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Design for all

Making products useable by everyone has a particular focus in KADABRA, and on this page we share some of our resources, things that inspire us, and things we have made – in an informal way.

Design for All consists in making products and environments available for everyone to use. By designing for all we aim for a bigger target market, and we avoid exclusion of people with special needs. There are a number of techniques, methods and guidelines for design for all – some of these can be found by browsing in the documents and links on this page.

The methods for user centered product development are central in our design process – for example when we carry out User Workshops. Design for All is present in KADABRA as a general attitude towards product development.

Winning entry in the "Statens designkonkurranse 2008" (Norwegain Government's Design Competition 2008). Design for all Voting System. More (Norwegain)>>

Documents

“Chalk” – the winning entry of the 24 hour design for all challenge.
Norway_1.pdf (15 MB) >>

Winning entry in the "Statens designkonkurranse 2008" (Norwegain Government Design Competition 2008)
Design for all Voting System .
More about the project (norwegian)>>

Links

The Norwegian Design Councils program for Design for All:
http://www.norskdesign.no/design-for-
alle/category501.html

Helen Hamlyn Centre at the Royal College of Art:
http://www.hhrc.rca.ac.uk/

EdeAN Design for All, Overview of methods and publications:
http://www.education.edean.org/
index.php?filters=f29

EIDD – Design for All Europe:
http://www.designforalleurope.org/

The Inclusive Design Toolkit – method for universal design. The page is also available in printed format.
http://www.inclusivedesigntoolkit.com/

References

“Inclusive Design Toolkit”. Clarkson, Coleman, Hosking, Waller. Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-9545243-2-6
Good and simple overview over Design for All methods. Also available online.

”Countering Design Exclusion – An Introduction to Inclusive Design”. Keates, Clarkson. Springer, 2003. ISBN: 1-85233-699-4
Ideological background for Design for All.