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Can design enhance longer lives?


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This is a discussion of the physiological changes that can happen over time as people age and how the designed world can either further disable people or enhance their lives.

Disability free life - how design interventions can reduce the impact of impairments.

A job for life - how the need to continue to work will lead to a requirement for a differently designed workplace.

Reference: Coleman R (2001) Living longer: the new context for design. Design Council, London

Related documents

Living Longer: the life in our years

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Design Council Publications

A PDF of the Living Longer document can be downloaded from this site
Design Council  (External website)





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