AN APPROACH TO INCLUDE THE LIFE SITUATION OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

DS 84: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2016 14th International Design Conference

Year: 2016
Editor: Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad, Skec Stanko
Author: Paetzold, K.; Walter, J.; Pelizäus-Hoffmeister, H.
Series: DESIGN
Section: SOCIOTECHNICAL ISSUES IN DESIGN
Page(s): 1915-1924

Abstract

Suitable products are able to support elderly people in daily life. It is crucial to understand the future users and their needs. Interviews with elderly people are conducted by an interdisciplinary team, which asked the interviewees about their daily life, what problems arise and how products could be of help. This led to two results: support is clustered in different kinds of technical support and there are hints how products should be designed, in order to satisfy the future users. It became obvious to know not only the activity, which causes problems, but also the reason for it.

Keywords: human centred design, design guidelines, user centered design

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