Diversity and design : understanding hidden consequences / edited by Beth Tauke, Korydon Smith, and Charles Davis.
Contributor(s): Tauke, Beth [editor.]
| Smith, Korydon H [editor.] | Davis, Charles L., II [editor.]Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2016Description: xix, 305 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cmContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: 43207ISBN: 9781138023178 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Design -- Human factors | Design -- Social aspects | Art and DesignDDC classification: 745.4 LOC classification: NK1520 | .D59 2016Summary: This text explores how design - whether of products, buildings, landscapes, cities, media or systems - affects diverse members of society. 15 case studies in television, marketing, product design, architecture, film, video games and more, illustrate the profound, though often hidden, consequences design decisions and processes have on the total human experience. It not only investigates how gender, race, class, age, disability and other factors influence the ways designers think, but also emphasises the importance of understanding increasingly diverse cultures and, thus, averting design that leads to discrimination, isolation and segregation.
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Diversity and Design explores how design - whether of products, buildings, landscapes, cities, media, or systems - affects diverse members of society. Fifteen case studies in television, marketing, product design, architecture, film, video games, and more, illustrate the profound, though often hidden, consequences design decisions and processes have on the total human experience. The book not only investigates how gender, race, class, age, disability, and other factors influence the ways designers think, but also emphasizes the importance of understanding increasingly diverse cultures and, thus, averting design that leads to discrimination, isolation, and segregation.
With over 140 full-color illustrations, chapter summaries, discussion questions and exercises, Diversity and Design is a valuable tool to help you understand the importance of designing for all.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This text explores how design - whether of products, buildings, landscapes, cities, media or systems - affects diverse members of society. 15 case studies in television, marketing, product design, architecture, film, video games and more, illustrate the profound, though often hidden, consequences design decisions and processes have on the total human experience. It not only investigates how gender, race, class, age, disability and other factors influence the ways designers think, but also emphasises the importance of understanding increasingly diverse cultures and, thus, averting design that leads to discrimination, isolation and segregation.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgements (p. viii)
- List of Figures (p. x)
- Foreword Closing the Gap between the Designer and the Recipients of Design (p. xvii)
- Introduction (p. 1)
- Part 1 Race and Ethnicity
- 1 No Longer Just a Dream: Commemorating the African American Experience on the National Mail (p. 19)
- 2 Diverse Truths: Unveiling the Hidden Layers of the Shadow Catcher Commemoration (p. 37)
- 3 Landscape Stories, Unearthing the Culture of Agricultural Communities in the Central Valley (p. 55)
- 4 Chinese Puzzie: Shifting Spatial and Social Patterns in Shanghai Shikumen Architecture (p. 79)
- 5 Architects at War Designing Prison Cities for Japanese American Communities (p. 101)
- Part 2 Gender and Sexuality
- 6 "Should Women Build?" Debating Gender and Architecture in Germany, 1908-1920 121 (p. 121)
- 7 Communicating Gender: The Challenges of Visualizing Information for Advocacy (p. 137)
- 8 Overwriting Hate: The Queer Writing on the Bathroom Wall (p. 153)
- 9 Designing LGBT Senior Housing: Triangle Square, Carefree Boulevard, and BOOM (p. 171)
- 10 Repositioning Power: An Alternate Approach to Podium Design (p. 191)
- Part 3 Age and Ability
- 11 (Re)forming Regent Park: When Policy Does Not Equal Practice (p. 209)
- 12 Victims and Heroes: Exhibiting Difference in Trafalgar Square (p. 223)
- 13 ExclOOsion: How Design is Falling Sanitary Provison (p. 243)
- 14 Packaging : The Design Consequences of the Tylenol Murders (p. 261)
- 15 Transition: Promoting Healthcare Independence for Teens with Chronic Illness (p. 273)
- Conclusion: Prospects for the Future of Diversity and Design (p. 285)
- Notes on Contributors (p. 292)
- Index (p. 298)
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