Innovative Examples of UD – Responding to Diversity, Initiatives by UD Members, online publication through Shinanobook.com in October 29, 2010

Innovative Examples of UD – Responding to Diversity, Initiatives by UD Members has been published as an online publication through Shinanobook.com in October 29, 2010.

This publication presents innovative examples of UD initiated by IAUD members covering various business sectors and organizations as well as academic-government-industry initiatives. The single volume is a compilation of articles featuring the initiatives of 32 companies and organizations. The articles were published over the past two and a half years or so in the IAUD Newsletter, the monthly magazine for IAUD members. The book also features an original article by Keiichiro Kawarabayashi, Vice President, University of Shizuoka of Art and Culture entitled Trends and the Future Direction of UD in Companies and Society. The starting point of UD is to understand the diverse users, and diverse users call for diverse approaches. This book has wide application as basic examples in various design areas as well as a reference for adopting UD ideas of UD and diversity in business management and product planning.

Main contents:

Endorsement: Innovation starts with a people-friendly environment

Takeshi Hirose, (Director, Design Policy Office, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry: Japan)

Chapter 1: Trends and the Future Direction of UD in Companies and Society

Keiichiro Kawarabayashi, Vice President, University of Shizuoka of Art and Culture

Chapter 2: Innovative Examples of UD (32 companies and organizations)

Listed companies and organizations (in order of appearance in this book):

TEPCO, Panasonic Corporation, FUJITSU LIMITED, Hitachi, Ltd., Toyota Motor Corporation, TOTO Ltd., Ricoh Company, Ltd., Okamura Corporation, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.,　Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., Toshiba Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, ITOKI CORPORATION, Sekisui House, Ltd., KOKUYO Furniture Co., Ltd., INAX, TANSEISHA Co., Ltd., Hakuhodo Universal Design, Shizuoka Prefecture, Lim Corporation Ltd., TOYO INK CO., LTD., Seiko Epson Corp., Tokyo Car Corporation, Daiwa House Industry Co., ltd., Up Arrows Inc., Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture, Universal Event Association, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., UDIT Inc., NEC Corporation, BANDAI Co., Ltd.

*Text data is available for persons wishing to purchase this book who need text-to-speech electronic data (prepared with .txt). For details, see “Text Data Guide” at the end of this book.

Price: 1,890 yen (Fixed price: 1,800 yen + tax) A5 256 pages
Publisher: UD Japan Co., Ltd.
This book may be purchased at the online bookstore Shinanobook.com

Inquiry

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