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Universal Design

Designing one thing that works for everyone rather than a special version.

Definition

Design of products usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without adaptation.

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

In plain language

Designing one thing that works for everyone rather than a special version.

Example

Captions on video benefit deaf users, people in noisy environments and people learning the language.

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.