on Oct 10th, 2006International Conference Universal Design Kyoto Japan 2006
Announcement:
International Conference Universal Design.
October 22-26, 2006, Kyoto Japan
The 2nd International Conference for Universal Design in Kyoto 2006 will be held in Kyoto 22 - 26 October, 2006. The Conference is hosted by the International Association for Universal Design and the venue will be Kyoto International Conference Hall.
Universal design is a concept for designing appliances, architecture, and living space with the intention that they can be used by as many people as possible. In the International Universal Design Declaration, which was proclaimed in the finale of the conference in Yokohama in 2002, we went a step further and defined universal design as creation of social environment in which the humanity of each and every person is respected. We also proposed rebuilding the relation between the user and the creator and stressed the importance of framing a human-centered system, which should be applied to every aspect of society.
In 2005, the percentage of senior citizens of 65 years old and above has reached 20 percent of Japan’s total population, as Japan enters an era of “super-aged society” that no nation has ever experienced. Bodily functions such as eyesight and muscular strength decline noticeably with age as one reaches 50, and if we include people of 50 and above, the percentage has already exceeded 40 percent of the total population.
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