No.2（1999）17.Standardization of barrierfree design elements for elderly people

Izumi MIYOSHI and Kimihiko KANAYA

This present study examined barrier-free design elements which should be referred to in the design process of products . From 700 market items which were easy for elderly to use, the 200 barrier-free design elements were extracted which gave careful consideration to the elderly. The barrier-free design elements were analyzed, and were made to correspond with a four-step design development process. Also the need of standardization of each barrier-free design element was examined . These results were put together in "barrier-free design element list for universal design".

Keywords
aged society, industrial design, barrier-free, universal design

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