Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design

Submitted by sviolette on Tue, 06/04/2019 - 09:29
Authors
Kate Holmes
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018]
Year Published
2018
Copies
1
Call Number
NK1520.H64 2018
ISBN Number
978026203888
Description
Sometimes designed objects reject their users: a computer mouse that doesn't work for left-handed people, for example, or a touchscreen payment system that only works for people who read English phrases, have 20/20 vision, and use a credit card. Something as simple as color choices can render a product unusable for millions. These mismatches are the building blocks of exclusion. In Mismatch, Kat Holmes describes how design can lead to exclusion, and how design can also remedy exclusion. Inclusive design methods―designing objects with rather than for excluded users―can create elegant solutions that work well and benefit all.