"Design for [every]one is a Belgium based open design research project at the University College of West-Flanders (Howest). It aims to bridge the gap between universal design and rehabilitation engineering. Co-creation techniques are applied for an incremental personalization process involving design team members, patients and occupational therapists. The use of expierence prototyping and rapid manufacturing techniques enable us to make products that are suited to specific end consumers and produced in small batches.

Basically, this approach works in two ways, personalized assistive products are fitted to the users and users become fitted to their products. Based on the Fablab philosophy the devices are produced that can be tailored to local or personal needs in ways that are not practical or economical using with mass production. By implementing active engagement with user experience prototypes and observational techniques, it is possible to reduce the stigmatization and augment the product affinity between patient and assistive tool.