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Design for Transport: A User Centred Approach to Vehicle Design and Travel, Design for Social Responsibility Series

This is the first book on transport design to employ a user-centred approach to vehicle design and travel. It is part of the Gower ‘design for social responsibility’ series. Tovey is principal author and editor, with a range of other academics as contributing authors.

The central premise of Design for Transport is that the designer's role is to approach transport design from the point of view of the wants and needs of users, and with their requirements for mobility. Creative designers can take a user-focused approach for a wide range of types of transport products and systems. Deploying creative dissatisfaction with what is currently available; their specialist capability is in imagining and developing new solutions. How this is tackled varies depending on the context, and the variety of solutions produced reflects the different aspirations and needs of the people for whom they are designing. The book has been endorsed by the Design Research Society.