Designing for designers: Insights into the knowledge users of inclusive design

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 46, Issue PB, 2015, Pages 284-291

  Dong, Hua ^a,b   McGinley, Chris ^a,c   Nickpour, Farnaz ^a   Cifter, Abdusselam Selami ^d  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART   (United Kingdom)

^d MIMAR SINAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Inclusive design knowledge base; Knowledge needs; Knowledge users; Tool development and evaluation

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

END USERS; INCLUSIVE DESIGN; KNOWLEDGE BASE; KNOWLEDGE NEEDS; KNOWLEDGE USERS; NEW DIMENSIONS; RESEARCH PROGRAMMES; TOOL DEVELOPMENT;

DESIGN;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERGONOMICS; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INVENTION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SIMULATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; BIOENGINEERING; CONSUMER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOSPITAL DESIGN; KNOWLEDGE BASE; PRIVACY;

COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE BASES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRIVACY;

EID: 84916887978     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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