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http://hdl.handle.net/1942/39824| Title: | Braille meets emoticons, a visual language for the visually impaired - IF Design talent Award 2022 + SAMSUNG DESIGN PRIZE 2022 by ‘IF Design Talent Awards 2022 | Contributors/Performers: | VERBAENEN, Walda | Issue Date: | 2022 | Abstract: | OUTSTANDING DESIGN ALL ABOUT iF iF Design is known for outstanding design and social engagement. Our events and exhibitions celebrate just that. In addition, our brand-new iF Design Trend Report summarizes the influence of megatrends on current global design - showing the impact design disciplines have on each other and how social trends and megatrends influence each other. | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/39824 | Link to publication/dataset: | https://www.pxl.be/Pub/Home/In-De-Kijker/Walda-Verbaenen-School-of-Arts-PXL-MAD-wint-de-Design-Talent-Award.html?filter=208 https://ifdesign.com/en/samsung-design-prize-by-if https://ifdesign.com/en/winner-ranking/project/braille-meets-emoticons-bridge-to-visual-language/503145 |
Discipline: | design en architectuur | Research Context: | Braille Meets Emoticons - bridge to visual language Book - Emoticons for the visually impaired People who use the Braille language are forced to use the 26-letter alphabet to describe their emotions. This insight became a starting point for this reading/education project, based on the use of emoticons. In this typographical experiment, 22 of the most commonly used emoticons are converted into a new 9-dot Braille grid. It tries to build a bridge to visual language for the visually impaired, by giving them the opportunity to touch in one 'image' a recognizable emoticon and to feel immediately the related emotion. JURY STATEMENT Emojis can be inaccessible to the visually impaired. The proposed solution elegantly addresses this challenge and fits very well into the existing braille context. The design is nicely presented and feasible. WINNER STATEMENT This IF Design Talent Award gives me the strength to continue using my creativity to make a contribution to a better world. It rewards my research work at our wonderful READSEARCH department and gives future possibilities to finalize the project, for which I am very grateful. | Related Info: | Media, Arts and Design [research group] | Category: | AOR | Type: | Artistic/designerly creation |
| Appears in Collections: | Artistic/designerly creations |
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