Page 10 of Design for our future selves 2003 Awards by Helen Hamlyn Research Centre - Royal College of Art

8 Virginia Cruz intimate objects A family of objects that uses technology in a tactile and multi-sensory way allowing older users to access information using more than one sense. Tactile conversation is a blanket that vibrates to the voice of the person on the phone; m.emo is an intimate soft object that reveals marbles of different shapes in which personal audio memories can be stored. An activity-based, illustrated manual that brings family generations closer together, especially grandparents and grandchildren. The manual helps readers turn generational differences into opportunities by creating activities for all age groups that aid understanding of the different perspectives of older and younger people whilst highlighting shared qualities. Gero Grundmann generation link

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