Braille Map

Lee, Geunhee lee.geunheee@gmail.com www.leegeunhee.com

Featured project Braille Map Tangible Happiness

Braille Map Tangible Happiness

year 2018

01 Braille Map

Sponsored and co-organised by Seoul Design Governance

with Suzuki Kumiko (Team Interface), Jae Yoon Lee, Byung Yeon Kim, Sung Gon Kim, and Wu Young Kim

Braille Map is one of the projects of Seoul Design Governance which is part of Design Seoul project. The Braille Map design project, which was completed for Seoul Land in 2015, is continued Seoul Children’s Grand Park in 2018 and is scheduled to finish with a final report in mid-December and introduce it to the public in the spring, 2019.

I learned so much from participating in the project as a citizen and designer. While looking at the lives of people who are blind through graduation work and volunteer work, I reflected that I didn’t think about their leisure and cultural life. I also learned the reality of disabled welfare and basic needs that still relies on their caregivers than I thought.

More on https://design.seoul.go.kr/sdg/project/275 (Korean only)

Featured project Braille Map Tangible Happiness

Discover

Post-mortem

Desk research

Lesson learned from reviewing the project in 2015, which was also about a braille map for the blind, but was for the other location

Desk research for deeper understanding the users, including analysis of statistical research data, and existing products and services

Service Touchpoints

Information Level &Scope

Contents sctucture

Social and leisure activities of disabled people are very limited.

Kang, Minhee. (2009). Social and Leisure Activities of People with Disabilities.

Health and welfare policy forum, 153(0), 25-36.

/ Braille Map of Changdeokgung Palace https://news.joins.com/article/7774933

02 Braille Map

Interview

Stakeholder

Idea Proposer Jeong Ye-rim

Kwon Hyunsil, Kim Young-mi

“Children seek self-directed, creative and self-directed play, rather than play with given contents. ”

“Blind people do some research before visiting a new place and have a good memory for space. ”

“Children can’t read Braille well because they learn Braille after entering elementary school. ”

Head of the Children’s Grand Park

Parents

Field Research

Facility status check and obesevation

Visit Center for the Blind Expert Interview

/ Lee In-ae , Head of the Texturing Team at the Center for the Blind

Featured project Braille Map Tangible Happiness

Define

Insights User

Context

Product & Service

/ Kids are the main targets of Children’s Grand Park

/ No Braille Blocks for Blind in the Park

/ Detailed explanation, such as direction or actual spatial description is not necessary

/ It is stressful for the caregiver to explain the situation around the blind children

/ Children’s Grand Park pursues self-directed learning and play / Need to provide enough information prior to visit new places

/ The necessity of regional color division for the low vision children / Full map of Children’s Grand Park is mandatory

Design direction Braille map that maximizes field experience for blind children visiting Children’s Grand Park by providing self-directed learning and planing

Before visiting

in the park

After visiting revisit

A visually handicapped child / Self-directed learning and play with braille maps and contents Parents / Help children to plan their visit

03 Braille Map

Maximized field experience

Memories and experiences of visiting Children’s Grand park for visually impaired children and their parents

Develop

#1. Full map

#2. Contents book

Color zoning by location and theme Geographical information at a glance

Description of experience angled towards blind children (e.g. animals, plants, experience points, etc.)

Simplification

Storytelling with tactile illustration and braille

Featured project Braille Map Tangible Happiness

Deliver (Work in Progress)

Prototyping #1 Full map

04 Braille Map

#2 Contents book