2.3 Inclusive Design Flashcards
What is inclusive design?
Being accessible and usable without special adaptions to as many as possible
What are some examples of inclusive design?
Tram
Oxo
Money
How is oxo inclusive?
There products have comfortable handles with good grip
They have the broadest spectrum of users
What makes European money inclusive?
It’s easily distugable in compared to American
- different colors
- different sizes
- coins have different engravings
Aiding blind and visually impared
How is the tram inclusive?
Wide doors, wheelchairs
Priority seating
Yellow rails, visibility
What are the 5 user capabilities?
Vision
Hearing
Thinking
Reach and dexterity
Mobility
What are user capabilities relevant for?
Product interaction
- should be considered during design and product assessment
What’s meant vision?
To see
Using light to detect objects and discriminate surfaces and details
What’s meant by hearing?
To hear
Identify sounds and where from
What’s meant by thinking?
Process information and select the appropriate reasons or actions
What is dexterity?
The skill and ease in hands
What’s meant by reach and dexterity?
Ability of arms
- grasp
- picking up
- carrying
What’s meant mobility?
Ability to move around
- balance
- climb steps
What’s the percentile?
The majority of human dimensions
Anthropometrics
5th to 95th
What are extremes and why aren’t they used considered during design?
0-5 and 95-100
Contain fewer people and Less sales=less profit
