Designing for kids : Creating for playing, learning, and growing / Krustina Castella

By:

Castella, Krystina

Language: English Publication details: Routledge, 2018. New York :Description: x, 466 pISBN:

9781138290761

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

745.4 CAS-K

Contents:

The research and design process -- Child development. Development stages -- Physical development -- Cognitive development -- Social and emotional development -- Childhood today. Play -- Education -- Spaces -- Media and technology.

Summary: Designers, especially design students, rarely have access to children or their worlds when creating products, images, experiences and environments for them. Therefore, fine distinctions between age transitions and the day-to-day experiences of children are often overlooked. Designing for Kids brings together all a designer needs to know about developmental stages, play patterns, age transitions, playtesting, safety standards, materials and the daily lives of kids, providing a primer on the differences in designing for kids versus designing for adults. Research and interviews with designers, social scientists and industry experts are included, highlighting theories and terms used in the fields of design, developmental psychology, sociology, cultural anthropology and education. This textbook includes more than 150 color images, helpful discussion questions and clearly formatted chapters, making it relevant to a wide range of readers. It is a useful tool for students in industrial design, interaction design, environmental design and graphic design with children as the main audience for their creations.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Library, SPAB	Non Fiction	745.4 CAS-D (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		011204

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The research and design process --
Child development. Development stages --
Physical development --
Cognitive development --
Social and emotional development --
Childhood today. Play --
Education --
Spaces --
Media and technology.

Designers, especially design students, rarely have access to children or their worlds when creating products, images, experiences and environments for them. Therefore, fine distinctions between age transitions and the day-to-day experiences of children are often overlooked. Designing for Kids brings together all a designer needs to know about developmental stages, play patterns, age transitions, playtesting, safety standards, materials and the daily lives of kids, providing a primer on the differences in designing for kids versus designing for adults. Research and interviews with designers, social scientists and industry experts are included, highlighting theories and terms used in the fields of design, developmental psychology, sociology, cultural anthropology and education. This textbook includes more than 150 color images, helpful discussion questions and clearly formatted chapters, making it relevant to a wide range of readers. It is a useful tool for students in industrial design, interaction design, environmental design and graphic design with children as the main audience for their creations.

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