Mobilizing the Human Experience

February 22, 2016 udcom

Mobile is the lifeline to the world we live in today. We wake up in the morning and addictively check our devices. Before falling asleep, we cuddle up next to them. When experiencing some uncomfortable moment or loneliness during the day, we find solace in our mobile surrogate.

By 2020, 70 percent of the world will have access to a mobile device for checking email; updating social media accounts; taking “selfies”; reading the news; watching sports and movies; playing games; listening to music; shopping, and much, much more.

Universal Design (UD) is an approach to design that increases the potential for developing a better quality of life for a wide range of individuals. It is a design process that enables and empowers a diverse population by improving human performance, health and wellness, and social participation (Steinfeld and Maisel, 2012). It creates products, systems, and environments to be as usable as possible by as many people as possible regardless of age, ability or situation.