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1 online resource (176 pages) |
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My Five Hypotheses; UNIVERSAL DESIGN MEANS DESIGN FOR EVERYONE; Youth Commodities and Elderly Products; Arriving at the "Quality of Life" -- Terminology; Anything but old -- a User's Perspective; The Small Universe -- An observation of Universal Design classics by Gerrit Terstiege; On Using the Users' Perspective; Age as an Economic Factor or: comfort for Everyone; Gold Rush Mood in the Japanese silver Market; The Fluke: the Porsche cayenne -- comfort for All; Many Small Steps/Interview with Mathias Knigge; Universal design in practice: geared to age from head to foot |
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Seventy overnight: shopping in an Age simulation suitAn Eye for an Eye, an Ear for an Ear; Smart Home -- Intelligence in Objects; Eye; New User Interfaces, New Interactive Systems; Orientation Systems -- Disorientation Systems: Written Typeface and Symbols in the Age of Universal Use; Helpful Signs; Losing the Way in the Forest of Signs; The Future will be a challenge/Interview with Ursula Wangler und Frank Abele; Ear; Modern crossover: Glasses that Hear; Size Alone Does Not Matter: Mobile Phones on the Road to Becoming an Ergonomic Product |
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Removing Barriers, challenging Users/ Interview with Konstantin GrcicHand; It's All in the Packaging; Everything in One: Rolling, Grasping, Pushing; Nothing Will Burn Here; Foot; Doors suddenly open; Walk Well; Mobility Despite Age; All on Board!; The speedy Wheelchair; Comfortable and Mobile in Age/ Interview with Peter Naumann; How Should We Design a Home?; Barrier-free Building as the Task of the Future; Giving Wings to Restrictions/Interview with Christine Degenhart; Converting Asserts -- Integrated Housing in Regensburg |
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Comfortable and Active: Adult Care Facility in Domat/Ems by Dietrich SchwarzBuilding for the Elderly is Building for Everyone: Residential Complexes by Baumschlager Eberle Architects; Standards Do Not Solve Problems/ Interview with Carlo Baumschlager; Multigenerational Living: Social Change as Catalyst for New Design Solutions; THE FUTURE WILL BE EASY AND COMFORTABLE; Appendix; The Principles of Universal Design; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Photo credits |
| Summary |
Das Buch untersucht die Lebensgegebenheiten der Generation 50+ von Kopf bis Fuß und stellt Gestaltungsstrategien, Produktinnovationen und Raumlösungen für eine barrierefreie Welt vor |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Barrier-free design for older people.
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Industrial design -- Social aspects.
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Older consumers.
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DESIGN -- Industrial.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Industrial Design -- General.
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Barrier-free design for older people
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Industrial design -- Social aspects
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Older consumers
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bruce, L. L. (Laura L.)
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| ISBN |
9783034609661 |
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3034609663 |
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