Empathy through accumulating techné: Designing an accessible metro

Design Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-230

  Strickfaden, Megan ^a   Devlieger, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Disability; Inclusive design; Know how; Redesign; User expert

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960423041     PISSN: 14606925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175630611X12984592780041     Document Type: Article

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