Design for all

Dates: 5 July – 16 July 2010
Hours: 10:00am – 4:00pm
Course language: English
Cost: 1250 euro + VAT

Who is the course addressed to?
Young designers and students from related fields (industrial design, interior and product design, fashion design, architecture, management and business design) that want to gain experience in the world of Design for All.

The course will explore methodology and development of appropriate tools in order to design objects with the aim that everyone can participate in our society on an equal basis, regardless of age, gender, capabilities or cultural background. The workshop will be focused on managing and development of a DfA project from the concept to the realization.

Objective
To get acquainted with specific design methodologies suited to make objects consistent with human diversity
Contents
Holistic managing and design process to boost innovation – customer/user satisfaction and social awareness (integration)

Methodology
Lectures and workshop

Project Leader: AVRIL ACCOLLA

Avril Accolla (graduates in Industrial Design at Politecnico di Milano. Specializations in: Design Direction, Diversity, Marketing, Training Management, Prototipation) in 2002 opened her own professional studio, avrildesign, particularly focusing on Design for All. She has managed a production engineering R&D department focusing on industrialization of innovative products. Cooperates with professional studios and companies, national and foreign, for innovation in the sectors of High Technology, Product, Research & Development. She teaches DfA and she has written a book on Design for All implementation and methodology.