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Houdini – Matter “An easy-to-use object that is as desirable as it is useful and is based on a thorough understanding of the complexity of issues and the culture of use.” Designers Consider – Wire Design “A brilliant, intuitive tool with wide-ranging scope that will change perceptions among designers and their clients regarding inclusive design and help them jointly reach an effective, inclusive solution.” Craig Kean Adecco Caddy – Wood&Wood Design “A stylish and practical new-generation product with clever inclusive features that directly addresses the needs and aspirations of the younger market – disabled or otherwise. Caddy resolves one of the biggest issues for disabled people – the social acceptability of key items of equipment.” Adam Ellis Coley Porter Bell The verdict The jury commended Wood&Wood Design’s Caddy for its stylish solution that cuts across generations, but the clear winner was Wire Design’s software package Consider which targeted designers and clients simultaneously. By making it easy to engage creatively with Roger Felton Felton Communications
Designers Matt Wright Matter John Corcoran Wire Design Don Wilson Wood&Wood Design inclusive design at the experiential level, the panel felt that Consider would have a profound impact on both sides of a design brief and industry-wide. The speakers Professor Roger Coleman of the Helen Hamlyn Research Centre welcomed the capacity audience to the RCA on 22 February 2006 to this “nice collaboration between inventive users and creative designers” and spoke of two new developments – sponsorship of the event by the disability organisation Scope, and the record number of entries which resulted in six shortlisted projects in two categories – visual communications and product design. This, he said, underscored the relevance of inclusive design to every sector and reflected a growing understanding of its importance by the design community. Coleman then introduced the keynote speaker, Clive Grinyer, Head of Design and Usability at Orange. Grinyer reminded the audience that: “We get the world we want, it’s all been designed, just not always with much thought.” He went on to detail the importance of inclusive design for technology service providers such as Orange: “Inclusive design isn’t nice to have as a
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