Talk:Universal design
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[edit] rewrite in order
This article is very poor, especially considering the significant importance of universal/inclusive design to designers of all products and services today and the inevitable increase in the percentage of the population who will require more inclusive design in the future. The introduction is poorly written, the principles section is lazy and the examples are weak. If I have some spare time I'll rewrite it NinjaSteve (talk) 01:56, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
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for the 23 Nov 2004 edit: Universal design isn’t a proper noun, so the correct term should be all lower case. Merged with Universal Design.
The ISO links are just to abstracts or places to look when the standards are available. From what I can see, there isn’t the actual text available for free for Guide 71.
This had a definite POV slanted towards the Center for Universal Design. I put the author names with the external link to CUD.
I added accessibility, ergonomics, and Trace links – since these are relevant.
The paragraph with Oct 2003 seems out of date. This needs to be updated.
[edit] copied Talk from Universal Design
"*"Compiled by advocates of Universal Design, listed in alphabetical order: Bettye Rose Connell, Mike Jones, Ron Mace, Jim Mueller, Abir Mullick, Elaine Ostroff, Jon Sanford, Ed Steinfeld, Molly Story, & Gregg Vanderheiden - who are these people? -- Zoe
"The authors, a working group of architects, product designers, engineers and environmental design researchers, collaborated to establish the following Principles of Universal Design to guide a wide range of design disciplines including environments, products, and communications." - http://www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/univ_design/princ_overview.htm -- User:Thea Browne
Could you add this information to the article? -- Zoe
[edit] External links cleanup
The External links section needs cleanup per WP:SPAM, WP:EL, and WP:NOT. This not a place for a list of research labs, so most if not all of them should be removed. Are any of the research labs so exceptional that they deserve to stay? It also appears some of the links are to articles/sites that are pretty far from the article topic. --Ronz 16:44, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
- I took a stab at cleaning them up with three edits so it's easier to follow what I did: 1) I updated a few links that were out of date and separated the schools and labs from everything else. 2) I removed one link to a commercial site. 3) I removed all the labs and schools.
- It's a start. I didn't check to see if any of the remaining links go to a site that has a list of schools and labs. There's still some duplication in the remaining links that might be removed. I'm still wondering if some of the remaining links are too off topic. --Ronz 02:13, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] No criticism section?
this article grinds my gears. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.122.63.142 (talk) 19:46, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
- If there has been notable criticism of the concept, it should be included here. I do not know of any secondary sources that have reported on criticism of "Universal Design" in general. It is likely that some points could be made against the adoption of "Universal Design." There may be some disadvantages to applying "Universal Design" - eg thicker spoons are easier to grip, so more accessible, but also require more materials and occupy more drawer space. However sources would be required and will probably be difficult to find. 216.36.186.2 (talk) 19:47, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
