Alessia Romani

Design & Engineering Research

Design for and with visual impairments through 3D printing. A case study from the covid-19 pandemic


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Alessia Romani*, Federica Mattiuzzo, Marinella Levi
Claudio Gambardella, Beyond All Limits - Proceedings on International Conference on Sustainability in Architecture, Planning, and Design, DADI Press, 2023 Jan, pp. 564-570

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Romani*, A., Mattiuzzo, F., & Levi, M. (2023). Design for and with visual impairments through 3D printing. A case study from the covid-19 pandemic. In C. Gambardella (Ed.), Beyond All Limits - Proceedings on International Conference on Sustainability in Architecture, Planning, and Design (pp. 564–570). DADI Press.


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Romani*, Alessia, Federica Mattiuzzo, and Marinella Levi. “Design for and with Visual Impairments through 3D Printing. A Case Study from the Covid-19 Pandemic.” In Beyond All Limits - Proceedings on International Conference on Sustainability in Architecture, Planning, and Design, edited by Claudio Gambardella, 564–570. DADI Press, 2023.


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Romani*, Alessia, et al. “Design for and with Visual Impairments through 3D Printing. A Case Study from the Covid-19 Pandemic.” Beyond All Limits - Proceedings on International Conference on Sustainability in Architecture, Planning, and Design, edited by Claudio Gambardella, DADI Press, 2023, pp. 564–70.


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@inproceedings{alessia2023a,
  title = {Design for and with visual impairments through 3D printing. A case study from the covid-19 pandemic},
  year = {2023},
  month = jan,
  pages = {564-570},
  publisher = {DADI Press},
  author = {Romani*, Alessia and Mattiuzzo, Federica and Levi, Marinella},
  editor = {Gambardella, Claudio},
  booktitle = {Beyond All Limits - Proceedings on International Conference on Sustainability in Architecture, Planning, and Design},
  month_numeric = {1}
}

Abstract

This work aims to investigate the contribution of the design practice and 3D printing to improve the learning experience of visually impaired students through a collaborative design case study. The collaborative development of "IO", a multifunctional tool for visually impaired students in distance learning contexts, is presented in this work together with the results from the user tests of the experimentation. Thanks to the open design principles and the flexibility of 3D printing, these assistive tools can improve the learning experience during the whole school career regardless of disruptive events i.e., the Covid-19 pandemic. 1

Keywords

Open design // Covid-19 // Additive manufacturing // Collaborative design // Inclusive design


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  1. Romani, A., Mattiuzzo, F., Levi, M., 2023. Design for and with visual impairments through 3D printing. A case study from the covid-19 pandemic. In: Gambardella, C. (Eds). Beyond All Limits - Proceedings on International Conference on Sustainability in Architecture, Planning, and Design, 564-570. DADI Press ISBN: 978-88-85556-23-2

  2. Romani, A., Mattiuzzo, F., Levi, M., 2023. Design for and with visual impairments through 3D printing. A case study from the covid-19 pandemic. In: Gambardella, C. (Eds). Beyond All Limits - Proceedings on International Conference on Sustainability in Architecture, Planning, and Design, 564-570. DADI Press ISBN: 978-88-85556-23-2