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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.
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From
Amazon.com
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
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