Universal Design: Principles and Models

by Roberta Null (Editor)

Overview

As the baby boom generation ages, it is crucial that designers understand all they can about bringing this group, as well as all others, design that will offer function, aesthetics, and quality of life. Full of examples and illustrated with pictures of good design, Universal Design: Principles and Models details how the principles of universal desi

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040052617
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	09/26/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	394
File size:	14 MB
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Table of Contents

Universal Design Defined. The Americans with Disabilities Act. The Universal Design Process. Implications for Facility Managers + ADA Compliance. Enabling Products. Universal Design in the Office. Design of Commercial Environments. Universal Design in the Home. Marketing Universal Design. Sustainability. Resources.

Editorial Reviews

"This new edition has been thoroughly updated for the twenty-first century. It predicts trends in housing design, the desire of all people to live in dignity in their home from birth until death. It suggests related design groups and persons who address this topic of universal design. I found it is essential for students to have the latest, upgraded information in interior design to prepare them for a career in this profession."
––Barbara Daher, Chabot College Retired Instructor of Interior Design

"Universal Design has grown from being seen as ‘design for a niche market’ to ‘mainstream design that incorporates flexibility, beauty, and access,’ and Roberta Null has been passionate about it from the start. Her involvement has been all-inclusive so that the definitions, examples, best practices, trends, and resources draw from architecture, building, remodeling, social and cultural efforts, and of course, interior design, including her own experiences and those of her many colleagues and friends in the field. We are all students of universal design, and this text will be a basic go-to book on the shelves of every office relating to the field of design."
— Mary Jo Peterson, CKD, CBD, CAPS, CAASH*, mjpdesign.com

"Roberta Null has created an excellent book on Universal Design! This book hits the ground running with history of UD, great photo examples of beautiful, universal design, and detailed information bound to change attitudes about designing for all people. She shows the designer and lay person alike that function and design can collide to explode into attractive models of home and community design that will welcome all people to live and socialize together. Well done, Roberta!"
—Colleen Kelly Starkloff, Starkloff Disability Institute

"… a valuable resource for anyone interested in teaching or learning about the Universal Design movement: where it came from, where it is today, and what are important trends to watch as Universal Design evolves in the 21st" Century."
—John Salmen, Affiliation: UniversalDesign.com

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