Mismatch : how inclusion shapes design /
Kat Holmes.
- xv, 156 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm.
- Simplicity .
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sometimes designed objects reject their users: a computer mouse that doesn't work for left-handed people, for example, or a touchscreen payment system that only works for people who read English phrases, have 20/20 vision, and use a credit card. Something as simple as colour choices can render a product unusable for millions. These mismatches are the building blocks of exclusion. In 'Mismatch', Kat Holmes describes how design can lead to exclusion, and how design can also remedy exclusion.
Specialized.
9780262038881 (hbk.) : £17.99
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