Gradually including potential users: A tool to counter design exclusions
The paper describes an iterative development process used to understand the suitability of different inclusive design evaluation tools applied into design practices. At the end of this process, a tool named Inclusive Design Advisor was developed, combining data related to design features of small appliances with ergonomic task demands, anthropometric data and exclusion data. When auditing a new design the tool examines the exclusion that each design feature can cause, followed by objective recommendations directly related to its features. Interactively, it allows designers or clients to balance design changes with the exclusion caused. It presents the type of information that enables designers and clients to discuss user needs and make more inclusive design decisions.
Funding
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (grant number 972367)
India-UK Advanced Technology Centre (IU-ATC)
History
School
- Design and Creative Arts
Department
- Design
Published in
Applied ErgonomicsVolume
66Pages
105 - 120Publisher
ElsevierVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Rights holder
© ElsevierPublisher statement
This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Applied Ergonomics and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2017.07.015Acceptance date
2017-07-23Publication date
2017-08-29Copyright date
2017ISSN
0003-6870eISSN
1872-9126Publisher version
Language
- en