Design of an inclusive & interactive educational textile toy

17th World Textile Conference AUTEX 2017 - Shaping the Future of Textiles

Pereira, C.^1 ; Cunha, J.^2

University of Minho, School of Engineering, Textile Engineering Department, Msc Student in Design and Marketing, Campus de Azurém, Guimaraes

4804-533, Portugal^1

University of Minho, School of Engineering, Textile Eng. Department, Campus de Azurem, Guimaraes

4804-533, Portugal^2

关键词: Application capability;    Best fit;    Cognitive development;    Emotional response;    Product experience;    Textile materials;    Textile structures;    Visual impairment;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/254/17/172021/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/254/17/172021

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The market for educational toys is scarce in products specifically developed for blind and low sighted children, aiming not only at their motor and cognitive development as well as to the non-stigmatization of these children. Considering the development of educational toys, and based in previous research work [1], we found that textile materials offer an enormous application capability in this regard due not only to their flexibility in use and maintenance of properties, but also because of our familiarity with these materials. The main goal of this project is the study of the emotional response to an interactive educational textile toy by children with visual impairments - blind or partially sighted. In this way the project is based on four main axes: knowing the user, identifying his specific needs; knowing the product-user relationship with a special focus on tactile and emotional perception; study textile structures to best fit the design; and, finally, evaluate the user's response to the developed product by evaluating the product experience.