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- Title
FURNITURE DESIGN FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE.
- Authors
OLĂRESCU, Alin M.; MOLNAR-VARLAM, Mihnea
- Abstract
The design of furniture products should be reinterpreted, specialized and adapted to the needs of people from different backgrounds or social categories. For these reasons, it is necessary to know more about the needs or problems of the disadvantaged people. Through this work, a detailed study has been made of the categories of visually impaired people and the varying challenges that they face with the differences caused by the different eye diseases or disorders. It must be understood that blind people can be independent and by creating a new concept of furniture specialized for them will make this transition to independent living possible with fewer problems. At the same time, it is also important to study the way of life and lifestyle of these people through documentation and through direct discussions with those in this situation. For instance, through interviews with teachers and blind students from the Regina Elisabeta Special High School in Bucharest. Based on all the information, the project has taken on new meanings and must satisfy users by solving the movement, functional, chromatic and textural difficulties they encounter. We made various sketches and 3D models for a good understanding of the problem and the relation to the future user, as well as the space where most accidents occur: the kitchen. This led to the design of the LIGHTOUCH kitchen furniture set for the visually impaired. The concept aims to experience design through touch, texture and shape and much less through colour.
- Subjects
BUCHAREST (Romania); FURNITURE design; PEOPLE with visual disabilities; KITCHEN furniture; BLIND students; REMANUFACTURING; PUBLIC spaces
- Publication
Pro Ligno, 2023, Vol 19, Issue 4, p142
- ISSN
1841-4737
- Publication type
Article