By: Lisanne Aardoom
Keywords: Common area senior home.
Tutors: Gert Pasman & Margreet Beets
Design Goal and Interaction vision
Design Goal: “I want to help hearing-impaired elderly (age: 65+) to increase their self-esteem when communicating to people in a group they do partly know.”
Interaction Vision: “I want hearing-impaired elderly when communicating to other people have the same feeling as people who are having a jam session.” Qualities: comfortable, connected, confident.
The communication board
The communication board will provide a pleasurable communication between hearing-impaired and well hearing seniors at a table in the common area of a senior home. It exists of three different types of tiles: tiles with chalkboard paint (sending messages or making small assignments together), tiles with stimuli (crossword puzzle, e.g.) that can be changed by the caregiver due to the binders and tiles with thermochromic paint that changes colour when you place a hot cup on it. The design can turn which will gain attention of other persons at the table, just like the mirror box in the middle with its remarkable reflections of light. The seniors can enjoy a different way of communication by making use of their other senses..
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