Graphic Design for Accessibility for teaching and research
Session will present: VirtuallyVisual communication design research and education were driven by visual language for prints and screens. The industry has emphasized the communication of clear visual information for the audience. It is particularly challenging to add inclusive and accessible design methods for visual communication. Inclusive visual design tools or methods were overlooked in the design education. It is necessary to ensure the visual material can be understood and used by a wide audience via more than one sensory experience. The use of tactile experience on top of visual language enables engaging communication and even makes it accessible for people with vision problems. Tangible Graphic Design is a multidisciplinary design approach to bring tactile experience in visual communication design with material and fabrication. It suggests another communication design beyond spoken, written, and visual. Various conventional materials, such as paper, wood, fabric, bioplastic, soap, and clay, can be used to enable tactile communication with fabrication methods, such as 3D printing and digital fabrication. This session suggests the future graphic design research and educational approaches using tactile communication.
Field(s) of Study:
Geographic Area: United States of America
Time Period: Twenty-First Century
Media: Multimedia
Media: Wood
Media: New Media
Chair:
Taekyeom Lee
Discussant:
Tamara McLean, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Abstract Submissions Closed