Diversity and design : understanding hidden consequences

Diversity and design : understanding hidden consequences /

Diversity and Design explores how design - whether of products, buildings, landscapes, cities, media, or systems - affects diverse members of society. Fifteen case studies in television, marketing, product design, architecture, film, video games, and more, illustrate the profound, though often hidde...

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Other Authors: Tauke, Beth (Editor), Smith, Korydon H., 1977- (Editor), Davis, Charles L., II (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2016.
Subjects:
Design > Human factors.
Design > Social aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Sina Mossayeb
  • Introduction / Beth Tauke, Korydon Smith and Charles Davis
  • Part 1: Race and Ethnicity
  • 1. No Longer Just a Dream: Commemorating the African American Experience on the National Mall / Charles Davis
  • 2. Diverse Truths: Unveiling the Hidden Layers of the Shadow Catcher Commemoration / Walter Hood and Megan Basnak
  • 3. Landscape Stories: Unearthing the Culture of Agricultural Communities in the Central Valley / Patsy Eubanks Owens, Maggie La Rochelle, and Jennifer McHenry
  • 4. Chinese Puzzle: Shifting Spatial and Social Patterns in Shanghai Shikumen Architecture / Peter Wong
  • 5. Architects at War: Designing Prison Cities for Japanese-American Communities / Lynne Horiuchi
  • Part 2: Gender and Sexuality
  • 6. "Should Women Build?": Debating Gender and Architecture in Germany, 1908-1920 / Despina Stratigakos
  • 7. Communicating Gender: The Challenges of Visualizing Information for Advocacy / Maya Indira Ganesh and Gabriela Sobliye
  • 8. Overwriting Hate: The Queer Writing on the Bathroom Wall / Mark Addison Smith
  • 9. Designing LBGT Senior Housing: Triangle Square, Carefree Boulevard, and BOOM / Carl Matthews, Jennifer Webb, and Caroline Hill
  • 10. Repositioning Power: An Alternate Approach to Podium Design / Kathryn Anthony
  • Part 3: Age and Ability
  • 11. (Re)forming Regent Park: When Policy Does Not Equal Practice / Mary Jane Carroll
  • 12. Victims and Heroes: Exhibiting Difference in Trafalgar Square / Korydon Smith
  • 13. ExcLOOsion: How Design is Failing Sanitory Provision / Jo-Anne Bichard
  • 14. Packaging Panic: The Design Consequences of the Tylenol Murders / Beth Tauke
  • 15. iTransition: Promoting Healthcare Independence for Teens with Chronic Illness / Craig Vogel, Linda Dunseath, and Lori E. Crosby
  • Conclusion: Possible Futures / Beth Tauke, Korydon Smith and Charles Davis.

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