Paintings You Can Feel

Dr. Peter Coppin teaches his students how to use inclusive design methodologies to solve real-world design problems. Students test their cross-sensory approaches through prototyping and experimentation. One of Dr. Coppin’s classes collaborated with the Art Gallery of Ontario to examine how design can help visually impaired people enjoy paintings. Students ‘interpreted’ two-dimensional paintings into three-dimensional artefacts using a wide range of materials to convey the shape, texture, and spatial relationships of objects depicted in the paintings. Read more about this unique activity as reported by the Toronto Star here.

Dr. Peter Coppin teaches his students how to use inclusive design methodologies to solve real-world design problems. Students test their cross-sensory approaches through prototyping and experimentation. One of Dr. Coppin’s classes collaborated with the Art Gallery of Ontario to examine how design can help visually impaired people enjoy paintings. Students ‘interpreted’ two-dimensional paintings into three-dimensional artefacts using a wide range of materials to convey the shape, texture, and spatial relationships of objects depicted in the paintings. Read more about this unique activity as reported by the Toronto Star here.