[Home-on-the-Range] FW: Saturday April 27 at Cooper-Hewitt: Touching the Stars - Tactile Symbols for Space Flight And Beyond

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From: 'Chancey Fleet' via Technology Programs at Andrew Heiskell Braille & Talking Book Library <HeiskellTech at googlegroups.com> 
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Subject: Saturday April 27 at Cooper-Hewitt: Touching the Stars - Tactile Symbols for Space Flight And Beyond

 


TOUCHING THE STARS: DESIGNING TACTILE SYMBOLS FOR SPACE FLIGHT AND BEYOND


Cooper Hewitt’s  <https://www.cooperhewitt.org/channel/give-me-a-sign/> Give Me A Sign exhibition explores the history of graphic symbols as documented by industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss in his Symbol Sourcebook: An Authoritative Guide to International Graphic Symbols (1972). This program expands upon the symbol lexicon covered in the Symbol Sourcebook to include tactile symbols, used by people who are blind or have low vision, as well as people with other complex disabilities. Like their 2D counterparts, these symbols quickly convey important information, and they are often developed through collaborative and iterative design processes. 

AstroAccess, a project dedicated to promoting disability inclusion in human space exploration, collaboratively designed a tactile symbol system to be used by blind astronauts. Join Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen, linguist and participant in AstroAccess, and Steve Landau, founder of Touch Graphics, in conversation with blind tech educator and activist Chancey Fleet to learn more about the design process for this project and for tactile symbol systems in general. 

After the panel discussion, stick around for a hands-on workshop where you will have the opportunity to design your own tactile symbols! 

 

Register here:

https://www.cooperhewitt.org/event/touching-the-stars-designing-tactile-symbols-for-space-flight-and-beyond-04-27-2024/

 

 

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Chancey Fleet

Assistive Tech Coordinator — Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library

Call or text: 347-632-8383 

 

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