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What is Universal Design? Also, examples around us!
Many of you may have heard of universal design but don't really know what it is.
Here, we will explain it while providing specific examples around us.
What is Universal Design? It is a way of thinking that designs environments and facilities from the perspective of making them easy for everyone to use. It would be wonderful if products, services, environments, and societies that can be used by diverse people, regardless of disability, age, race, or gender, could be realized.
Just by looking around the city, our surroundings are filled with universal design. For example, elevator buttons and vending machines that can be used while in a wheelchair. In addition to the usual selection buttons, buttons are also provided at a lower position. Let's look at other useful universal designs that have blended into our daily lives.
Just by looking around the city, our surroundings are filled with universal design.
For example, elevator buttons and vending machines that can be used while in a wheelchair. In addition to the usual selection buttons, buttons are also provided at a lower position. Let's look at other useful universal designs that have blended into our daily lives.
Shampoo Bottles
Shampoo and conditioner bottles often look very similar, making it difficult for people with visual impairments to distinguish between them. So, a cosmetics manufacturer came up with a design to put a distinguishing mark on shampoo bottles. Currently, all manufacturers have unified this by placing jagged protrusions in the same position on the container. This kind of design, which anyone can use equally and freely, is called universal design.
Ramps
You often see them at the entrances of parks and public facilities, don't you? This has made it possible for people in wheelchairs, with strollers, and elderly people who have difficulty with stairs to access them.
Sensor Faucets
Even people with weak grip strength or hand disabilities can wash their hands by simply holding them under the faucet. Since you can wash your hands without touching the faucet, it can be used hygienically in public restrooms. What do you think? Just by looking around a little, the city is full of designs brimming with kind consideration. It may not be easy to respect the individuality of each person, regardless of disability, race, age, or gender. But precisely because of this, the realization of a society that protects individual human rights through universal design is sought.