SAN GLASS

Sammanfattning: This project is aimed to gain an overview of visually impaired people’s daily food experience and eating behaviors and to develop a design concept and product regarding the conclusion of the research. The project is composed of three phases. In the first part a general description and expected goal of the project is presented. The following section is research, including two methods: Literature review and Interview. From the Literature review, the factors which have an impact on visually impaired people when they do shopping, prepare meals, and eat out have been discussed. The interviews have been conducted with three participants via internet, to investigate and identify obstacles they are facing in the areas of meal preparation and eating. In the final phase, entitled” design process”, three main aspects are presented: design brief, idea exploration, concept generation, and final 3D models. The final design is presented in illustration, rendering, and 3D-print prototypes. Finally, a set of beer cups has been designed for visually impaired people to help them to get a better drinking experience. The research has limitations related to the size of samples and lack of close observation, and at the same time, it is impossible to organize user tests because of the outbreak of COVID-19. The outcome could end up with more possibilities if more interviews and user tests were conducted.