A helpful resource of "What's New" articles, stories, and reports from a wide variety of organizational and media sources...

2013

• Transgenerational Seat in 'Secrets of Aging' Exhibit
  Lear Corporation's innovative seat designed for aging displayed as part of exhibit at Boston Museum of Science.
  
  
• Three Generational Living
  
  Multigenerational living is on the rise and here to stay—three generations, 51 million Americans, now live under one roof.
  
  
• You, Me, We vs. Us and Them
  If you've never heard the term "transgenerational design before," that's because it's a lot younger than the term "senior citizen."
  
  
• For Modern Retirees, There's No Place Like Home
  Their desire to stay in one’s home as long as possible grows along with an interest in living in big-city neighborhoods.
  
  
• Retirees Talking about Multigenerational Housing
  Many choosing to live side by side with people of all other ages, including singles, childless couples and families with children.
  
  
• Top 10 Trends in Senior Housing for 2013
  Further signs of recovery and the slowly improving housing market will drive the next decade in senior housing and living. 
  
  
• Multigenerational Planning
  Smart growth and universal design links the needs of children with the aging populaton.
  
  
• Where Are the Elder Care Robots?
  Technologies are beginning to come to market to help the elderly live in their home as long as possible.
  
  
• Multigenerational Living Rises
  Those living in multigenerational households admit there are challenges, but most say the benefits outweigh them. 
  
  
• Boomers Are Not Tech Novices
  It’s stupid and insulting to pitch baby boomers as tech novices. They are active users and shapers of technology.
  
  
• NYC - Sun City  Its Not
  As the population aged, some apartment houses have morphed into NORCs — naturally occurring retirement communities. 
  
  
• Aging Trends Affecting Business
  What are you doing to reach out to the baby boomers? Will your business be able to take advantage of this demographic?
  
  
• Aging Trends Affect Business
  How will your business be affected? Will your consumer base change? How will your workforce react?
  
  
• Invisible Grandparent at CES 2013
  Products that could be attractive to the estimated 65 million grandparents are hardly mentioned, much less targeted.
  
  
• Multi-Generational Marketing
  One the biggest French clothing brands has essentially succeed thanks to their multi-generational strategy marketing.
  
  
• Gadgets for Seniors: Best Gear for the 60+
  Technology and gadget companies are recognizing the unique needs of an aging population. We look at the best gear.
  
  
• Are Boomers Agng Poorly?
  Boomers are much less likely to smoke, have emphysema or get heart attacks. But in lots of other ways, the picture's not so great.
  
  
• Transgenerational  Aging Website
  Community planners and local leaders encouraged to use the site for a deeper understanding and ideas for implementation.
  
  
• Baby Boomers Sicker than Parents' Generation
  Baby boomers have more chronic illness and disability than their parents and aren’t as healthy and active as most would believe.
  
  
• Second-Generation Americans, By the Numbers
  U.S.-born adult children of immigrants–the second generation–are better off than immigrants. 
  
  
• Boomers Redefine Aging
  Boomers see themselves as 10-15 year younger than they actually are and, thell, they don’t even like to be called seniors!

2012

• Upstart Designers Aim for Ageless Products
  As baby boomers prepare to celebrate their 50th birthdays, upstarts are "fighting this battle against big, beige, and boring."
  
  
• How Boomers Will Change the Housing Market
  They may blow a hole through the way we look at retirement and have a major impact on the U.S. housing market.
  
  
• Today's Seniors Not Keen on Retirement Housing
  That means big changes to neighborhoods across the country, since today's 65-plus population isn't too keen on moving into retirement centers.
  
  
• More People Choose to Go Solo
  More seniors living alone isn't a cause for concern but a sign that "old age" is being redefined as people live longer, healthier lives.
  
  
• Remodelers Aim for Aging Boomers
  As the oldest boomers turn 65 at a rate of about 10,000 a day, their homes can challenge stiff joints and waning eyesight
  
  
• Housing an Aging Population – Are We Prepared?
  This report reviews data from the American Housing Survey that looks at the current housing situation of the aging population.
  
  
• Baby Boomers Are NOT Tech Novices
  It was the tech savy boomer generation of Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs that invented personal computers.
  
  
• Five Misconceptions About Marketing to Boomers
  Common misconceptions that marketers have of one hundred million baby boomers that feel ignored, belittled and overlooked.
  
  
• Old Age in China Is a Fledgllng Business Opportunity
  China's largest property developer is testing whether this rapidly aging nation will pay for Wetern-style retirement living.
  
  
• It's Not My Kind of Cab
  An older New Yorker hates the new higher taxis. They are harder to get into! The older cars were much more convenient.
  
  
• Older Women Star in Style
  From ad campaigns of the biggest brands to entire blogs devoted to street wear, older women are ecoming strly icons.
  
  
• UN Says World Faces Aging Population Time Bomb
  Urgent acton needed to cope with rapidly aging population of people older that 60 that will surpass one billion within a decade.
  
  
• Design Awards Enable Aging in Place
  Elegant, cost-effective senior-friendly home solutions recognized by AARP and the National Association of Home Builders.
  
  
• Mature Market's Style Power
  Luxury brands  are waking up the power of the older woman. Is it possible that these days 80 is the new 20?
  
  
• The Style Power of the Mature Market
  Luxury brands are waking up to the power of the older woman. Is it possible that these days 80 is the new 20?
  
  
• Global Population Aging: Peril or Promise?
  A pdf report by the 2011 World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council (GAC) on Ageing Society.
  
  
• Architects Focus on Aging Population
  As towns deal with the housing needs of their aging population, architects are delving into what the aging population means.
  
  
• Automakers Now Designing Cars for an Aging Population
  Automakers now have bulky suits, goggles, and rear seat airbags in their design arsonal to build safer cars for the aging.
  
  
• Why Boomers Buy and Enjoy eReaders
  Boomers are 19 percent more likly  to own a Kindle or Nook than members of any other adult generational cohort.
  
  
• Transgenerational Effect of Antibiotics
  Navada research team first to show transgeneratonal effect of antibiotic.
  
  
• Transgenerational Trend: New Fans for Fresh Fare
  Baby Boomers and their children agree on a new trends for food that transends generations: Make it fresh.
  
  
• Tech Skilled Senior is 96
  A former engineer understands high tech and says that computers have become much more intuitive.
  
  
• Aging Boomers Influence New Vehicle Design
  Ford's ergonomics team is developing new product designs to accommodate the aging baby boomer generation.
  
  
• Mobile Health Monitoring
  The smart phone may be the future of medicine because people already seem "surgically connected" to one.
  
  
• Boomer Influence on Products and Packaging Design
  Aging consumrs are willing to pay more to obtain convenience and are willing tochange brands to get that convenience.
  
  
• Apps Every Boomer Should Know
  Being "in the know" is a badge of honor for Boomers. Here are eight free phone aps to punch away on.
  
  
• 'Baby Boomers' Schooled in Technology
  Aging adults learn the ins-and-outs of information technologies including cell phones, iPads, Facebook, Blogs and RSS.
  
  
• Cycle Sitting on Your Park Bench
  The cycling couch wins the International Design Award Baden-Wurttemberg with the Focus Silver Award.
  
  
• Fitness Gadgets that Work
  These fitness gadgets help you lose weight by motivating you to work harder.
  
  
• Mobile Health Monitoring
  The smartphone will become the sensor that will help people take better control of their health through precision tracking.
  
  
• Boomer Influence on Product and Packaging Design
  As Baby Boomers age, convenience and lifestyle issues will gain even greater importance and urgency.
  
  
• Apps Every Boomer Should Know
  Being the first to have something new, or being "in the know" is a badge of honor for Boomers. Here are 8 cool free apps.
  
  
• Tech School for Boomers
  A new 10-week class for adults aged 50 teaches the ins-and-outs of smart phones, aps, compters, blogs and much more.
  
  
• Boomers Embrace New Tech
  The latest BOOMER magazine joins few others in merging digital and print media to produce augmented reality.
  
  
• Cycle on Your Park Bench
  Do something for your health while sitting on a bench. This exercise device won a recent international design award.
  
  
• Fitness Gadgets that Actually Work
  Getting fit is often an exercise in getting good data. These fitness gadgets help you lose wieght through motivation.
  
  
• Agnes the Ageing Suit
  As the world's population gets older, how are we going to manage? Innovative approaches are being developed at the MIT Age Lab.
  
  
• Transforming Old Age & New Technology into Business Innovation
  There is not a shortage of technology being developed for old age. So why haven't well designed products flooded retail shelves?
  

• Ten New Year's Resolutions to Help You Age Successfully
  Successful aging means taking charge of your personal wellbeing so that you can continue to live a vibrant, independent life, regardless of your age.

2011

• Cash in with Good Design
  As trends continue for increased life expectancy and active mobility well into later life, we need a more graceful approach to ageing.
  
  
• Octogenarians Rule Design
  Each of the "new 80-year-old" designers creates art, illustration, typography, and design that reject the stereotype of diminished capacity.
  
  
• The New Target Demographic: Baby Boomers
  Boomers are dedtyermined to keep old age from creeping up on them— and Corporate America is listening.
  
  
• The New Old Age
  Early lessons in how hard it is to be old—how long everything takes, how much some of it hurts, and how a caregiver must slow down.
  
  
• Age-Restricted Market Returns
  Since the market fell out of the age-restricted housing market, older buyers taking advantage of discouonts, free upgrades and low interest rates.
  
  
• Needs of an Aging Society
  Long-term investments in public health prevention strategies, medical care and education requires some rethinking of our social order.
  
  
• Portable MedCottage Debut
  This portable dwelling allows families to provide care for their loved ones on their property as an alternative to long-term care facilities.
  
  
• Senate Çommittee Explores Older Americans Act
  The Senate Special Committee on Aging conducted hearings on ways to further eldercare services by reauthorizing the Older Americans Act (OAA).
  
  
• Make Way for the U-Boomers
  Few companies are gearing up tp meet the needs of boomers who will accouont for almost 25% of total U.S. consumption by 2015.
  
  
• Ease-of-Use Kitchens & Baths
  Products are  moving toward easy-to-use design with an eye on aging baby boomers.
  
  
• Remodel Now and Avoid Accessibility Problems Later
  About 80 percent of Americans age 45 and older prefer to "age in place." .
  Manufacturers and contractors are responding with new products.
  
  
• Technology Trends Affecting Seniors and Boomers
  There is a buzz in the air about the impact of technology on aging adults today brought on by the oldest Babt Boomers turning 65.
  
  
• Tech Savvy Baby Boomers
  There is a common misconception in our society that Baby Bomers are not interested in technoogy, or even that they are afraid of it.
  
  
• Attractilve Products for Aging Boomers
  Universal design turns toward high design to attract Baby Boomers who want to remain in their homes as long as possible.
  
  
• A New Age for Older People
  As the  government launches a consolidation on age discrimination, we need to make ageism just as unacceptable as racism and sexism.
  
  
• Boomer Tech is Booming Business
  Companies dissing the Baby Boomer set by focusing on a narrow, decidedly younger swath of the market do so at their owh peril.
  
  
• The Gold in That Silver Cloud
  Savy marketers are targeting America's growing grandparent population – a large, influential, and increasingly powerful consumer segment.
  

• Design for Social Innovation?
  Can schools teach designers how to solve the world's problems? New MFA program encourages "Design for Social Innovation."
  

• Grandpa's Gadgets Now in Vogue
  Upscale companies are beginning to offer "aging in place" products to boomers who care more about style than their parents did.
  

• High Design for Aging Boomers
  Responding to your future needs, manufacturers have begun adding sophisticated styling to the tools of everyday life.
  

• Age-Empathy Suit Comes From M.I.T.
  The M.I.T. Age Gain Now Empathy System (AGNES) helps designers and marketers better understand older adults and create products for them.
  

• Builders Eye Retiring Aging Boomers
  Developers again tailoring homes and communities for retiring baby boomers looking for a wider variety of in-home conveniences.
  

• The Seismic Shift in U.S. Aging
  Baby boomers began turning 65 in January, heralding a seismic shift in demographics worldwide and profound implications for society.
  

• It's Not Easy Being Gray
  An age-empathy suit from the M.I.T. helps product designers and marketers better understnd older adults and create innovative products for them.
  

• Aging is Worth its Challenges
  Australia's Productivity Commission's recent report on aged-care highlights the choices we need to make if gains are to be realized.
  

• Design for Daily Living: Joining Beauty With the Banal
  New company searches for well- designed "aids for daily living" products that help with simple tasks such as walking, bathing, and reaching.
  

• Multigenerational Households
  Putting three generations under one roof has become a growth industry of the recession and our aging society.
  

• A New Wrinkle for Boomers
  When baby-boomers entered the workforce they began to shape America's economy and politics. They're doing the same as they leave.
  

• New Inclusive Playgrounds
  Playground manufacturer providing inclusive play experiences that meet all children's needs in the same place in a variety of ways.
  

• Boomers to Reshape Housing Market — Again
  Today, 77 million aging Baby Boomers are a returning force in housing, and builders and developers are planning for their comeback.
  
  
• A Bicycle for Baby Boomers
  Taiwan company asks active, aging Baby Boomers what it would take to get them back on the seat of a bike. The Revive DX was the answer.
  

• Elder Tech: What's Important?
  Buying the latest cool thing for Mom and Dad is not the way to make technology work for them—fulfilling basic wants and needs is.
  

• Only 11 Percent Devoted to Elderly Studies
  The National Institutes of Health devotes only 11 percent of its $31 billion budget to studies directly involving health of the elderly.
  
  
• How Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Eye the Aging
  The consumer electronics trap is set and Baby Boomers are squarely in the crosshairs at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show.
  
  
• What do Baby Boomers Want From Technology?
  Americans 50 and older want technology to be practical, adjustable, and time saving—from cell phones to electronic health records.
  
  
• GE is Building a Home Made for Baby Boomers
  Industrial Designers at GE Appliances & Lighting division learn about aging and how to design better appliances for older Americans.
  
  
• What Consumers Will Demand in 2011
  Experts who take the consumer pulse agree—there's been a power shift, and consumers are more in control and more fickle than ever.
  
  
• Top Safety Products for Seniors
  Safety devices help Seniors steer clear of residential dangers deemed most common by the Home Safety Council: falls, poisoning, and burns.
  
  
• Ageism in America – As Boomers Age, Bias Begins
  That agism exists is scarcely debatible, but as 77 million baby boomers age, concerns of elderly will move higher on the national agenda.
  
  
• Electronics Manufacturers Eye America's Aging Boomers
  Boomers are squarely in the crosshairs of consumer technologies showcased at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show.
  
  
• Degas and Renoir Give Masterclass on Ageing
  An art exhibition uses works of famoous artists to challenge negative perceptions of aging and older people.
  
  
• MOMA Cooks Up a Domestic Kitchen Exhibit
  An exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art takes a fresh look at kitchens and emotonal and ideological hold it has on both cooks and non-cooks.
  
  
• 2011: Boom Year for Boomers
  Just as they forced societal changes from infancy on, Boomers will radically change retirement, gemographers say.
  
  
• Big Type is Best for Aging Baby Boomers
  According to Lighthouse  International, large type is best not only for people who are visually impaired, but also for all of us as we age.
  

2010

• Beware the "Silver Tsunami"
  As the first of America's Baby Boom generations turn 65 in 2011, will the country be ready to meet the needs they will require?
  
  
• Cities MullNew Options for Senior Residence
  Laneway housing and secondary suites cited as possible solutions for Vancoouver's aging demogaphic.
  
  
• What Boomers Want for Christmas
  A Baby Boomer gets answers from financial experts to help navigate the best routes for a healthy and prosperous future.
  
  
• Marketing to Boomers: Don't Call Us Old
  There's a reason you don't see many products marketed as "senior-friendly" or "good for boomers" – nobody woould buy them.
  
  
• Freeing Form From Function
  Liberating design from functionalism, the microchip has given designers the chance to radically redefine objects and make them more humane.
  
  
• Aging in Place — A Graceful Living Option for Seniors
  Communities and companies are devising ways to help older Americans work longer, and age gracefully and affordably in their own homes.
  
  
• The iPad Leads Apple to the Elderly
  Forgiving of mistakes, the tablet's ease of use and intutive interface makes it appealing to senior citizens around the world.
  
  
• Boomers Forgotten in Auto Design
  "Boomer" drivers, those 60 and older, want manufacturers to design vehicles that are more user-friendly for them.
  
  
• Demographic Change / Senior Friendly Appliances
  In the future, intelligent technologies will help older people live at home as long as possible with attractive products that are easy to opperate.
  
  
• Elderly Phone Red Dot Winner
  This Elderly Phone, tailored to the requirements of older people, uses only one function, which diminishes the risk of opperating errors.
  
  
• New Technology for Old Age
  How do technology researchers and businesses meet the needs and expectations of aging baby boomers that demand more?
  
  
• Moving to Music Helps Reduce Falls Among Older Adults
  Music-based multitask exercise programs may lead to improved gait, balance and a reduced rate of falling.
  
  
• Older Drivers Need Smart Cars
  Forced to choose between safety and mobility, older drivers look to smarter cars and better designed roads the wheel longer.
  
  
• Think Design in Four Phases
  Shared to help keep them behind ingrained habits and behaviors are almost second nature to many designers and link their ability to originate ideas and innovations.
  
  
• Japan Designs for the Elderly
  Japanese companies cater to the needs of older consumers as the population ages and the birthrate dwindles.
  
  
• The Graying of America: An Economic Time Bomb
  An increasing pull on heavily burdened government entitlements and heavily burdened support programs can bring down the economy.
  
  
• Marketing to Women Baby Boomers
  A growing new marketing strategy by entrepreneurs and companies increasingly targets baby boomer women.
  
  
• Boomers Influence Ford Designs
  With the Baby Boomer generation aging, Ford's ergonomic team is developing new designs considering ease of use, safety and comfort.
  
  
• 'Villages' Concept Taking Off
  The explosive growth of the USA's older population is fueling a grass-roots "villages" movement in neighborhoods across the country.
  
  
• Make Your Home Age-Friendly
  People want to stay in their homes as they age. But aging in place is difficult without thoughtful age-friendly modifications.
  
  
• Packaging For Boomers is Hot
  As the population ages, changes in packaging requirements are becoming readily apparent.
  
  
• Under a Generational Shadow
  Self-absorbed, self-indulged, and self loathing, the baby Boomer generation may step out of the Greatest Generations historical shadow.
  
  
• New Revised ADA Regulations
  On July 23, 2010, Department of Justice revises ADA regulations, including its ADA Standards for Accessible Design.
  
  
• It's Not Age, It's Cognition
  Cognitive abilities like memory and processing speed—not age— determine whether we make the best decisions.
  
  
• How Age Friendly is Your City?
  Starting next year, 10,000 Baby Boomers a day will turn 65, yet no single model exists for making a city, suburb, or neighborhood age friendly.
  
  
• The Looming Boomer Tsunami
  By 2050, nearly 90 million Americans will have passed age 65. As they grow in numbers, experts seek ways to handle the coming boom.
  
  
• Toronto: An Age-Friendly City?
  Toronto will soon have as many seniors as it does children. The mayor calls for "an age-friendly city," promising to hire a seniors' advocate.
  
  
• 'Continuing Care' Center Woes
  The 2008 financial crisis and recession reminds retirees to be careful when choosing to move into a continuing-care retirement community.
  
  
• Playground for Seniors Opens
  London's first "seniors playground" opens after residents campaign for more facilities to help older people get fit.
  
  
• Aging Boomers Changing the Design of Homes
  The homebuilding industry thinks that aging will be the second-biggest influence on home design in the next few years.
  
  
• Multigenerational Homes Surge
  Fifty million Americans, including rising numbers of seniors, live in households with at least two adult generations, and often three.
  
  
• An Old Age Home All Your Own
  Ruling out a retirement community and choosing to "age in place" is becoming increasingly popular in Westchester and elseware.
  
  
• Texas A&M Prof's Video Earns ASLA Award
  University video series shows seniors how to create healthy, inviting outdoor environments in residential settings recognized by the ASLA.
  
  
• The iPad Exceeds Expectations
  Packaging a promise: Four ways the new iPad meets & exceeds Baby Boomer expectations.  
  
  
• Boomers  Cought in the Middle
  Baby Boomers born between 1952 and 1958 describe 'old' as being
  w-a-a-a-y-y-y out there in the future. Are they self-delusional?
  
  
• Scary Aging Population Stats
  The average age of the world's population is increasing at an unprecedented rate and that smell on the horizon spells trouble.
  
  
• Aging May be Key to Happiness
  Getting older is not all bad. Experts say many people grow happier with the years—research shows It all depends on ouor attitude.
  
  
• Connectile Dysfunction
  Addressing the disconnect between intent and action can be a key approach for developing products for at-risk populations.
  
  
• UC Students Innovate Walkers
  Twenty-four industrial design students from the University of Cincinnati's school of design are redesigning mmobility aids for the 21st century.
  
  
• Design Awards Enable Aging in Place
  Homes designed to be suitable for elderly occupants, made senior-friendly when they were built, rather than trying to retrofit them.
  
  
• Students Innovate Better Canes, Crutches and Mobility
  University of Cincinnati industrial design students have teamed with the College of Nursing to redesign items for both comfort and care.
  
  
• Public Bathrooms Reinvented
  The New York based firm Smart Design explores Universal Design in Public Bathrooms—the first video of a two-part series.
  
  
• Multi-generational Housing
  Multi-generational households are a burgeoning trend which is changing what buyers are looking for in a house.
  
  
• New Aging in Place Model
  A growing nmber of neighborhood netwrks are providing the resources to help the elderly  remain independent for as long as possible.
  
  
• Attractive and Functional
  Making a home suitable for older occupants is becoming a mainstream part of the home remodeling business.
  
  
• Grandparents going digital
  How to help grandpa get his tech on. Some of the highest growth rates in broadband use are happening among the elderly.
  
  
• Why is 100 the new 65?
  Why do some people live to 100? Researchers are trying to find out, and the're discovering how we might live better—not just longer—lives.
  
  
• A Coming Elder Revolution?
  The implications of an aging world viewed with alarm. When 10,000 people a day reach retirement age, how will society support them?
  
  
• Help for "The New Old Age
  Easier E-mail for the older generation. An e-mail system that no senior can resist: no logins or links, no ad boxes or news flashes.
  
  
• Student Designs Escalator Accessible to All
  Press a button to make escalator stairs move together to form a platform for weelchair users and people carrying bulky loads.
  
  
• An Aware Car for Boomers  
  Your next vehicle might automatically check your pulse, help with steering—and tell yoou to put down our cellphone.
  
  
• Making Suburbia More Livable 
  Here's how towns are beginning to 'retrofit' their neighborhoods—and what your community might look like in the future.
  
  
• Hanging on at Home
  Society answers the single most fundamental question about retirement: Where will people live as they grow old?
  

2009

• Aging Gracefully
  Manufacturers are creating elegant new products tht enhance comfort and safety without sacrificing aesthetics or suggesting old age.
  

• An "Aware Car" for Boomers
  MIT's AgeLab researchers focus on building a safer car that leads to a forever-youthful lifestyle.
  

• Cutting Through the Clutter
  An article in Smart Money offers helpful suggestions for aging-in-place.
  

• Make Surburbia More Livable
  Age in place communities sprout up across the country. This WSJ article explains why.
  

• New Cellphones Designed for Elderly Users
  Their appealling, easy-to-use, transgenerational designs are attracting young people as well.
  

• A New Breed of Boomer-Friendly Products
  They not only look cool— they're easy on vision-impaired eyes and arthritic hands.
  

• In Search of Innovation
  Nine new ways of looking for and recognizing the next great opportunity "before your competitor does."
  

• The Logic of Aging-in-Place
  Top 10 reasons Baby Boomers want to stay In their home as they age.
  

• Go With the Flo.™
  Arizona State University's College of Design students and faculty recognized for their transgenerational toilet design concept.
  

• Expanding Our Impact
  We've joined the advisory team of AIPatHome.com, specialists in age-in-place technologies, universal design homes and product education.
  

• Cell Phones for Seniors
  View a movie about a new cell phone designed for active seniors complete with big buttons and handy speed dials.
  

• Play to Stay
  A-HAH! is the first-of-its-kind card game specially designed to reduce the risk of dimentia.
  

• Grandma's in the House
  Millions of families have three or more generations living under one roof. This AARP article explains the many advantages of transgenerational design.
  

• Publish or Perish
  View our kitchen and bath designs in the new book, Universal Design Ideas for Style, Comfort & Safety, by Mary Green.

2007

• We delivered the featured presentation, "The Generation Connection" at CONNECTING'07 World Design Congress, sponsored by ICSID and IDSA, October 18, 2007, San Francisco, CA.
  
  
• We were one of the "professionals kindly contributing their expertise to the research and writing" of the book, Universal Design Ideas for Style, Comfort & Safety, published by RSMeans, Kingston, MA .
  

• We were a featured speaker at Living Rooms, a collaborative conference cosponsored by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and the Industrial Designers Society of America, May 1-2, 2007 at ASAE Headquarters, Washington, DC.
  

• Our article, "New Year Reflections,"  was published in the February 2007 issue of Design for All, a newsletter of the Design for All Institute of India (www.designforall.in).
  
  

2006

• We were the closing key-note speaker at the 2006 WithIt Education Conference, "Women in Business:Strategies for Success." Our presentation explored the relation between future life stage trends and the transgenerational house. The annual three-day event was held at the Renaissance Charlotte Suites Hotel in Charlotte, NC.
  

• Dwell. Quoted about transgenerational design in the article "Rethinking Senior Housing " by Amara Holstein. April, 2006.
  

2005

• We were selected as an example of "The Power to Expand the Market"inthe epilogue of the new book, "The Design of Things to Come: How Ordinary People Create Extraordinary Products." by Craig M. Vogel; Jonathan Cagan, Ph.D.; and Peter Boatwright, Ph.D. Wharton School Publishing, 2005.
  

• USA Today. Quoted about transgenerational design in the article "2046: A Boomer Odyssey" by Marco R. della Cava. October 27, 2005.
  

• Ehrenman, Gayle 2005. "Fly the Grayer Skies." A featured article about Boeing looking for ways to meet the changing needs of Baby Boomers. April 2003.Mechanical Engineering, March 2005. New York: American Society of Mecanical Engineers.
  

2004

• Metropolis. Interviewed by Martin C. Peterson for "Progress Report: Metropolis checks in with universal design pioneers to see where the movement is now," pp 30-36. December 2004,
  

• Jacobs, Brian 2004. "Desgn on Time," The Examiner, July 3, 2004,
  

• We were interviewed by TheMatureMarket.com for the December 13, 2004 article, "The Mature Market: Seniors & Baby boomers Markets World Wide," and which appears on its web site.
  

2003

• Our Transgenerational House project was featured in a 7-page article published in the September/October 2003 issue of AARP The Magazine, read by over 30 million aging Americans.
  

• New York Times. Interviewed in an article by Yanick Rice Lamb about the best products that can be used by most people. October 14, 1993.
  

2002

• Public Broadcasting System (PBS). We were interviewed on Marketplace® by Jo Giese about transgenerational accommodation for Baby Boomers and beyond.
  

• Mature Focus Radio, a national Mutual Radio production of AARP, interviewed us about transgenerational design for transportation.
  

2001

• We were quoted in the article, "Designing for baby Boomers and Beyond," by Charmaine Jones, which appeared in the October 26, 2001 issue of Appliance Manufacturer.
  

• We delivered the lecture, "Transgenerational Design: at the Heart of It All," at the Universal Design International Symposium sponsored by theTokyo Gas Company, Ltd and the Living Design Center Co, Ltd. Tokyo, Japan, February 8, 2001.
  

2000

• We presented, "The Transgenerational House: A Case Study in Accessible Design and Construction," at Designing for the 21st Century: An International Conference on Universal Design. Providence, RI, June 14-18, 2000.
  

• National Public Radio. We we were an invited guest onTalk of the Nation,® hosted by Ray Suarez, a one-hour program discussing Ageless Design.
  

• Albuquerque, NM. We were an invited guest discussing “Designing our Lives for an Aging Population”on KANW Public Radio's half-hour program hosted by Georgia Armijo.
  

• Our interview about transgenerational design appeared in Executive Memo, Marriott Corporation's monthly newsletter to 18,000 hospital, college and business executives.
  

• National Public Radio. We were interviewed by Bob Edwards on "Morning Edition" discussing transgenerational design and its impact on automobile design.
  

• Interviewed for “America Comes of Age,” a 7000-word special report in Bristol-Myers Annual Report.
  

• We were quoted by The Wall Street Journal in the article “Best designs for elderly appeal to young” by John Peterson.
  

• U.S. News and World Report reported our student's projects in the article “Small gadgets that can change lives.”

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