- CollegeSchool of Pre-Degree Studies
- CourseUAL Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
- Graduation year2025
Can design be accessible and enjoyed by anyone? I’ve noticed how there is a lack of accessibility and inclusivity within design, preventing visually and auditory individuals from enjoying a creative experience. What if typography could be used in a way to make design inclusive for these individuals? My project aims to use type as a multi-sensory language, combining Braille and subtitles to promote accessibility within design. I express this through tactile and digital formats, using typography as a way to express sound, touch and sight. This way different forms of design can be enjoyed by anyone, closing the gap between design and disability.
Final work
The Crocodile
Discover the world of ‘The Crocodile’ by Lewis Carroll in a whole new way with this tactile, sensory book. Designed with visually impaired children in mind, each page combines textures, braille, and text to bring the poem to life through touch. Every other page features a unique sensory texture, enhancing the experience for those with visual impairments. High-contrast colours and the Atkinson Hyperlegible typeface are thoughtfully used to improve readability for low vision readers. Turn each page, indicated by Lego braille page numbers, to immerse yourself in the poem, through touch and not just sight…
Louder Than Words
These expressive subtitles have been designed with auditory impaired and deaf people in mind. The subtitles aim to convey the emotion and feeling of different sounds which can’t be shown through sterile, unemotive subtitle typography. The subtitles are shown over the 1985 British Telecom Advert, it contains a variety of expressive sounds which now can be experienced by everyone.
Research and process
Sound Without Sound
This is a short mute film, only depicting sounds through a series of signs. Each sign aims to display the feeling and experience of each sound through typography and imagery. I made the film mute to allow the only experience of sound to be felt through each sign.
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Typography Without Boundaries
Can design be accessible and enjoyed by anyone? I’ve noticed how there is a lack of accessibility and inclusivity within design, preventing visually and auditory individuals from enjoying a creative experience. What if typography could be used in a way to make design inclusive...
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