Diversity and Design: Understanding Hidden Consequences

Fifteen case studies showing how design decisions ripple differently across gender, race, class, age and ability — often in hidden, consequential ways. A clear-eyed look at design Outcomes through the SDF's Social-Responsibility motto: who a design quietly includes or shuts out. The book examines how design of products, buildings, landscapes, cities, media and systems affects diverse members of society, through fifteen case studies spanning television, marketing, product design, architecture, film and video games. Edited by Beth Tauke with Korydon Smith and Charles Davis and published by Routledge, it investigates how gender, race, class, age and disability shape the way designers think, with the aim of helping readers avoid design that leads to discrimination, isolation or segregation.