Modern Designs Suited for Children

The Museum of Modern Art’s exhibit titled “Century of the Child: Growing by Design,1900–2000" represents the first large-scale and synthetic effort to investigate the many intersections of children and design, including toys and games, furniture and nursery interiors, playgrounds, school architecture and pedagogy, political propaganda, and urban planning. The curators of the exhibit and the authors of the article argue that, for the most part, children have been overlooked in design. Our built world has been designed by and for adults.
Similarly, In his article, well-known design author Donald Norman writes “Despite our increasing numbers the world seems to be designed against the elderly.
This is a two-part question that encourages us to think about the needs of the very young and the very old.
Give us an example of something in our built environment that clearly overlooks children—their needs and desires. Discuss how your example ignores their needs/desires. How would you redesign this example to acknowledge the needs/desires of children?
Give us an example of something in our built environment that clearly overlooks older individuals—their needs and desires. Discuss how your example ignores their needs/desires. How would you redesign this example to acknowledge the needs/desires of older individuals
NOTE:
You may use drawings or photographs to help communicate your ideas.
Please cite any sources that you use.
Do not repeat the same ideas of the students who posted before you. Come up with your own new ideas.