問71
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ユニバーサルデザインの考え方として, 適切なものはどれか。
平成22年度 秋期 ITパスポート試験 問71
テクノロジ系情報デザイン › 情報デザイン
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問 71
Incorrectア
“Once designed, it can be used for a long period without any changes” is about giving a design a long life and making it easy to change; it is a matter of product life and maintainability. It says nothing about who can use the product, that is, about the diversity of users, so it is not the concept of Universal Design.
Incorrectイ
“Products of the same performance and quality can be manufactured in any country in the world” is about standardizing the manufacturing process and managing quality (standards and standardization, quality management systems such as ISO 9001). That is making the production side uniform, not a design philosophy for letting diverse users use a product.
Incorrectウ
“Design as simply as possible in order to reduce manufacturing costs” is cost reduction, a value engineering (VE) way of thinking. Universal Design does include “simple and intuitive use” as one of its principles, but the aim there is to make things easy for anyone to understand, not to cut manufacturing costs as such. The purpose is different, so this choice is not appropriate.
- エ
正解 Universal Design means designing from the very beginning so that as many people as possible can use something directly, with no special modification and no specialized product, regardless of differences in age, gender, culture, language, or physical ability, and regardless of whether they have a disability. Choice エ states exactly this definition, so it is appropriate. The key point is that it puts the diversity of users (who will use it) at the starting point of design. Also keep in mind the contrast with the similar term barrier-free, which is the idea of removing barriers that already exist afterwards, whereas Universal Design is the idea of not creating barriers in the first place.
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- Universal Design = the idea of designing from the start so that many people can use something regardless of differences in age, culture, or ability, and regardless of whether they have a disability.
- Remember it as distinct from barrier-free (removing existing barriers afterwards) and from accessibility (the degree to which something is easy to use).
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