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Why age is often the “least relevant thing” when co-designing with the elderly

Design Week

Director of the Design Age Institute Colum Lowe says designers should instead think of frailty across four vectors: physical, mental, economic and social. Designers often have no problem working for physical frailty but it’s the other three that are missed out.

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The Office As We Knew It No Longer Exists

Azure Magazine

The pandemic — during which every individual is recast as a disease vector and a bridging node between communities — has shone a starker light on our contribution as integral parts of a societal whole. Outside of the neutral zone of the office, unequal access to space, light and air creates even more inconsistent ground for work.

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10 Sustainable Web Design Trends Reshaping 2024

Inkbot Design

However, on the back of COP26’s push for a global net zero by 2050, we see consumer attitudes towards eco-conscious practices begging to change. Speaking of image optimisation, we’re also likely to see traditional raster and photographic pictures relaced with vector-type illustrations in the coming year.