sensing happiness access association 2015
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Sensing HappinessAccess Association November
2015
Alastair Somerville
@acuity_design
Sensory Design
Cognitive Accessibility
WhatWhyHow
What
What is the problem?
Cognitive Accessibility affects all of us in all
the places we go: physical & digital
What is it?
Definition
3 parts
Making (digital or physical)
places usable
1
PerceivableIntelligibleActionable
2
Perceivable
Open to sensory awareness
2
Intelligible
Open to human comprehension
2
Actionable
Open to personal agency
2
PerceivableIntelligibleActionable
2
Stress free
3
Discovering problems
Exhibition RoadShared Space
1
PerceivableIntelligibleActionableNO
T
Imperial War Museum
2
Casson Mann
A map of gaps
IN
OUT
PerceivableIntelligibleActionableNO
T
WIAD Bristol 2015
More complex definition
Senses
Emotions
Axes not spectrum
Conscious
Unconscious
Hyper-personal
Why
Accessibility
•Dyslexia•Aphasia•Non-verbal - Severe Speech and Language impairments
•Ageing & Dementia•Down Syndrome•Autism•Dyscalculia
W3C
Inclusion
Situational Impairment
"Indifference towards people and the reality in which they live is actually the one and only cardinal sin in design"
Dieter Rams
Personalisation
Happiness
How
4 interesting projects
Mobile Affective Sensing and Urban
City Mood
1
Dr. Eiman Kanjo
Emotion in place
Wearables
Big Data
Redesign of physical place
W3C
2
Cognitive and Learning Disabilities
Accessibility Task Force
Jamie Knight
CSUN 2015
Steve Maslin
British Standards Institute
3
Designing for the mind
PAS1365 DSDCOrfield
BSI
US Army
4
Neuroergonomics
Responsive data load through emotionally
aware devices
Happiness
Paul Dolan
2 meanings
Happiness is well directed attention
1
Positive emotion + PurposeTime
2
Pamela Pavliscak
Positive design manifesto
Autonomy & masteryTrust & empathyCreativity & self awarenessConnection & communityMeaning in all places
Autonomy & masteryTrust & empathyCreativity & self awarenessConnection & communityMeaning in all places
Unity
Cognitive accessibilityis
Personalisation is
Design for happiness
What do you make?
Make places better for people with essential
needs
1
Make places meaningful for many
2
Make places happier for all
3
The rules are not written for this.
You can make the difference
Thank you