I created eight braille cards in total. Each card was hand-crafted with a large-scale braille message. The final cards come in a variety of colours. The colours have mainly been used to give the cards a more diverse element, but they also loosely relate to their individual messages. I wanted to keep the braille as consistent and clear as possible across the range of cards. In order to do this the braille was created using the same hole-punch method throughout.
The purpose of these greetings cards was to create something which set an example for others. For this project my key focus was to design something which other people could learn from and design themselves. By creating braille messages, alongside the braille research publication, I have even started beginning to learn a few of the braille alphabet by memory.
This project has been a great experience for me. Although I wish I had allowed myself more time to produce a larger body of work, I was pleased with these braille greetings cards. If I were to carry out this project again, I would create an identity for a company specialising in braille gifts and merchandise. It would have been great to try experimenting with braille logos, but I sadly didn't have enough time.
This project has been successful in creating something hand-made and unique. I would have ideally proposed the set of greetings cards as a box set to be given out at different stages of a person's life. The cards would either be ordered online, or hand-crafted by people who felt they wanted to attempt their own personal message.
In general, I have learnt a lot from this project. I do not feel it was one of my best efforts and this was reflected in the quantity of work. However, it has been one of the most successful in exploring new skills. I never thought I would begin to learn braille so quickly. Creating these cards and the research gone into the concept has given me a great deal more awareness of how many things we take for granted. There are many products and experiences which could be reconsidered for partially impaired people to appreciate, yet nobody seems to have addressed these.
Designing for a new audience has been a great experience and it is something I would like to develop further in the future.
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