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> DIGNIFY EVERYONE We are all human. Do not discriminate based on geography, culture, or economic status. A homeless person and the President should be treated

> DIGNIFY EVERYONE We are all human. Do not discriminate based on geography, culture, or economic status. A homeless person and the President should be treated equally. From an economic perspective I find this very inefficient. The notion of 'universal' design would neglect the fact that there are very specific design requirements based on said discriminations. By designing one 'universal' product for say the rich/poor instead of one product for each, in most cases, you'd end up with a portion of the rich unsatisfied by an inferior product respective to expectations and an unsatisfied poor because its too expensive for them. In fact I think the cases where this does and should hold true (things like 'soda') are a rarity. A market exists for designing things specifically for a certain demographic, and markets are where capitalism thrives. Why this this one-size-fits-all model better than a call to designers to start exploring neglected markets and making unique products for said markets?

gdubs 12y ago
... things like 'soda' Funny -- before I got to your part about soda, I was reminded of this Warhol quote: "What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the Cokes are the same and all the Cokes are good. Liz Taylor knows it, the President knows it, the bum knows it, and you know it."
- enoursa2 12y ago
  author here. Absolutely! That quote by Warhol was a huge inspiration. I have to see if I can fit that somewhere on the site.
DanBC 12y ago
As an example of design for poor people and wealthy people: selling single use sachets of shampoo allows poor people to buy it. They cannot afford a bottle. But wealthy people don't want all those little packets, they just want a bottle.

gdubs 12y ago

... things like 'soda' Funny -- before I got to your part about soda, I was reminded of this Warhol quote: "What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the Cokes are the same and all the Cokes are good. Liz Taylor knows it, the President knows it, the bum knows it, and you know it."

enoursa2 12y ago
author here. Absolutely! That quote by Warhol was a huge inspiration. I have to see if I can fit that somewhere on the site.

DanBC 12y ago

As an example of design for poor people and wealthy people: selling single use sachets of shampoo allows poor people to buy it. They cannot afford a bottle. But wealthy people don't want all those little packets, they just want a bottle.