From
Book News, Inc.
Editorial Review
A brilliant, beautiful guide that sensitizes
readers to the realities of aging by exploring changes in abilities
that occur throughout one's lifetime, and explains how to make
intelligent decisions during the design, production, marketing,
promotion, and selection of consumer products used by an aging
population with a wide range of abilities. Some 140 color photographs
present exemplary designs ranging from kitchen utensils to walking
shoes to personal hygiene systems. All designs are described
in terms of how well they accommodate human limitations. Annotation
copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, OR. This text refers to
an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Average Customer Review
Informative, inspirational and graphically comprehensive!, June 3, 1999
Reviewer: Sunlight Homes from Albuquerque, New Mexico USA. Wonderful insights
and solid information about an important subject; design that increases our
comfort and our independence now and as we get older. James Pirkl has taken
a complex and broad subject and made it easy to grasp(!) Color photographs
of many user-friendly products illustrate his timely information about the
various challenges we face as we age. We enjoyed his perspective on bathroom
design and plan to expand his ideas into all aspects of home design. An excellent
reference and source of inspiration; giving us tools to design products (and
homes) that support independent living.
