A comprehensive tool for developing new human-centred and social inclusion-oriented design strategies and guidelines

Rossi, Emilio (2019) A comprehensive tool for developing new human-centred and social inclusion-oriented design strategies and guidelines. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 20 (4). pp. 419-439. ISSN 1463-922X

Full content URL: http://doi.org/10.1080/1463922X.2018.1514088

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While Human-Centred Design is by the time considered a consolidated design methodology, emerging social inclusion-oriented theories need to be more comprehended in order to understand their potential applications in the development of new design solutions. This sort of discrepancy often generates contradictory phenomena: solutions developed using such approaches cannot be considered, at the same time, fully human-centred and social inclusion-oriented. The purpose of this article is to describe a new comprehensive tool, conceived both for designers and researchers, able to develop human-centred and social inclusion-oriented design strategies and guidelines. The tool, which is called ‘HSDT’ (Human-Social Design Tool), is an easy-to-use methodological instrument useful to identify focused results oriented toward Human-Centred Design and Social Inclusion. Using logical sequences, it allows to develop new conceptual definitions for both design and non-design subjects into new human-centred and social inclusion-oriented records. Theoretical foundations, methodological approaches, development stages and applications in design and non-design areas are presented and discussed to demonstrate real benefits resulting from the introduction of a new type of interdisciplinary tool and, later, the opportunity for designers and researchers to adopt new problem-solving approaches to bridging the gaps within Design literature.

Keywords:Design, Human Centred Design, Social Inclusion, New Tool, Interdisciplinary, Design Strategies, Design Guidelines
Subjects:J Technologies > J920 Ergonomics
W Creative Arts and Design > W290 Design studies not elsewhere classified
W Creative Arts and Design > W240 Industrial/Product Design
W Creative Arts and Design > W200 Design studies
Divisions:College of Arts > School of Architecture & Design > School of Architecture & Design (Design)
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ID Code:38999
Deposited On:28 Nov 2019 09:42

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