Design do vestuário infantil: as texturas como experiência tátil para crianças deficientes visuais

• Autor(a) principal: Bononi, Juliana [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/138569
• topic: Inclusive design; Inclusive fashion; Visual impairment; Infant clothing; Tactile experience; Design Inclusivo; Moda Inclusiva; Deficiência Visual; Vestuário Infantil; Experiência Tátil

The main purpose of this work is to verify how the design is assisting in the development of products for children's clothing that provide tactile experiences for children with visual impairment. Since the quality of tactile stimulation for children is a fundamental importance, and that the clothing may be considered educational, as well as textures can be used as a learning resource, because reflect in the development of perception and interpretation through sensory exploration, are these resources being used to help children with Visual Impairment? These issues were addressed through a bibliographical study, which included the design issues, child development and visual impairment. As well as questionnaires, interviews and usability tests have assessed the child's relationship with the clothing and the mentioned tactile experience. It was observed that the designers have favored both the colors and prints, in other words the visual texture, as well as tactile textures and accessories in the pieces of children's clothing. We tried to see how these elements provide tactile experiences for these children, and if these users and their trainers - parents and teachers - explore such possibilities stimulus in their day by day. It was concluded that the tested clothing is efficient, since it has a large number of tactile elements, but the lack of stimuli from educators and parents who do not realize the potential of tactile experience through clothing, affects efficacy of this type of product.