Getting a Grip
Disability in American Industrial Design of the Late Twentieth Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19351900 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bess Williamson (0000-0002-7292-2413, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 213-236 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Winterthur Portfolio (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0084-0416 • E-ISSN: 1545-6927 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/669668 |
| OpenAlex | W1581809220 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 5 |
From the 1970s to the end of the twentieth century, a number of American designers pursued the approach known as “universal design,” or design that can be used by both disabled and nondisabled people. Universal design informed a number of mainstream products as designers integrated disability-related features into functionally and aesthetically distinct offerings for the mass market. These successful, fashionable consumer goods reflected the ideal that design for people with disabilities could bring about better design for all. In the public image of these products, however, disability was rarely a central focus, but instead remained secondary or hidden
Aesthetics · Architectural engineering · Art · Business · Focus (optics) · Ideal (ethics) · Mainstream · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Universal design · Architecture, Design, and Social History · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Engineering · Law · Marketing · Mechanical Engineering
Media Prophylaxis
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Universal Design and the Problem of “Post-Disability” Ideology
Urban accessibility issues
Universal design for learning in physical education
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Rehabilitation aids for the blind’
A Cognitive Listening
Perpetuating ableism in engineering education
Disability Expertise
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |