Retail design and the visually impaired: A needs assessment

H Yu, S Tullio-Pow, A Akhtar - Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 2015 - Elsevier
This research explores the lived experience of consumers with visual impairment to better
understand their everyday shopping challenges, gaps in retail design, and opportunities for …

Accessibility of urban spaces for visually impaired pedestrians

SH Norgate - Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers …, 2012 - icevirtuallibrary.com
An ageing demographic together with the predicted increase in visual impairment of older
people calls for a renewed consideration of the accessibility and social inclusivity of urban …

Consumers' evaluations of fitting rooms in retail clothing stores

N Ayalp, K Yildirim, M Bozdayi… - International Journal of …, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the effect of age, gender and educational
level on customer evaluations of the design characteristics of fitting rooms/dressing rooms …

Empathy through accumulating techné: Designing an accessible metro

M Strickfaden, P Devlieger - The Design Journal, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
This paper describes, analyses and reflects on a co-creation process between people with
and without disabilities as they redesign the Brussels metro transport system over a two …

Governance models for rural accessible transportation: insights from Atlantic Canada

M Levesque - Disability & Society, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Insufficient or lack of accessible transportation options pose significant challenges for
persons with disabilities living in small rural communities who need to travel within …

Spatialising differently through ability and techné

J Rieger, J Herssens, M Strickfaden - CoDesign, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This paper reflects on multisensorial and multimodal processes by considering spatial
design differently through three case studies in Canada and Belgium that involved persons …

Reversing the {im} material sense of a nonplace: The impact of blindness on the Brussels Metro

P Devlieger, M Strickfaden - Space and Culture, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
This article explores the Brussels metro as a nonplace and considers the impact of
blindness on nonplace. In discussing the {im} materiality of the metro, this article focuses on …

Doing dis/ordered mapping/s: Embodying disability in the museum environment

JL Rieger - 2016 - era.library.ualberta.ca
This research is a doing of mapping/s through multi-sited case study research—Canada's
Sports Hall of Fame (CSHF) in Calgary, Canada (pilot study), the Canadian War Museum …

Do You See What I See? The shopping experiences of people with visual impairment

S Tullio-Pow, H Yu… - Interdisciplinary Journal of …, 2021 - journals.shareok.org
This article reports on the shopping experiences of people with visual impairment (n= 7) and
offers an alternative way to understand their needs. Our study adopted taskscape theory and …

The unseen barriers of the built environment: navigation for people with visual impairment

L Cushley, N Galway, T Peto - Town Planning …, 2023 - liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
The visually impaired community often finds the built environment difficult to navigate.
Elements of street design such as street furniture, bollards and shared space are some of …