​Universal Design(a)|通用设计(a)

Universal Design—Seeking the Greatest Inclusivity通用设计，寻找最大包容点

本篇中英文节录自《台湾光华杂志》

九十九年二月第三十五卷第二期

『通用设计，寻找最大包容点』

本社为尊重《台湾光华杂志》，中文原文注销，仅供参考，中英文如有不尽相符之处，敬请包涵。

The Free Universe Education Foundation has been active in the promotion of universal design. Foundation chairman Dan Tang, sitting in his electric wheelchair, holds in his right hand, which is his only functioning hand, a booklet with the nominations for the last four Universal Design Awards. Next he picks up a product known as Another Hand and demonstrates how it enables him to clean off a plate of food with only one hand.

An ordinary round plate but with an extra section sticking up on one side, Another Hand helps users push their spoons in the right direction and also assists in collecting rice or vegetables and getting them into the spoon. Together with a wide-handled, lightweight, broader-than-average spoon designed in Japan to help children learn to use a spoon, Another Hand is kitchenware that Tang takes with him everywhere. While sitting in his wheelchair and eating with these, he attracts no shortage of strange looks, but being a keen promoter, Tang takes these looks as chances to extol the virtues of universal design.

In 1991, Tang, who suffered polio as a child, moved north from Chiayi looking for work. Starting from the age of 25, he spent time working with Eden Social Welfare Foundation, a church, and the Taipei City Government, and even unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the Taipei City Council before discovering the wonder of universal design online. In 2004, by his own efforts he set up the Free Universe Education Foundation, aiming to promote universal design and build a business on it. Asking himself how to get people to understand the idea of universal design the quickest, Tang struck upon one answer—competitions.

　   自由空间教育基金会一直大力推动通用设计。董事长唐峰正坐在电动轮椅上，用他仅有能施力的右手，拿出一本集结过去 4 届通用设计奖入选作品的手册；接着又拿出一款取名『另一只手』的圆盘，展现单手吃干净最后一口饭菜的省力设计。

　　这个普通圆盘的边缘多了一处垂直凸面，使用时只要用汤匙将食物滑向对的方向，饭粒或菜肴就会落进汤匙里，而搭配的粗柄质轻、匙缘一侧较宽的汤匙，则是日本专为幼儿学习拿汤匙吃饭而设计的产品。这『另一只手』就是唐峰正随身携带的餐具，每每坐在轮椅上到餐厅用餐时，总引来众人好奇眼光，而自许为通用设计超级推销员的唐峰正，就会趁机宣传通用设计的魅力。

1991 年，当时 25 岁、罹患小儿麻痹的唐峰正独自从嘉义北上谋生，待过伊甸基金会、教会、台北市政府，选过市议员败北后，他从网络世界发现通用设计的美妙，2004年一手催生自由空间教育基金会，计划将通用设计当成一个品牌来经营。而什么方法可以让最多人在最短时间内了解通用设计？答案就是──办比赛。