Packaging design for the blind
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Andrea Zeman
Packaging design for the blind
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Created: 12/19/09
Last Edited: 01/24/10
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This was my last college project. I decided to design spice packaging which was in the first place for the blind people. I interviewed few of them and found out that their disability does not keep them away from the every day cooking. Their ways of differentiating spices were various but few guidelines were obvious and crucial for the future design.
Shape differences - Shape and form is very important. They are very sensitive to varieties of shapes and can detect even slight differences.
Texture- is as important as shape.
Braille letter- they make their own labels with braille letter. It’s the easiest and most logical way to deifference the spice packaging.
Spacial orientation-spice jars must not be limited to only a one part of the area like only the draw or only a shelf. It must be able to moved or kept anywhere in the working area.
Spices can be divided into 2 groups- meditereranean and oriental. So i decided to have two different form of packaging for these two groups plus salt and pepper “group” . Salt and pepper have the same shape but different texture. Together they make yin yanghis form. Plus every spice has it’s name made in braille on adequate place so there can be no conffusion over which spice is in which package.
This project haven’t been tested with the blind people so It’s still a conceptual work. I only had 2,5 months for this project so I haven’t had enough time for more quality results or for final testing. My plan is to keep working on it, I think it gots a lot of space for improvement.
It’s a pretty complex topic and my project can’t be quality presented in just one poster so I made a series of presentational posters.
Shape differences - Shape and form is very important. They are very sensitive to varieties of shapes and can detect even slight differences.
Texture- is as important as shape.
Braille letter- they make their own labels with braille letter. It’s the easiest and most logical way to deifference the spice packaging.
Spacial orientation-spice jars must not be limited to only a one part of the area like only the draw or only a shelf. It must be able to moved or kept anywhere in the working area.
Spices can be divided into 2 groups- meditereranean and oriental. So i decided to have two different form of packaging for these two groups plus salt and pepper “group” . Salt and pepper have the same shape but different texture. Together they make yin yanghis form. Plus every spice has it’s name made in braille on adequate place so there can be no conffusion over which spice is in which package.
This project haven’t been tested with the blind people so It’s still a conceptual work. I only had 2,5 months for this project so I haven’t had enough time for more quality results or for final testing. My plan is to keep working on it, I think it gots a lot of space for improvement.
It’s a pretty complex topic and my project can’t be quality presented in just one poster so I made a series of presentational posters.
The last stage of a project.
I personaly find braille letter as a interesting graphic symbol. I don’t see why it can’t be integrated into graphic design of a product or even stand alone as a graphic symbol. For as it will be just a visual stimulation and for the blind people is one less thing to deal with in every day life. Hopefully this approuch towards graphic design would increase our awarnes for the people with disabilities.
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