Ceramic “Braille” map, El Burgo by Rafael Guerrero Coincidently this town map of El Burgo has been designed in three dimensions in ceramic, which not only makes this map so different from all others we are used to seeing but it allows for people with reduced vision to “feel their way around the map”.…
New technology brings generations closer New App for older people Students from the University of Twente, in Holland, started an experiment in the Wesselerbrink district in Enschede to facilitate contact between older people and young people. The students visited De Posten care home on a regular basis for years, to gain experience and because they wanted to learn…
The importance of a Logo designed I am often asked to design a new logo for a company or update an existing logo and I thought it would be the ideal time to discuss the importance of a logo. First and formost a logo is the first impression you give of your business,…
First Robot to be given citizenship Hanson Robotics Sophia, is a Robot Designed by the Robotics company called Hanson Robotics, and is the only Robot to have received Citizenship of Saudi Arabia. This took part during the “Future Investment Initiative” held in the Saudi Arabian Capital of Riyadh. Watch the video below and see how “human-like” she…
At the Dutch Design Week, the “Emotion Whisperer” During this years Dutch Design Week, possibly the two most interesting news according to my friend Raymond Kersten, who attended the Event and had the opportunity of speaking to the designers of these were the Robots and the Emotion Whisperer by Simon Dogger. Simon Dogger is a visually impaired…
Mª Carmen de Alba´s talk on WordPress Accessibility was to-the-point, funny and very clear. The title to her talk was “Put yourself in my shoes and make it easy”. “Ponte en mi lugar, hazlo fácil”. And this is what she does. This is her attitude towards life, and her dynamism and strength has…
“I don’t see myself as disabled” Do you lament about the day you had, your job, your clients? Think twice next time you complain and lets learn a lesson from Isabella, this 14 year old quadruple amputee. #ABILITY indeed and not #DisABILITY! Watch and learn from this fourteen year old girl, who at an early age…
“Don´t allow your DisAbility prevent you from being who you want to be”. Above is a wide picture showing three famous people; on the left Nyle Dimarco, well-known deaf model, in the middle, Bethany Hamilton, famous surfer who lost her arm at the age of 13 from a shark attack, and on the right, Nick…