Designing for a Disability You Don't Have
(Room Trend + Design Center (Booth 1032-LL))
01 Feb 19
10:00 AM
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11:00 AM
Designing for people who are blind or visually-impaired is more difficult than it sounds. There aren’t any shortcuts to understanding a disability and the people whose lives are affected by it. It’s not about closing your eyes and testing your design, but adjusting the way we approach a problem by changing the setting in which we solve it. It’s noble to want to design for a specific demographic but making assumptions can sometimes be insulting. It’s like giving someone a gift you think they need without asking what they really need. We hear the term ‘human-centered design’ often. To truly use it is to take time to ask hundreds of questions to the people who know the answers, AKA the end-users, then be willing to experiment with designs and ask even better questions.