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How can we "design for all" if we do not know who is designed out and why?
This paper describes our novel approach to supporting the ‘design for all’ philosophy of design. Our approach has been to create a database of individual people, in terms of their 3D anthropometry and functional abilities. Datasets for individuals are kept intact, a radical departure from the tradit...
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| author | J. Mark Porter Keith Case Diane Gyi Russell Marshall |
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| description | This paper describes our novel approach to supporting the ‘design for all’ philosophy of design. Our approach has been to create a database of individual people, in terms of their 3D anthropometry and functional abilities. Datasets for individuals are kept intact, a radical departure from the traditional approach which involves effectively ‘dismembering’ people to create tables of percentiles for every dimension of interest. This database is accessed by HADRIAN, our CAD based design tool, so that proposed designs of products or services can be automatically evaluated for each individual, based upon criteria set by the designer (e.g. access, reach, vision, mobility and strength). The tool can identify which individuals will be ‘designed out’ and can support the designer in modifying the proposed design to achieve a greater percentage of people accommodated. |
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| spelling | rr-article-95542192002-01-01T00:00:00Z How can we "design for all" if we do not know who is designed out and why? J. Mark Porter (7148744) Keith Case (1250121) Diane Gyi (1247568) Russell Marshall (1257729) Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified untagged Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified This paper describes our novel approach to supporting the ‘design for all’ philosophy of design. Our approach has been to create a database of individual people, in terms of their 3D anthropometry and functional abilities. Datasets for individuals are kept intact, a radical departure from the traditional approach which involves effectively ‘dismembering’ people to create tables of percentiles for every dimension of interest. This database is accessed by HADRIAN, our CAD based design tool, so that proposed designs of products or services can be automatically evaluated for each individual, based upon criteria set by the designer (e.g. access, reach, vision, mobility and strength). The tool can identify which individuals will be ‘designed out’ and can support the designer in modifying the proposed design to achieve a greater percentage of people accommodated. 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Conference contribution 2134/18085 https://figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/How_can_we_design_for_all_if_we_do_not_know_who_is_designed_out_and_why_/9554219 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified untagged Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified J. Mark Porter Keith Case Diane Gyi Russell Marshall How can we "design for all" if we do not know who is designed out and why? |
| title | How can we "design for all" if we do not know who is designed out and why? |
| title_full | How can we "design for all" if we do not know who is designed out and why? |
| title_fullStr | How can we "design for all" if we do not know who is designed out and why? |
| title_full_unstemmed | How can we "design for all" if we do not know who is designed out and why? |
| title_short | How can we "design for all" if we do not know who is designed out and why? |
| title_sort | how can we "design for all" if we do not know who is designed out and why? |
| topic | Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified untagged Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/2134/18085 |