Research state: Opportunity
Horizon scan, innovation. Sight line safer streetworks for all
Streetworks as temporary obstacles in one’s (familiar) environment leave blind people disoriented. This project aims to make streetworks better navigable and understandable. A prototype of the proposed system revealed that 85 % of participants approved the system. In addition to a physical sign design including tactile markings and high contrast colours, the system includes a smartphone app where info on new streetworks can be gathered and consequently accessed by visually impaired.
Company: Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Royal College of Art (Ross Atkin) with the Royal London Society for Blind People
Components: street signs with audio, tactile and visual information