Improvement: Products and websites become more valuable

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One consequence of normative design is that alternative products must be created for people with challenges. This costs a lot of valuable resources. Universal design is therefore considered particularly sustainable. It aims to reach as many users as possible for products. Special concepts become redundant, thus saving resources.

Manufacturers in particular often fear that making teacher database products widely usable is expensive and complicated. And at the same time, there is a pressure to tailor products precisely to their target group. Universal design therefore sounds like a step in the wrong direction.

But many examples suggest the opposite: improvements for a certain group of people can also make use easier or more attractive for other user groups.
One example is talking shopping carts . They help people with visual impairments to carry out a normal shopping trip. Interestingly, the technology also helps to provide people without disabilities with an improved shopping experience. Universal design is therefore a way to create better products.

Proponents go even further and describe the principles as guidelines for good design in itself.




Creating websites: How do companies implement barrier-free, universal web design?
Anyone who wants to change the parameters for the usability of a website should first question how the existing, normal design process needs to be changed. A change in methodology can be helpful here for barrier-free design or updating of websites.

So-called Growth Driven Design is an agile method for web design. Websites are not finished but are continuously optimized.

This optimization takes place in sprints and makes it possible to continuously improve the quality, accessibility and universality of the website. The methodology is recommended for both the relaunch and the redesign of a website.