# Project Description OPTO - Changing Colour Perception Louie Harvey Summary Final work A multidisciplinary designer driven by curiosity, empathy and a belief in the power of inclusive design. My practice blends photography, 3D, and research-led making to create outcomes that educate, provoke conversation and challenge assumptions. I’m especially interested in designing for difference, using my own experience with colour blindness to inform work that celebrates alternative ways of seeing. Whether it’s a structural design, a hands-on toolkit or a visual story, I aim to create work that’s thoughtful, accessible and rooted in real experience. A multidisciplinary designer driven by curiosity, empathy and a belief in the power of inclusive ... College Central Saint Martins Course BA (Hons) Graphic Communication Design Graduation year 2025 OPTO is a photography project that re-frames colour blindness as a valid and valuable way of seeing. It invites viewers to experience the world through colour blind perspectives using simulated lenses and imagery. By questioning the idea of “normal” vision, OPTO challenges assumptions about perception and highlights how difference can shape creativity, deepen empathy, and expand how we understand visual culture. Final work Colour Blind Toolkit The OPTO toolkit is a custom designed photography and perception kit that explores and celebrates the lived experiences of colour blindness. Housed in a laser cut box, it contains four interchangeable lens filters – Protanopia, Deuteranopia, Tritanopia and Achromatopsia – each designed to simulate a different type of colour vision deficiency. Below are curated photography concertinas revealing how the world might look through each filter, challenging the idea of “normal” colour perception. The toolkit allows colour blind photographers to capture images in a way that reflects how they see the world, giving them a tool to express their own visual perspective. At the same time, it invites non colour blind individuals to experiment with a new way of seeing and image-making, encouraging empathy, creative play, and conversation around the subjectivity of vision. Colour Blind Lenses These are the four OPTO lens filters, each designed to simulate a different type of colour blindness: Protanopia (red-deficient), Deuteranopia (green-deficient), Tritanopia (blue-deficient), and Achromatopsia (total colour blindness). Colour blind photographers can use the lenses to represent how they see the world through their own camera, while non-colourblind individuals can use them to explore alternative ways of seeing and experiment with new creative approaches to photography. View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery Research and process Bill Board Promotion Project Photography Share this project OPTO is a photography project that re-frames colour blindness as a valid and valuable way of seeing. It invites viewers to experience the world through colour blind perspectives using simulated lenses and imagery. By questioning the idea of “normal” vision, OPTO challenges ass... A link to this page has been added to your clipboard Browse related work Community Access, Ability & Inclusivity Activism Craft & Process Data Language Places & Spaces Materiality Histories Social Justice Identity Realities Play Activism Colour BlackAndWhitePhotography Photography Publication LookBook BookBinding Accessibility GraphicDesign 3dDesign Design DesignThinking ExperienceDesign HumanCentredDesign Typography Prototype Protest Disability Inclusivity Belonging ImmersivePerformance Landscape Accessories VisualCommunication ServiceDesign PrintDesign Screen Print Visualisation Representation YoungPeople LaserCutting Wood Woodcut Sketch Childhood Layout Layers Photojournalism LandscapeArchitecture Care PublicArt Movement Speculative SpecialEffects Research CreativeDirection Influencer Desire Exposure Future Microaggression InterpretativeDesign ArtDirection Directing Freedom Nature Reality Portraiture Frame Structure Identity SocialDesign SocialChange SocialMedia SocialJustice Social