Finding opportunities; horizon scans and visioning workshops
We have endeavoured to understand the opportunities for Future Cities to be better designed for people with sight loss. We have undertaken…
We estimate that 4 million people will be living with sight loss in the UK by 2050. We need to better understand the problem from the individuals' perspective and identify integrated solutions to make cities enjoyable for everyone.
Watch our short films and find out more about the everyday challenges of people with sight loss and the remarkable ways which they are forced to overcome them.
Discover how we developed, trialled and tested our 3D soundscape technology on a route from Reading to London.
Learn about the emerging opportunities for city planners, architects, technologists and policy makers the world over.
We have endeavoured to understand the opportunities for Future Cities to be better designed for people with sight loss. We have undertaken…
Many people with sight loss are too anxious to leave home alone Getting around cities is a nerve-wracking experience for too many people,…
Based on the research you can explore in ‘Challenges’, and equipped with a model of well being developed by Guide Dogs we…
Above almost anything else people with sight loss rely on predictability in their environment. Carefully constructed routes only work when…
From cycling on the pavement to pushing in front of them, there is a perception amongst some people with sight loss that members of the…
Where a station has an information desk finding a member of staff can just be a matter of arriving at the desk. Where this is not the case…
Many partially sighted people suffer from a lack of information about their surroundings or situation. Often they rely on the descriptions…