Can design cater to a diverse society? How does it respond to the disparate demands of the
people using it? Debates about inclusion and participation have been an important part of the
design discourse since at least the 1980s. Contemporary design approaches expand on the
concepts of Universal Design and Design for All reinterpreting them in a community-based
participatory design practice. Design for All? Inclusive Design Today gathers together a
variety of recent projects initiatives and concepts drawn from different design disciplines
and sets up a dialogue with teachers and researchers who are active on the international scene
to discuss them for the first time. Dealing with a range of different voices in inclusive
design strategies can be seen as part of a paradigm shift that radically questions society's
normative values: Can design also make a society fairer? Evelyn Steiner dipl. Arch. ETH MA
Art History works as an independent curator journalist and moderator. Sara Zeller did her
doctorate in art history and is a curator at the Museum fü r Ge- staltung Zürich.
