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Transgenerational design is the practice of making products and environments compatible with those physical and sensory impairments associated with human aging and which limit major activities of daily living.〔Pirkl, James J. (1994). ''Transgenerational Design: Products for an Aging Population''. New York: Van Nostrand. p. 25 ISBN 0-442-01065-6.〕 The term ''transgenerational design'' was coined in 1986, by Syracuse University industrial design professor James J. Pirk〔 "An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University".〕〔Transgenerational Design, “About James Joseph Pirkl” online at http://www.transgenerational.org/about-us/bio.htm. Accessed October 19, 2015.〕 to describe and identify products and environments that accommodate, and appeal to, the widest spectrum of those who would use them—the young, the old, the able, the disabled—without penalty to any group. The transgenerational design concept emerged from his federally funded design-for-aging research project, ''Industrial design Accommodations: A Transgenerational Perspective''. The project's two seminal 1988 publications〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.legacyproject.org/legacycenter/transmultigendesign.html )〕 provided detailed information about the aging process; informed and sensitized industrial design professionals and design students about the realities of human aging; and offered a useful set of guidelines and strategies for designing products that accommodate the changing needs of people of all ages and abilities. ==Overview== The transgenerational design concept establishes a common ground for those who are committed to integrating age and ability within the consumer population. Its underlying principle is that people, including those who are aged or impaired, have an equal right to live in a unified society. Transgenerational design practice recognizes that human aging is a continuous, dynamic process that starts at birth and ends with death, and that throughout the aging process, people normally experience occurrences of illness, accidents and declines in physical and sensory abilities that impair one’s independence and lifestyle. But most injuries, impairments and disabilities typically occur more frequently as one grows older and experiences the effects of senescence (biological aging). Four facts clarify the interrelationship of age with physical and sensory vulnerability: # ''young'' people become ''old'' # ''young'' people can become ''disabled'' # ''old'' people can become ''disabled'' # ''disabled'' people become ''old'' Within each situation, consumers expect products and services to fulfill and enhance their lifestyle, both physically and symbolically. Transgenerational design focuses on serving their needs through what Cagan and Vogel call “a value oriented product development process”. They note that a product is “deemed of value to a customer if it offers a strong effect on lifestyle, enabling features, and meaningful ergonomics” resulting in products that are “''useful'', ''usable'', and ''desirable''” during both short and long term use by people of all ages and abilities.〔 Transgenerational design is “framed as a market-aware response to population aging that fulfills the need for products and environments that can be used by both young and old people living and working in the same environment”. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Transgenerational design」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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