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Inclusive design - review of student project

The notion INCLUSIVE DESIGN (or UNIVERSAL DESIGN) is referred to the process of designing artificial and visual environment usable by all people regardless of age, health conditions, education, skills and other, to the greates extent possible, without the need for specialized design. It was conceived as part of research explored at The Helen Hamlyn Research Centre, Royal College of Art in London, and introduced to design students in Zagreb during autumn 2000/2001, by Julia Cassim, lecturer at RCA, and David Constantine, member of ''MOTIVATION'', non-profitable organization dealing with design for disabled. The British Council Office in Zagreb organized their visit to Study of Design. 7th semester students of Study of Design, Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb executed projects presented in this paper during the winter semester 2001/2002. These projects challenge usually accepted presumption that majority of world population is young and healthy. Statistics show only about 18 % of population has no physical or psychological difficulties. Human life expectance is getting longer and average age is getting higher. So does understanding need for better safety and quality of life including people who are unjustly and unnecessary separated or even totally excluded from many forms of everyday life, because of their physical or sensorial disabilities.

inclusive design; student projects; inclusion of elderly; children; disabled

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