Final Project Proposal

Giving Blind People a

new museum experience

Student - Leslie CarbonnierSupervisor - Mikael Fernstrom

• Inspired by• Final Project Idea• Similar Project• Future Plans• Project Timeline• References

Contents

Audio and Touch Tours in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of art in Kansas City

Inspired by

Tactile paintings in Wroclaw National Museum

Inspired by

They are composed of:• Small Tactile painting - Get a full touch at once of the

all painting • Big Tactile Painting - Get details of the painting • Braille - Explanation about the painting

Inspired by

‘Some museums offer special guided tours describing selected paintings verbally. However, it is extremely difficult to create a mental image from acoustic impressions alone. […] mental images depend a great deal on the interpretation of the narrator, leaving little freedom for self-made interpretations. ’ (Reichinger et al 2011)

Inspired by

What I am doing ?

Create a device that would allow blind and visually impaired people to have a better museum experience.

How am I doing it ?

By creating a glove with bend sensors that would give an impression of relief when it goes over a tablet surface.

Final Project Idea

Final Project Idea

A directive installation used to help the users guide themselves through a museum

Why am I doing it ?

‘Blind people are a heterogeneous group, coming from all social classes, all cultural, racial, religious and educational backgrounds. Their reasons for visiting museums and galleries almost invariably have more in common those of the non-blind than with other blind people‘(Candlin 2003)

Final Project Idea

Who is the user ?

Where can it be used ?

• Blind people• Visually impaired people

• Musems

Final Project Idea

• In everyday life if further developed

Similar ProjectThe Mobile Lorm Glove (Gollner, Bieling, Joost 2012)

Enables Deafblind persons to send and receive text message

Future plans

Case study to observe and interview my user target

Prototyping

Low Fidelity Prototype – Sketches, Storyboard and Paper Prototype

Medium Fidelity Prototype – Glove with sensors, PD

High Fidelity Prototype – Final installation

Project Timeline

Candlin, F. (2003) ‘Blindness, art and exclusion in museums and galleries’ The International Journal of Art & Design 22 (1), Academic Search Complete, EBSCOhost, 100-110. Dontmindmetv (2011) ‘Hidden Beauty: Art Tour for Blind’, available: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90og-gRVaEw&t[accessed 22 April 2013].

Reichinger, A., Maierhofer, S., Purgathofer, W. (2011) ‘High-quality tactile paintings’, ed. byDay, A., Mantiuk, R., Reinhard, E. and Scopigno, R, Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage 4 (2), New York: ACM New York, 1-8. Wilson, J. (2012) ‘Mobile Lorm Glove allows deaf blind people to communicate’, Smart Planet, April 6, available: http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/thinking-tech/mobile-lorm-glove-allows-deaf-blind-people-to-communicate/11118 [accessed 22 April 2013].

References

Thank you !

Questions ?