How inclusive methods can build elegant design solutions that work
for all.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.Holmes tells stories of pioneers of inclusive design, many of
whom were drawn to work on inclusion because of their own
experiences of exclusion. A gamer and designer who depends on voice
recognition shows Holmes his ",Wall of Exclusion,", which displays
dozens of game controllers that require two hands to operate, an
architect shares her firsthand knowledge of how design can fail
communities, gleaned from growing up in Detroit's housing projects,
an astronomer who began to lose her eyesight adapts a technique
called ",sonification", so she can ",listen", to the
stars.Designing for inclusion is not a feel-good sideline. Holmes
shows how inclusion can be a source of innovation and growth,
especially for digital technologies. It can be a catalyst for
creativity and a boost for the bottom line as a customer base
expands. And each time we remedy a mismatched interaction, we
create an opportunity for more people to contribute to society in
meaningful ways.
V januári 1965 Gabriel García Márquez cestoval s rodinou na
dovolenku do Acapulca, keď odrazu dostal nápad. Začul vravu
mestečka Macondo. Už vedel, ako napíše svoj nový román. Vrátil sa
domov, zatvoril sa do pracovne, a keď z nej po osemnástich
mesiacoch vyšiel, v ruke držal 1 300 strán rukopisu a bol šťastný.
Román Sto rokov samoty prvý raz vyšiel v roku 1967, Márquez mal
vtedy 39 rokov a svet si navždy zapamätal jeho meno. Dnes je román
považovaný za jedno z najvýznamnejších diel latinskoamerickej a
svetovej literatúry. Je komponovaný z množstva reálnych aj
fantazijných epizód a rozpráva o pôvabných i krutých príhodách
šiestich generácií rodiny Buendíovcov z fiktívneho mestečka
Macondo.
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