5/27/2023 0 Comments Mismatch kat holmes![]() ![]() ![]() As I moved through the book, I was initially inspired and energized by the stories I read-like one of a gamer/UX designer in a wheelchair who uses his voice to engage the world, who was struggling to use the controllers designed for able-bodied people and who triumphed over these challenges through smart design. Mismatch pleasantly meanders around all types of design-from architecture to product design- using anecdotes and interviews alongside research to support Holmes’ perspective. She follows a “Who, What, Why, When, How” model that serves her thesis well. Holmes opens the book focusing on in-group/out-group mentalities, arguing that inclusivity is possible through inclusive design processes. ![]() Mismatch is a short look at ways that people feel excluded through design. As I read Kat Holmes’ Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design, however, I realized that too often designers rely on generalizations across many dimensions of design-thinking, ultimately resulting in sterilized solutions befitting of both everyone and no one. The idea of universal design is powerful and (hopefully) prevalent in everything designers do. ![]()
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