Main entry:

Pullin, Graham, 1964-

Title & Author:

Design meets disability / Graham Pullin.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009.

Description:

xix, 341 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-321) and index.
Meetings with designers: Tomoko Azumi meets step stools -- if Philippe Starck met bottom wipers -- if Jasper Morrison met wheelchairs -- Michael Marriot meets wheelchairs -- if Hussein Chalayan met robot arms -- Martin Bone meets prosthetic legs -- if Jonathan Ive met hearing aids -- if Paul Smith met hearing aids -- if Cutler and Gross met hearing aids -- Graphic thought facility meets braille -- if Tord Boontje met braille -- Crispin Jones meets watches for visually impaired people -- if Durrell Bishop met communications aids -- if Julius Popp met communication aids -- Andrew Cook meets communication aids -- if Dunne & Raby met memory aids -- if Stefan Sagmeister met accessibility signage -- Vexed meets wheelchair capes.
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Dust jacket.

Summary:

"Eyeglasses have been transformed from medical necessity to fashion accessory. This revolution has come about through embracing the design culture of the fashion industry. Why shouldn't design sensibilities also be applied to hearing aids, prosthetic limbs, and communication aids? In return, disability can provoke radical new directions in mainstream design. Charles and Ray Eames's iconic furniture was inspired by a molded plywood leg splint that they designed for injured and disabled servicemen. Designers today could be similarly inspired by disability."--Jacket.

Resources:
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ISBN:

9780262162555 (hc ; alk. paper)
0262162555
9780262516747 (pbk.)
0262516748 (pbk.)

Subject:

Design Human factors.
Industrial design.
Design.
Engineering design.
Self-help devices for people with disabilities.
People with disabilities.
Disabled Persons
Self-Help Devices
Equipment Design
Activities of Daily Living
Design Facteurs humains.
Conception technique.
Aides fonctionnelles (Médecine physique)
Personnes handicapées.
Activités de la vie quotidienne.
Art and Design.
Behindertengerechte Gestaltung
Industriedesign
Medizintechnik
Produktgestaltung
Funktionshinder.
Industriell formgivning.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 261597
Call No.: BIB 192616
Status: Available