Title: Design meets disability
First published: 2009
Description: "Eyeglasses have been transformed from medical necessity to fashion accessory. This revolution has come about through embracing the design culture of the fashion industry. Why shouldn't design sensibilities also be applied to hearing aids, prosthetic limbs, and communication aids? In return, disability can provoke radical new directions in mainstream design. Charles and Ray Eames's iconic furniture was inspired by a molded plywood leg splint that they designed for injured and disabled servicemen. Designers today could be similarly inspired by disability."--Jacket.
Subjects: Human factors, Self-help devices for people with disabilities, Design, Industrial design, Engineering design, Self-Help Devices, Disabled Persons
LC classification: NK1110 .P85 2009