Designing for Sex and Gender Equity
1st Edition
Published on 19. December 2023
156 pages
978-1-003-82548-7 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing on original designer interviews, this book explores how design interventions can and do support sex and gender equity and what barriers still stand in the way.
Isabel Prochner not only brings attention to sex and gender problems related to design artifacts but also provides a unique overview of creative design responses to these issues. The case studies and designer interviews provide new information about how designers can address these issues and the challenges they may encounter - whether that's a lack of anthropometric data, trouble finding investment and business support, or even public resistance. Prochner brings together primary and secondary research and the most contemporary theories on sex, gender, and design.
This book will be of interest to scholars working in design studies, sex and gender studies, social design, design for health, industrial design, product design, fashion design, and interaction design.
Isabel Prochner not only brings attention to sex and gender problems related to design artifacts but also provides a unique overview of creative design responses to these issues. The case studies and designer interviews provide new information about how designers can address these issues and the challenges they may encounter - whether that's a lack of anthropometric data, trouble finding investment and business support, or even public resistance. Prochner brings together primary and secondary research and the most contemporary theories on sex, gender, and design.
This book will be of interest to scholars working in design studies, sex and gender studies, social design, design for health, industrial design, product design, fashion design, and interaction design.
More details
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ebooks
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
1 Tables, black and white; 10 Halftones, color; 8 Halftones, black and white; 10 Illustrations, color; 8 Illustrations, black and white
ISBN-13
978-1-003-82548-7 (9781003825487)
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Designing for Sex and Gender Equity
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06/2025
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Designing for Sex and Gender Equity
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12/2023
1st Edition
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Person
Isabel Prochner is Assistant Professor of Industrial Design at Virginia Tech.
Content
1. Introduction 2. Personal Protective Equipment for Female Bodies and Intersectionality 3. Sex, Gender, and Intersectionality in Toy Design 4. Design for Men's Mental Health 5. Design for Femle and Intersectional Sexual Equity 6. Modest Sportswear for Women of Faith 7. Sex, Gender, and Intersectional Equity in Virtual Assistants 8. Design for Beautiful Bodies 9. Design Between and Beyond the Binaries
