Inclusion from different design perspectives

Over several semesters, an interdisciplinary team explored the frameworks needed for projects to be conceived and implemented in an inclusive manner – and which didactic formats and methods are useful for making design teaching more inclusive. The publication "Designing Inclusion" is not the conclusion of the project, but rather opens a dialogue between universities, experts, and designers.

Over several semesters, Prof. Barbara Kotte, Prof. Andreas Schulz, Prof. Günter Weber, Tobias Witt, and Tiemo Brants explored the following key questions: What frameworks do projects need to be conceived and implemented in an inclusive manner? Which didactic formats and methods make inclusive design teaching possible? How can inclusion be sustainably integrated into design processes and design teaching? What current positions exist on this topic? Which methods can be used for inclusive participation? 

The book contains specialist texts from the fields of communication design, interior design, product design, and advertising. It addresses inclusion, participation, universal design, wayfinding systems, typography, shop design, urban space design, easy language, and inclusive design teaching. The accompanying methods book also offers suggestions on how selected design methods can be modified to make them suitable for a participatory and inclusive design process. The publication was developed in the HAWK project laboratory under the direction of Dipl.-Des. The book was written by Tatjana Rabe, published by Fruehwerk Verlag, and is also available digitally for screen readers. It was funded by the Innovation Plus program of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture. 

With contributions by Florian Adler, Thomas Bade, Tom Bieling, Tiemo Brants, Ulrike Dammann, Andrea Döring, Barbara Kotte, Christiane Maaß, Isabel Rink, Maria Scherlies, Svenja Schulz, Andreas Schulz, Günter Weber, Tobias Witt, and Peter Woltersdorf.