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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"Inclusive design"”.
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Changing gender narratives using inclusive design
… explores the interrelations of gender and the design of solutions - two of the most fundamental components of the cultural framework which holds together our sense of social identity. Studies show that human brains use correspondence bias - the purported basis of gender stereotypes - to group …
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Evaluating inclusive design within a zoological street furniture framework
Inclusive design caters for the needs and aspirations of as many end users as possible, regardless of their age or ability, positively influencing product design and the built environment, and thus society as a whole. By conducting an inclusive design analysis, with reference to zoological street …
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Evaluating the Role of Prior Experience in Inclusive Design
… product interaction. Implications for intuitive design such as the use of familiar features and icon design are also identified. The adoption of a novel inclusive design approach, framing interaction using an interactional, behavioural model, is proposed as a potential method to identify issues …
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Exploring a capability-demand interaction model for inclusive design evaluation
Designers are required to evaluate their designs against the needs and capabilities of their target user groups in order to achieve successful, inclusive products. This dissertation presents exploratory research into the specific problem of supporting analytical design evaluation for Inclusive …
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Age-Inclusive Design Framework for On-Demand, Shared Autonomous Vehicles
… have been traditionally underserved, as well as designers, AV makers and operators, policy makers and regulatory authorities. If we do not carefully study the mobility needs of users – young and old – and design to meet them, we stand to repeat the same fate of in-accessibility in new mobility as …
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Capturing the sports design process to facilitate the uptake of inclusive design
… this research is, "to investigate how the sports design process can be used to improve inclusive design practice". Sports design (or sports engineering) is the design of sports equipment and/or products that support the athlete (or user) in improving their overall sporting performance (Jenkins, et …
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Exploring the application of Inclusive Design to the improvement of healthcare services
… These present a potential opportunity for Inclusive Design. The literature suggests that Inclusive Design and its associated tools have been widely applied to the accessibility of buildings and public transport, as well as consumer products and services, but there is little evidence of …
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INVESTIGATING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT: SURVEY OF INCLUSIVE DESIGN ATTITUDES WITHIN LONDON’S TUBE STATIONS
… unfriendly environment resulted from biased design attitudes of built environment professionals (Section 1). Literature surveys observed that designers design for their own demographic group and that railway development privileged or disadvantaged different groups of people (Section 2). …
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An inclusive design framework for autonomous vehicles to create valuable experience for elderly
… for the ageing population. Right now, we are designing the technology keeping potential users in mind, which may not include the older persons. Since this technology is at the initial stage, we could intervene and design a better inclusive technology irrespective of age and health conditions. …
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Ageing Futures: Towards Cognitively Inclusive Digital Media Products
… in a moment when the theory and practice of inclusive design appears to be significantly implicated in the social and economic response to demographic changes in Western Europe by addressing the need to reconnect older people with technology. In light of claims that cognitive ageing results …
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Trinidad Carnival : improving design through computation and digital technology
… of computation and digital technology to support design in the Trinidad Carnival. I argue that computation can contribute to design in the Trinidad Carnival by (1) addressing the dying art of wire bending, (2) improving design, and (3) by fostering a more inclusive design process. My study is …
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Promoting the communication participation of vision impaired persons via digital inclusion: the role of a mobile network operator's processes
… of Innovation (DOI) theory and concepts in Inclusive Design, as well as the Social Model of Disability. Viewing the Diffusion of Innovation theory through a social model lens highlights critical gaps and enables the development of a framework for digital inclusion, making a significant …
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A conceptual process model for interorganizational community-based psychosocial rehabilitation of chronically mentally ill persons
… developed through this research recommends an inclusive design that may expand or improve current theory and practice.
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Design characteristics of fitness games in a Learning Disabilities context
… fitness games can address this problem. Yet the design characteristics of the fitness games for this particular user group have not been studied before. Combining game design guidelines and inclusive design principles, this research explores the design characteristics in six categories: purposes, …
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Culturally-Integrative Encoding: A Human-Computer Interaction Approach to Cultural Learning Interfaces
… prosocial concerns and to actively support inclusive design practices. Secondly, I propose the Culturally-Integrative Encoding Methodology for constructing an interactive cultural learning experience that (1) represents the culture in a manner that is acceptable and recognizable as accurate …
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Disability, access and design: a study of wheelchair access.
… user's views about access and ascertain whether designers are able to contribute to issues pertaining to inclusion through design solutions. Popular constructions of disability have established a relatively powerless and deviant status for the disabled population when compared to their able …
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A flexible object orientated design approach for the realisation of assistive technology
… been actively evolving the User Sensitive and Inclusive Design (USID) methodology for the design, development and evaluation of accessible software and related technologies. This thesis contributes to the further development of the USID method with a focus on its application for the design of …
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Issues In Multilingual Typesetting: A Cases Study Across Chinese, Korean, Japanese, And English Texts
… current trends, and future of typographic design across these languages. It highlights how cultural, social, and technological factors influence typesetting, emphasizing the need for typographers to understand linguistic and cultural nuances. Despite technological progress simplifying some …
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Exploring the Use of Inclusive Teaching Strategies to increase the Effectiveness of Adult Learning Programs related to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) within Canadian Public Sector Organisations.
… of the participants, and identifies elements of inclusive strategies. The research methodology is focused ethnography, and with the theoretical frame of social constructionism this research allows for a focus on the relationship between individuals and a particular aspect of their life i.e. …
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