The project DESIGN FÖR ALLA.SE represents a pooling of effort at the national level. Its objective is to show the applicability of the Design for All concept within different areas of society - in both the public and private sectors.
The non-profit institute EIDD Sweden is the owner of the project. The Swedish Industrial Design Foundation (SVID), The National Accessibility Centre of the Swedish Disability Ombudsman and the Swedish Disability Federation (HSO) are project collaborators. The project is being funded by the Swedish Inheritance Fund and has a planned lifespan of three years.
The project is aimed at the public sector, the business community and educational programmes in design. The purpose is to increase the demand for Design for All know-how within public procurement and private enterprise and the range of such competence among planners, architects, designers and consumers.
The project was launched during Design Year 2005. The sights are set on 2010, by which time Sweden, according to a national action plan, is to have become a more accessible and better society for all. "Good design enables, bad design disables." This is the motto of The EIDD Stockholm Declaration© and is a guiding star for the collaborators in the project.
Design for All Statement - October 2007
The DfA Statement is issued in support of the government’s strategic planning for Sweden’s efforts to achieve eInclusion. The Statement can be summarised as follows:
- Applying Design for All in the field of IT is both financially beneficial and sustainably durable, as well as benefitting all users.
- With a distinct Design for All strategy, Sweden could become an international benchmark.
- Design for All applies to everything, from schools, work life and leisure to services and products such as websites, mobile phones and remote controls.
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