Bruno's Final Presentation

Final Presentation (Bruno)

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Finally ... I finished it :)

I promised Camilla (and myself) that I would end my "balloon membrane". Here it is!

The combination between my membrane and the light is very beautiful.

I'm very happy with the result!

Houses for the senses - Tokyo

Inspirations*

DAV _ Touch the space, catch the light!

This week we were constructing one very personal space that we can connect to the "membrane" task.
I played with words, colours, shapes, shadows and of course light. I wanted to model the light to create different emotions.
This is the result ... A "light box" full of different shapes and shadows, cosy or maybe not.
I catched the light, didn't I?

Finally!!!! My first time...

Last monday, I finally met my user for the first time.

His name is Kurt and he has once been a journalist, he worked on the NRK radio station, he had his own company to help dogs with physic problems and now he's working on a church.

Kurt is blind since birth but he never went to a school for blind people. He studied physiotherapy.

I met his dog too... I can't pronounce his name but it means "The East" in norwegian.

My "user" had 3 dogs and he said that there is not a perfect dog but there is not a perfect owner either.

About the "East" he said: "He is a dog worker that loves is work. He loves to think and he thinks very much!"

Kurt loves the sound of the birds and he hates the sound of children crying. His favorite thing in the world is travel with his wife and his two children. They use to go to the mountains to a little brick house in the middle of the forest.

We talked about music (he plays the guitar), books, travels, food, hobbies, dogs... I felt really comfortable with the conversation and he gave to me a lot of new ideas.

I could talk about a million things that he said to me but I don't think that would be interesting...

The key words about the conversation are: inside/outside, free/not free, walls, water, birds and lightness/darkness. I'm working with this all...

The only thing that I felt that Kurt feels sad about is when he needs to find a job. He said that people don't think that blinds are capable to do the same things that the others.

Now I understand what I lost in this process...Now I understand why I felt lost... You can say whatever but now I'm sure that it is impossible to do this work and this course without the guidelines of someone that knows how it is to live in a world that sometimes can be very selfish.

Here are some photos of the "situation" :)

ps: Thanks Maria for coming with me and doing the translation part when it was necessary!

Copenhagen Understanding

Copenhagen Understanding

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painting for the blind - The magic of assistive technology

The Touch Color Concept is the innovation in the world of assistive technology to prove that creation of art does not necessarily require eyesight. A Thermal digital tablet and a Rainbow Color picking ring in this gadget enable a blind person to paint his imagination on the tablet with his fingers. The tablet makes it possible to sketch and paint beautiful digital pictures. The rainbow picker in this device has 24 vibrant shades. One can scroll the ring to choose the color. Color can be identified by sensing the Braille dots on each color.

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.

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