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Design for Life

Walk lines

The AAA invited some of the worlds’ foremost design gurus to reimagine the relationship between our older selves and the built environment. Jeremy Myerson, Helen Hamlyn Professor of Design Royal College of Art, opened the session by pointing out that the majority of older people will not move into specialist housing or retirement villages. Most will be […]

Elderly and Disabled Assistive Devices Market 2016-2024

Elderly and Disabled Assistive Devices Market

Assistive devices and technologies minimize individual’s dependence on others and helps improve quality of life. Devices such as wheelchairs, visual aids, hearings aids, and specialized computer software and hardware system aids in enhancing hearing, vision, mobility, or communication of the elderly and disabled people. 

Can we truly design for everyone?

illustration of a kitchen

In a bid to answer the above, I began research and found that to design for everyone , the design has to be accessible, usable and inclusive. This all mean different things although closely related and their goals, approaches, and guidelines overlap.