings, 209,275.25 minutes taught and 7,114 active learners. A later verifie…

Judging & Speaking

HuddleHive Women in Tech Hackathon

Danish served as a voluntary judge at the HuddleHive Women in Tech Hackathon at Wise offices in London on 27–28 June 2026. HuddleHive Co-Founder Jess Rush invited him based on his UI/UX design and digital accessibility background. The event had 100 participants and was supported by Wise and Addition. Danish independ…

Judging & Speaking

Accessibility: Building Bridges, Not Walls

Spoke to a room of engineers and designers, focusing on the accessibility issues that quietly break products, low contrast, unclear focus states, missing labels. The energy stayed high well after the talk, with people working through how to fix these in their own projects.

Open Source Projects