Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Saturday, 27 March 2010
Friday, 26 March 2010
Chaosorderchaosorderchaosorder.
Molecules of water
Marie.
Thursday, 25 March 2010
Henrik so far
This is how I'm going to devolop my element of materials.
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Sunday, 21 March 2010
Black Room - Snoezelen House
Friday, 19 March 2010
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Thoughts
Der Mensch als Industriepalast [Man as Industrial Palace] from Henning Lederer on Vimeo.
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Monday, 8 March 2010
so far.....
Sunday, 7 March 2010
Growing Old In A Foreign Place...
Phase 2 - In process
Saturday, 6 March 2010
Thursday, 4 March 2010
Material Workshop with Bent are Nilsen
Including piles of round and squared pieces of plastic, wooden sticks and painted, round wooden pieces, cotton balls.
Bent are Nilsen, who cannot see but hear with help from hearing aid, has an incredible “eye” for details. When trying to recognize the materials of this workshop, he uses his hands and his ears. He touches the material curiously and knocks the pieces carefully against the table - one material by one and then all over again. His guesses of what the pieces actually are are mostly correct. But the painted, round wooden pieces were identified as plastic and the squared pieces of plastic were identified as mosaic. When I tell him what they actually are, he directly answers, “Then these small, round ones have got to be painted? Are they colorful?”
When I ask him to pair, group, select and deselect materials, he thinks for a while and touches the piles again. He likes the wooden sticks because of their rough and truthful surface, as well as the cotton balls, which makes him think of warm clothes or his dog. He pairs the round, hard materials and the wooden sticks with the squared plastic pieces, both pairs defined by shape. The cotton balls are left alone. He does not like the small, rounded wooden pieces, because of their tininess. The fact that I put the piles of materials in a row made him feel aware of where they were. He also guesses that I had put out the materials in a specific order. I had not, however I appreciate that he thinks about it that way. During this workshop his hands never leave the surface of the table.
FFO Workshop 2010 02 26
At FFO we got useful information about the organization and were naturally discussing universal design, while trying out different ways of being blind. As you can see from the picture below, we where handed out special glasses and blindfolds that represented the most common visual impairments.
I tried to write, draw and braid hair, while being totally blind. It was a good experience and you got the impression of what kind of blindness you would prefer. (Like you have the option to choose, haha.) However, I think that most of the participants, including myself, would prefer having partially clear vision, from being totally blind or suffer from cataract - blurred vision. To be able to see clearly in some parts of the visual field and not at all in other parts seemed a bit disturbing, but yet manageable.
Somehow, I think I got even more respect for the blind after this workshop. I will occasionally continue walking around alone with my head down to learn more, and recommend others to do the same!
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Phase1: User-Partner and Material
Monday, 1 March 2010
painting for the blind - The magic of assistive technology
Rainbow Picking Ring
The rainbow picking ring can be captured with the help of the fingers. The ring can be scrolled to select any color from 24 shades. The Braille dots on the shades help to identify different colors. Further, the gadget makes a distinction between colors by producing diverse temperatures due to LED bulbs. It is nothing but the touch of technology that transforms color from the rainbow ring on to the thermal drawing board.
Thermal Drawing Board/Tablet
When a blind person selects color on the ring with the help of his finger, the thermal-color display technology makes him possible to visualize the outlines of a picture and colors rightly. The color gets transmitted on the tablet and one could draw with his fingers. One can use Braille stylus to outline the picture and paint like a pro.
Other Aids
The thermal board has a cavity that holds the rainbow ring in place while drawing. The switch button enables to study the surface of the tablet and to create the picture due to its study mode and creation mode. The picture can be saved, deleted and transferred easily. A hearing device on the tablet instructs the painter to help him come up with a near to perfect artwork.
The Touch Color Concept is a must have device for those who are suffering from color blindness. The touch screen technology has gone beyond the senses with this ground-breaking invention. All credit goes to the master minds behind this new age gizmo - Yun Li, Guopeng Liang & Ke Zhao. It is an era to paint with the soul and not with the eyes.