Underlying the development of inclusive design approaches seems to be the assumption that inclusivity automatically leads to good design. What good design means, however, and how this relates to inclusivity, is not very clear. In this paper we try to shed light on these questions. In doing so, we provide an argument for conceiving design as a deliberative enterprise. We point out how inclusivity and normative objectivity can be reconciled, by defining the norm of good design in terms of a deliberative cooperation between designers and the people they design for. In this view, a design is inclusive when it is produced by exploiting the information and competences at the disposal of the designer and the people she designs for in qualified circumstances

Heylighen, A., Bianchin, M. (2013). How does good design relate to inclusive design? Designing as a deliberative enterprise. DESIGN STUDIES, 34(1), 93-110 [10.1016/j.destud.2012.05.002].

How does good design relate to inclusive design? Designing as a deliberative enterprise

Bianchin M
2013-01-01

Abstract

Underlying the development of inclusive design approaches seems to be the assumption that inclusivity automatically leads to good design. What good design means, however, and how this relates to inclusivity, is not very clear. In this paper we try to shed light on these questions. In doing so, we provide an argument for conceiving design as a deliberative enterprise. We point out how inclusivity and normative objectivity can be reconciled, by defining the norm of good design in terms of a deliberative cooperation between designers and the people they design for. In this view, a design is inclusive when it is produced by exploiting the information and competences at the disposal of the designer and the people she designs for in qualified circumstances
2013
Pubblicato
Rilevanza internazionale
Articolo
Esperti anonimi
Settore M-FIL/01 - FILOSOFIA TEORETICA
English
epistemology
evaluation
user participation
philosophy of design
Heylighen, A., Bianchin, M. (2013). How does good design relate to inclusive design? Designing as a deliberative enterprise. DESIGN STUDIES, 34(1), 93-110 [10.1016/j.destud.2012.05.002].
Heylighen, A; Bianchin, M
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