Investigating industry attitudes to universal design.

Keates, S.; Lebbon, C.; Clarkson, J.

Abstract

The general population in most countries is getting older. With increasing age comes increasing variability in physical capability and hence a greater requirement for products and services to be designed for a broader user base. However, the products to meet this market sector are not being produced to match the rate of market growth. Work-places are not generally being adequately adapted to support an increasingly elderly work-force. In response to this, the United Kingdom government has launched a series of research initiatives to encourage the uptake of Universal Design practices by industry. This paper describes the aims and goals of the IDesign project, the largest, multi-center, multi-disciplinary team funded under the latest round of these initiatives. It also discusses the findings of a workshop held to examine the attitudes of companies to the implementation of Universal Design practices.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (Published)
• Conference Name: RESNA 2000 Annual Conference: Technology for the New Millennium
• Start Date: Jun 28, 2000
• End Date: Jul 2, 2000
• Publication Date: 2000
• Deposit Date: Feb 6, 2019
• Volume: 20
• Pages: 276-278
• Series ISSN: 0883-4741
• Book Title: Proceedings of the RESNA 2000 Annual Conference: Technology for the New Millennium
• ISBN: 0932101429
• Keywords: Industry attitudes, universal design,
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1497597