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Sunglasses.
Alternative.
Expressing.
Playful.
Prototyping
During the primary research, it was discovered that the only
possible accessories for the blind are a basic sunglasses, which
cannot meet the need of expressing the personality.
There were researched past and contemporary designers and
artist in different fields of art.
Analyzing the cultural probes (were filled in including the legally
blind person) gave the understanding the color, texture, shape.
Summarizing this information gave the idea of creating
the headpiece for blind, which server not only like sunglasses
(hiding eyes), but also became an expressing accessory.
Alexander Calder
Luxottica’s Museo dell’Ottica