SARA ISLIM TOMCZAK
NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY
Ba Hons INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN
PRIMARY RESERCH
This section of the website is a collation of interviews I have conducted, questionaires and surveys to aid in my research into this topic and to form a conclusion. All participants had to sign a consent form where necessary to allow the information and findings to be published as part of this website.
When starting this project I needed to ask the general public why they shop and what informs their decisions as to which retailers they use and what is more important to them the design of a store or the quaity that they get when they shop.
This survey was conducted through: www.freeonlinesurveys.com, the link to the survey was shared via facebook, twitter and was further shared by participants.
I believe I got a broad variety of answers from this survey. No two answers are the same especially where participants had to elaborate their own views and experiences.
A version of the consent form that was used for participants to sign inorder for their results to be used with this research and the questionaires published.
Fred Postles work in the disability support sector of Nottingham Trent University as a Disability officer. I contacted the office to see if Fred would have any relevant information on the struggles that he has faced with students who are disabled but attend the university.
Upon meeting with Fred Postles I discovered that he also had a disability. He provided me with a lot of information on the struggles that he has faced and what students have faced.
He also made me aware of the 1970's movement which sparked the Seven Needs For Independent Living which is also covered in this interview.
Helen Beswick is a Nottingham Trent University Lecturer. She has worked on Retail and Hospitality projects in the past. I thought it would be interesting to interview a designer who worked in the public design sector and see their thoughts on design and how it has moved forward over the years.
Helen schon the light on design and how the disabled are a affected when designing. She also mentioned a couple of times throughout the interview that space is precious when designing because it is expensive which is interesting as this is the main limitation that we face when working on projects and trying to fill all merchandise within a store but allowing for enough space to make it compliant with the DDA regualtions.
Vince Conway is a Chartered Architectural Technologist and a Nottingham Trent University Lecturer. Vince has had over 15 years in the field, and has a great understanding of regulations and how to apply them. He carries out surveys and is commissioned on private projects.
Vince has a great understanding of the difficulties faced by the disabled and impaired and a wealth of knowledge on how to combat design faux pas, to make design more inclusive as opposed to exclusive. He beleives that the disabled are overlooked and designes are not made accessible to them in the same way that they are to the fully able.