1. Inclusive Design is for
Everyone
@SandiWassmer

2. Art
DESIGN is not

3. Good Design has
Purpose and Principles.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I bring you Dieter Rams and
his timeless principles

4. Good design
‣ is innovative
‣ makes a product useful
‣ is aesthetic
‣ makes a product understandable
‣ is unobtrusive
‣ is honest
‣ is long-lasting
‣ is thorough down to the last detail
‣ is environmentally friendly
‣ is as little design as possible

5. What is Inclusive
Design
and
Why Should I?

6. The Internet at
its Inception:
One Way
Communication in
Raw HTML

7. More One Way
Communication:
Now with
WYSIWYG
Editors, Designers
and Marketers in
the mix

8. FLASHtastic:
Skip Intro

9. Web Standards:
Makes an Impact

10. Web 2 Point
Freakin’ Zero:
We have
Technology and
we are going to
use all of it at the
same time

11. The Internet is
Interactive:
Push & Pull

12. “Form follows function - that has
been misunderstood.
Form and function should be one,
joined in a spiritual union.”
Frank Lloyd Wright

13. Theory and Practice:
Bringing the Principles of
Industrial Design and
Architecture Into Web Design

14. Principle One: Equitable Use
Should be welcoming and not
discriminate, offering equally
valuable user experiences for
anyone and everyone

15. Principle Two: Flexibility In Use
Should provide plenty of
choice in how, why, where,
when and with what device
different people want to use it

16. Principle Three: Simple And Intuitive Use
Should not require a manual
and should be immediately
obvious how to navigate from
the get go

17. Principle Four: Perceptible Information
Should be clear what the
purpose of the website is for,
what people should get from it
and why

18. Principle Five: Tolerance For Error
Should aim to prevent user
error, but to provide guidance
and assistance that is well
considered and not an
afterthought, if they do

19. Principle Six: Low Physical Effort
Should not be difficult, onerous
or restrictive to use and does
not require the user to do the
hard work

20. Principle Seven: Size And Space For Approach And Use
Should be the appropriate size
and shape to suit the user and
user agent

21. Makes Sense.
How Do I Do It?

22. Design with Purpose & Intent

23. Ponder,
Contemplate &
Reflect

24. Collaborate,
Communicate &
Innovate

25. Plan, Organise &
Structure

26. Design with Purpose & Intent
(again)

27. Develop
Features and
Functionality
from a User’s
Perspective,
not a Technology
One

28. Test the Hell Out of it:
Functionality Testing, Usability
Testing, Accessibility Testing,
User Panels, Experts, Your
Parents and anyone else for
that matter

29. And now that
you know the
rules, you also
know when it’s
right to break
them

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31. Image Credits, Thanks to.
Slides:
01) Source: Flickr License: Creative Commons Creator: Kamikaze Stoat
04) Source: Wikimedia Commons | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Netscape_2.02.png License: Creative Commons
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08) Source: Wikimedia Commons License: Creative Commons Creator: Markus Angermeier / Vectorised: Luca Cremonini
09) Source: Flickr License: Creative Commons Creator: Robert S. Donovan
19) Source: Flickr License: Creative Commons Creator: mightyohm
21) Source: Flickr License: Creative Commons Creator: @boetter
22) Source: Wikimedia Commons License: Creative Commons Creator: World Imaging
23) Source: Wikimedia Commons | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joy_Oil_gas_station_blueprints.jpg License: None (Public domain)
25) Source: Wikimedia Commons License: Creative Commons Creator: David Vignoni
27) Source: Wikimedia Commons License: Creative Commons Creator: SriMesh
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