1. Final Project Proposal
Giving Blind People
a
new museum experience
Student - Leslie Carbonnier
Supervisor - Mikael Fernstrom

2. • Inspired by
• Final Project Idea
• Similar Project
• Future Plans
• Project Timeline
• References
Contents

3. Audio and Touch Tours in the Nelson-Atkins Museum
of art in Kansas City
Inspired by

4. Tactile paintings in Wroclaw National Museum
Inspired by

5. 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

6. ‘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

7. 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

8. Final Project Idea
A directive installation used to help the users guide
themselves through a museum

9. 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

10. Who is the user ?
Where can it be used ?
• Blind people
• Visually impaired people
• Musems
Final Project Idea
• In everyday life if further
developed

11. Similar Project
The Mobile Lorm Glove (Gollner, Bieling, Joost 2012)
Enables Deafblind persons to send and receive text
message

12. 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

13. Project Timeline

14. 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

15. Thank you !

16. Questions ?