SUMMARY - Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design By Kat Holmes

Written by Shortcut Edition

Narrated by Digital Voice Mike G

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.

By reading this summary, you will discover how design can contribute to the perpetuation of sexist, racist or validist biases. 

You will also learn :

• that exclusion is perpetuated by habit;
• that inclusive design can enhance a company's image;
• that one of the first typewriters was designed for the blind;
• that not being able to use an object is a source of social exclusion;
• how to generalize inclusive design.

Very often, products and infrastructures designed by designers leave out entire populations who cannot use them. This is particularly the case for people in wheelchairs for whom access to certain buildings is impossible. Similarly, racialized people are confronted with facial recognition systems that are set up to distinguish only white-skinned people. In other cases, the small size of some women forces them to wear shoes in the children's department. Each of these examples is a "mismatch", a design anomaly that deprives a group of people of the use of a product. From these "mismatches" comes a strong feeling of exclusion. How can we proceed to design and innovate in an inclusive way?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Shortcut Edition
• Release date: Apr 4, 2024
• ISBN: 9798882495885