When designers and architects shape our society, universal design is the key concept that expands the ‘one size fits all’ elastic to match the full diversity of users’ sizes, needs and functioning. Universal design is the principle of accommodating everyone. But how can universal design be incorporated into art projects?
[…] depends not only on the results or progress achieved, but just as much on how its achievements have been documented, interpreted and communicated. Lars Dybdahl received the Design Council's Honorary Award in 2024 for his enormous commitment to this! In this interview, Lars Dybdahl explains why Danish craft and design are an important part […]
Dark design is not just about homeless people losing places to bed down for the night; it is equally about a loss of breathing spaces in the city. Professor Ole B. Jensen of Aalborg University heads the four-year research project ‘Dark Design: Social exclusion in urban places’. In this article, he discusses the project […]
How can design be inclusive in practice? Is inclusive design synonymous with ‘design for all’?
[…] seniors – those are just 3 of the 25 projects you can see at the Royal Danish Academy’s new exhibition ADFÆRD / VELFÆRD (Behaviour / Welfare). The show is well worth a visit and offers tangible demonstrations of the capacity of architecture and design research to improve health and welfare – potentially throughout the world.
[…] more enduring, they reflect a field shaped by reform movements and professional positioning and repositioning. Terms such as art industry, arts and crafts, skønvirke, applied art and design represent different perspectives and ambitions but have often sought to cover an equally broad scope. Today, ‘art industry’ sounds dated. Between the 1870s and 1900, the […]
All you have to do is walk into a clothing shop to see that universal design – design that considers the full range of human diversity and our varying needs – remains a shining utopia that we are still far from achieving, even in part. Standardized clothes sizes fit only a small segment of people; […]
[…] hacked and adapted to offer more senior-friendly ergonomics. Under the title ‘Designing for our future selves’, a group of master’s students from the Institute of Architecture and Design at the Royal Danish Academy have taken on the topic of old age and redeveloped this Danish design icon. The eight project chairs make an eye-catching […]
Inclusivity in Design: Is there a Recipe? How can design be inclusive in practice? Is inclusive design synonymous with ‘design for all’? Read article
