[CEUD-ICT] Accidental Accessible solutions (Antoinette Fennell)

[Antoinette Fennell]

Hello,

I'm guessing the examples don't have to be ICT specific?

If not, another very simple example, which I have yet to see quoted in relation to accessibility, is the ingenious Punch Colour Catcher. These are small sheets that you place in the washing machine to prevent colours running.

>From a sustainability point of view, you don't have to do two or three separate washes and you don't have to worry about throwing out clothes that are no longer white!

>From an accessibility or independent living point of view, a person who is unable to see the clothes, or to distinguish between the colours, does not have to worry about a rogue red sock getting into the white wash.  

>From a physical point of view, it might make washing just that small bit less laborious now that you don't have to separate the clothes. Though perhaps I'm clutching at straws with that one!

I'm sure I've thought of other examples over the years, so will get back to you Cearbhall if I think of them.

All the best,

Antoinette



Dr Antoinette Fennell
Research Fellow - Project Scientist
TrinityHaus
Trinity College Dublin

Dr Antoinette Fennell
Research Fellow - Project Scientist
TrinityHaus
McNamara Centre for Construction Innovation and Sustainability
Trinity College Dublin

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> Hello,
>  
> Would you know of any design solution such as a building, product or
> service
> that was designed for a particular market other than that of
> disability but
> yet included all aspects of usability so that the result was
> comfortably
> usable by any person with a disability?
>  
>  I am researching use cases of examples where wise designers have
> realised
> that sustainability requires preparation for the future by building
> in
> accessibility requirements even though the client does not demand
> such
> compliance.
>  
> I look forward to hearing from you. My contact information is shown
> below.
>  
> Yours sincerely,
> 
> Cearbhall E. O'Meadhra
> 
> "Good design enables - Bad design disables"
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> Hi Cearbhall,
> 
> there are a few examples up on:
> 
> http://www.universaldesign.ie/exploreampdiscover/definitionandoverview/examples
> 
> Lar
> 
> Laurence Veale
> 
> Usability | Design | Content | Analytics
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> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Cearbhall O Meadhra <
> cearbhall.omeadhra at idd.ie> wrote:
> 
> >  Hello,
> >
> > Would you know of any design solution such as a building, product
> or
> > service that was designed for a particular market other than that
> of
> > disability but yet included all aspects of usability so that the
> result was
> > comfortably usable by any person with a disability?
> >
> >  I am researching use cases of examples where wise designers have
> realised
> > that sustainability requires preparation for the future by building
> in
> > accessibility requirements even though the client does not demand
> such
> > compliance.
> >
> > I look forward to hearing from you. My contact information is shown
> below.
> >
> >
> > Yours sincerely,
> >
> > Cearbhall E. O'Meadhra
> >
> > "Good design enables - Bad design disables"
> >
> > Tel: +353 1-2864623 Mob: +353 83 3323487 Em: omeadhrac at ncad.ie
> >
> >
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> From: Eamon Mag Uidhir <eamon at maguidhir.com>
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> 
> The proverbial lever door-handle replacing the hard-to-grip round  
> door-handle in the period since the second world war may be the  
> greatest-ever implementation of accessibility and usability by  
> stealth. It's a very useful example when you're giving accessibility 
> 
> awareness training to people who haven't thought about the subject  
> before.
> 
> A more recent achievement has been the arrival of the current  
> generation of milk carton closures from Avonmore and Premier. When I 
> 
> was without the use of one arm due to injury last year I thought I was
>  
> going to be snookered whenever I wanted to open a new milk carton, but
>  
> lo and behold the spiral movement that twists off the closure tab is 
> 
> perfectly doable with just one hand. I doubt that efficient one-handed
>  
> use was uppermost in the minds of the product design team that created
>  
> the closure, but that's what came out.
> 
> Eamon
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>     ?amon Mag Uidhir
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> RESPONDING TO Laurence Veale <laurence.veale at iqcontent.com>:
> 
> 
> 
> > Hi Cearbhall,
> >
> > there are a few examples up on:
> >
> >
> http://www.universaldesign.ie/exploreampdiscover/definitionandoverview/examples
> >
> > Lar
> >
> > Laurence Veale
> >
> > Usability | Design | Content | Analytics
> >
> > Blog: www.iqcontent.com/blog
> > Tel: (office) +353 1 817 0768
> > Tel: (mobile) +353 87 900 2999
> > Fax: +353 1 817 0769
> > Email: laurence.veale at iqcontent.com
> >
> > iQ Content Limited.
> > Registered in Ireland. No 329994
> > Registered Office: Unit 19 Docklands Innovation Park, 128-130 East
> Wall
> > Road, Dublin 3
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Cearbhall O Meadhra <
> > cearbhall.omeadhra at idd.ie> wrote:
> >
> >>  Hello,
> >>
> >> Would you know of any design solution such as a building, product
> or
> >> service that was designed for a particular market other than that
> of
> >> disability but yet included all aspects of usability so that the
> result was
> >> comfortably usable by any person with a disability?
> >>
> >>  I am researching use cases of examples where wise designers have
> realised
> >> that sustainability requires preparation for the future by building
> in
> >> accessibility requirements even though the client does not demand
> such
> >> compliance.
> >>
> >> I look forward to hearing from you. My contact information is shown
> below.
> >>
> >>
> >> Yours sincerely,
> >>
> >> Cearbhall E. O'Meadhra
> >>
> >> "Good design enables - Bad design disables"
> >>
> >> Tel: +353 1-2864623 Mob: +353 83 3323487 Em: omeadhrac at ncad.ie
> >>
> >>
> >>
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