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Inclusive Design

Designing so more people can use it, not just the average user.

Definition

Designing so that the widest range of people can use a product, treating exclusion as the thing to design out.

Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.

In plain language

Designing so more people can use it, not just the average user.

Example

Designing for one-handed use benefits people with a temporary injury and people carrying a bag.

Each link says what the connection is, so you can tell a principle from an alternative from a thing people mix this up with.

Deeper reading

The full entry behind this definition.

Related concept

Connected closely enough to change how you apply this.

Nearby in the Atlas

Adjacent territory, found through shared tags rather than a stated link.