Week 11 Reading Reflection

In this week’s reading, the author studies and discusses the relationship between Style, fashion, and disability. One of the easiest and best examples of this that was given is in eyewear. Eyewear strikes the balance perfectly between showing off your style whilst being a tool of solving a problem of disability. The author believes that, even for larger forms of assitive products, such as legwear and armwear, there should be close attention payed to the aesthetics of these products. The author signifies the importance of product designs being inclusive, involving both designer and user. The aesthetics or design of a product should not be payed with any less attention to detail just because it is an assistive device. The author introduces the idea of universal design, in which the problems of accessibility and the needs and wants of a consumer is tackled. This reading helped me reflect upon the ideology that goes behind designing things, thinking about the intended audience and allowing not just a small population to be able to utilize a product.

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