Cities for All

Cities for All

Date: Jan 23 to Feb 17, Mon-Fri 10am to 6pm, Sat-Sun 11am to 6pm
Opening: Jan 22
Venue: designforum Wien

This exhibition showcases a selection of remarkable Design for All processes and examples
from all over Europe, illustrating how to create added value for people, businesses and public administration by means of participatory (inclusive) design and strategic design thinking.

Design for All methods offer a wide range of tools for understanding human diversity - from a strategic level concerning urban systems and social cohesion to a product design level dealing with physical and cognitive accessibility.

People come first!

In the end, good design is all about sharing and caring, knowledge and sensitivity. Experiencercentred design methods are based on interdisciplinary teamwork and sensitive research applications. Qualified designers apply their skills to develop the most appropriate solutions, achieving the right balance between emotional, logical, intuitive and pragmatic demands, the requirements of safety and the reality of economics.

Shared Spaces, Services and Products

Design for All processes can create added value in many different ways: improved functionality and well-being coming from better and intuitive usability, time-saving user-friendliness, successful business models based on partnering with customers and experiencers, leading to new and sustainable market and business opportunities and ultimately a better City for All.

Three categories of design applications feature a wide variety of design applications: \"Shared Spaces - Shared Solutions\", \"Shared Services - Shared Experiences\" and \"Shared Businesses - Shared Values\".