I originally came across Gregor Timlin and Nic Rysenbry’s work on the fantastic Confessions of a Design Geek who interviewed Nic on this work he had worked on in association with Helen Hamlyn Centre and Bupa to improve the quality of dining for people with dementia.
“The importance lies in designing for those who have a need and a desire for a better quality of life than their current environment allows. When it comes to diseases like dementia, where people can be scared and frustrated, little attention has been paid to anything other than the most basic function of an object.
The interventions that can be made to better a person’s quality of life are often simple common sense and / or putting yourself in the position of a person with dementia.” Nic Rysenbry
“Inclusive design is very important because it does exactly what it says on the tin – it promotes design for everybody. Most design for people limits who can use it because the design is based around a set of average standards. Not everyone is average and so people can be excluded from being able use products, services and buildings.”
“Good design is innovative, it’s environmental, it’s functional but most importantly it is individual. Of course it’s individual to the designer, but more than that, good design is individual to the user.”
To read the full interview, do head over to Confessions of a Design Geek and get your great design fix!
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