Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Universal Design Resources

Universal Design Resources for National Student Competition on theme ‘Design for All’ by School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, India

Books:

Preiser, Wolfgang, Editor in Chief; Elaine Ostroff, Senior Editor – Universal Design Handbook McGraw Hill, 2000.

Universal Design Selected Newsletters:

Universal Design Newsletter - Universal Designers and Consultants, a quarterly newsletter featuring information on facility and design related to universal design, the ADA, and accessibility. Link: www.universaldesign.com.

Global Universal Design Educators Monthly On-line News - Produced and distributed monthly by Elaine Ostroff. In cooperation with the Adaptive Environments Center, the Center for

Universal Design, and the Trace R&D Center, with support from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. Link: www.universaldesign.net

Universal Design Websites:

Institute of Human Centered Design(IHCD) or Adaptive Environments Center
http://www.adaptiveenvironments.org

Educational non-profit with an international orientation. Source for news, people, trends, events.

Universal Design Case studies

http://www.udcasestudies.org/

Collection of Universal Design examples around the world

Center for Universal Design(CUD), North Carolina State University
http://design.ncsu.edu/cud

CUD is a national research, information, and technical assistance center that evaluates, develops, and promotes universal design in housing, public and commercial facilities, and related products.

Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDEA) School of Architecture, State University of New York at Buffalo A University affiliated Center with NIDRR support http://www.ap.buffalo.edu/~idea/ www.ap.buffalo.edu/idea/

Helen Hamlyn Research Institute

http://hhrc.rca.ac.uk/

Based at the Royal College of Art, the HHRC works to advance a socially inclusive approach to design through practical research and projects with industry

Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
http://www.cast.org

CAST is a not-for-profit organization that uses technology to expand opportunities for all people, especially those with disabilities and coined Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

Cornell University –College of Human Ecology

Department of Design and Environmental Analysis

www.humec.cornell.edu/units/dea

Trace Center

http://www.trace.wisc.edu

University of Wisconsin, Madison
Unparalleled US hub of information technology and telecommunications research, policy development, education.

Center for Accessible Environments (CAE)

http://www.cae.org.uk

CAE is an information provider and a forum for collaborative dialogue between providers and users on how the built environment can best be made or modified to achieve inclusion by design.

European Institute for Design and Disability (EIDD) / Design for All European Network
http://www.design-for-all.org, http://www.designforalleurope.org/

Annual product design competition, EU-wide organization with strong reputation.

AGE - European Older People’s Platform

http://www.age-platform.org

One of their member organizations is the Design for All Foundation, based in Spain

www.designforall.org

Age Lab

http://web.mit.edu/agelab

Established in ’99 to develop new technologies promoting healthy, independent living through the human lifespan. Research involved engineering, computer science, human factors, health and medical sciences, management, marketing, and the social and behavioral sciences.

Universal Design Links in India:

http://www.designforall.in

http://universaldesigninindia.blogspot.com/

http://www.dnis.org/

Website of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India

Website of Chief Commissioner Office of Persons with Disabilities, Govt. of India