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Probe these sets of design guidelines and strategies* that accommodate changes in vision, hearing, touch, and movement...
PROBE OUR DESIGN GUIDELINES AND STRATEGIES—before you need to make those important design decisions.
Our easy-to-search-or-reference information contained within each section—vision, hearing, touch, and movement—will broaden and sharpen your 'transgenerational' perspective. They will help you:
- IDENTIFY
the major effects
of the aging
process on
vision, hearing,
touch, and
movement
- DESIGN
a product or
environment
for use by
several generational
groups
- SET
DESIGN PRIORITIES
in relation
to expected
user abilities
- EVALUATE
existing products
and environments
to determine
their degree
of transgenerational accommodation
- DEVELOP design guidelines and strategies that meet the users range of age and abilites
Meeting the needs of an aging population should become an integral part of the design community's set of professional values and responsibilities.
The challenge is to design transgenerational products and environments that will be usable by the older population today—and will be embraced by the rest of us, tomorrow.
Those prepared with specialized knowledge and experience to serve the needs of a transgenerational population will contribute to a higher quality of life for all.
| Rationalizations can no longer excuse designs of products or environments that fail to attract and accommodate any segment of the population. |
*Information courtesy of Pirkl, J.J. and A.L. Babic. Guidelines and Strategies for Designing Transgenerational Products. Avton, MA: Copley Publishing Group, 1988. Suported, in part, by Grant number 90-AT-0182, from the Administration OIffice of Human Development Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC 20201, and the All-University Gerontology Center, Syracuse University.
