Editorial
New Agenda for Inclusive Design
Hua Dong (Royal College of Art)
Abdusselam Selami Cifter (Brunel University)
Stella Boess (TU Delft - Industrial Design Engineering)
Farnaz Nickpour (University of Liverpool)
Yumei Dong (Jiangnan University, TU Delft - Industrial Design Engineering)
Weining Ning (Brunel University)
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Abstract
The Inclusive Design Special Interest Group of the Design Research Society (InclusiveSIG-with Professor Hua Dong as its Convenor, and Dr Weining Ning as its co-convenor) organised the “New Agenda for Inclusive Design” Track for DRS2026. The Track has attracted more than 50 submissions from 16 countries. In total 19 papers were selected after blind peer-review, and three further papers added, forming four sessions: 1) Rethinking Inclusive Design; 2) Studying Older People: Theories and Methods; 3) Neurodivergent Groups: Adults and Children; 4) Assessing Accessibility and Inclusion. New agenda and trends include “relations as inclusion”, “aesthetics as a driver for dignity”, valuing older people’s resources in design, and “predictable unpredictability” for neurodivergent groups.
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