Sorry to my many dedicated readers for my blogging hiatus. I need to catch up because I’m learning a lot that I am about to forget. This reading was really helpful. I have always been passionate about good design, or very angry about the lack of it, in every object. Pullin’s focus on the ipod is familiar, because it has come to symbolize good design. It is amazing to me that not every company has figured out how to find the right people to produce this level of design.<\/p>\n
He points out an interesting distinction in the design of eye glasses, the uses, over time, of the words “patient,” “user,” and “consumer”, and “wear” vs “use” and what this says about or how this dictates our relationship to eyewear.<\/p>\n
It is true that glasses have lost the association to disability and have entered the realm of fashion, and for as long as I can remember it has been so. I have always wanted to need them. It is still kind of weird to wear fake (non prescription) glasses, but not for some people.<\/p>\n
“Fashion moves forward through its avant-garde, be that couture or street culture. So embracing fashion necessitates going too far at times.”<\/p>\n
“I have talked with an amputee who didn’t like wearing her prosthesis because it would initially “fool” new acquaintances, for them only to realize later it was artificial, and she dreaded reading their moment of realization. ”<\/p>\n
This is what I thought a lot about when reading the part about hearing aids.\u00a0The standard pink plastic, made to look like the skin, since it does not actually blend, only suggests that it doesn’t want to be noticed, and is only more shocking when it is noticed. Because it is obscured, it seems shameful, it takes too long to notice, and can make me feel guilty for having noticed because it seems like it was meant to be hidden.\u00a0Many people who wear them, though, don’t have this desire at all, and might begin conversations with, “I’m sorry, I’m deaf, you have to yell into my hearing aid”, so this product is not exactly designed for them.<\/p>\n
Design\/ market challenge – when designing for a disability affecting few people, there is pressure not to “further fragment the market” , so elements are watered down.<\/p>\n
Universal design\/ inclusive design – design for the whole population<\/p>\n
But too much customization and too much of a platform vs an appliance can take away from usability and ‘delightfulness’. Visually complex, or intimidating designs eliminate their intent. Example from James Leckey: the Flying Submarine, mediocre in all its features.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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