Wednesday 17 May 2006
6:00pm – 8:00pm
The Business of Ageing: Designing for the Future
the Royal College of Art
the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation 主催
Changing demographics are presenting the UK and Japan with opportunities as well as challenges. This seminar looks to ways in which the design sectors in both countries are developing innovative approaches and solutions to the needs of ageing societies – in the home, in the workplace and in all areas of public life. As Japanese products increasingly reflect the demographic profile of the consumers of the 21st century, inclusive universal design trends are impacting upon design practice and commercial initiatives worldwide.
This seminar has been arranged in association with The Helen Hamlyn Research Centre at the Royal College of Art.
コントリビューターについて
Keiji Kawahara
Keiji Kawahara is Executive Director of the International Association for Universal Design (IAUD) in Japan. He studied at the Royal College of Art and for nearly 30 years he has been designing and promoting design for disabled people. IAUD is a network of more than 130 Japanese companies – including Toyota, Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi, Panasonic, Nissan and Fujitsu – and was launched in Tokyo in 2003, with HIH Prince Tomohito as its patron. The network represents a significant step in advancing inclusive universal design practice and is likely to have a major influence worldwide, as Japanese products become increasingly user-friendly. The International Conference for Universal Design will be held in Kyoto in October 2006.
Roger Coleman
Roger Coleman is Professor of Inclusive Design and Co-director of the Helen Hamlyn Research Centre at the Royal College of Art. He is an internationally renowned authority on the design effects of ageing populations and has directed the DesignAge programme, which formed the basis of the Helen Hamlyn Research Centre, since 1991. In 1994, he established a European network specialising in design and ageing, and the RCA was awarded a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in recognition of his work the following year. His publications include ‘Living Longer: the new context for design’ (Design Council, 2001), which makes recommendations to government and industry on design responses to population ageing.
Jeremy Myerson
Jeremy Myerson (chair) is Professor of Design Studies and Co-director of the Helen Hamlyn Research Centre at the Royal College of Art. He is a writer, editor and academic specialising in the study of the work of designers in relation to social and technological change.