0020 - From Design Thinking to Inclusive Design

Hosts: Allen HigginsGuest: Tina LoweIn this episode Tina Lowe (UCD Campus Accessibility Officer) and I talk about the links design thinking and universal design. We also talk about the idea of empathy and how to spark design awareness in others.-----Discussion touching on:●What is design thinking?●Why do you consider inclusive design to be an essential part of the design process?●Who benefits from inclusive design?●What is design empathy? ●How can you spark design awareness in others?Notes:The season cover art is adapted from “Try to Accommodate Everyone!”, an image of anthropometric ranges for a wheelchair user and small persons (used under Fair Use) from page 44 of the Humanscale 4/5/6 design guides created by Niels Diffrient, Alvin R. Tilley and David Harman; Henry Dreyfuss Associates, M.I.T. Press (1981)The Humanscale design books and selector guides were out of print and unavailable for many years. A reissue of the resource kit was funded on Kickstarter in 2018, organised by IA Collaborative (Chicago, IL) https://humanscalemanual.comhttps://iacollaborative.com/about/AcknowledgementsMusic by Argofox (CC-BY license)https://soundcloud.com/argofox/ezaone-supernova(EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c)Title: “Eza One - Supernova”Artist: “Argofox”Source: “https://soundcloud.com/argofox/ezaone-supernova”License: “CC BY”Cover Art Title: Graphic treatment of Humanscale Blueprint – Try to Accommodate Everyone!Artist: Allen Higgins Source: Humanscale.pptxLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.