A call for transgenerational design.
Especially in stressful urban environments, a 'transgenerational' approach to design for older people can yield general benefits to society. Portable maps to aid orientation, type that is more easily scanned, and a more inviting, as well as aurally sensitive, attitude to IT would also represent useful steps forward. In both the modification of old products and in design for compressed morbidity, there is a need for methods which encourage activity instead of just moderating the effects of infirmity. Last but not least, old people themselves need to become a design resource.
Woudhuysen
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Associate Director, Henley Centre for Forecasting, 2 Tudor St, London EC4Y 0AA, UK.