Universal design : solutions for a barrier-free living / Oliver Herwig.

Incluye bibliografía (p. 173-174).

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 and Frank Abele -- Ear : Modern crossover: glasses that hear ; Size alone does not matter: mobile phones on the road to becoming an ergonomic product ; Removing barriers, challenging users / interview with Konstantin Grcic -- Head : 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 with 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 ; Comfortable and active: adult care facility in Domat/Ems / Dietrich Schwarz ; Building 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 -- III. The future will be easy and comfortable -- Appendix: The principles of universal design.

My five hypotheses -- I. 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 / Gerrit Terstiege -- II. 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 : Seventy overnight: shopping in an age simulation suit ; An eye for an eye, an ear for an ear ; Smart home: intelligence in objects --^