Dot Pad. The First Smart Tactile Graphics Display.
Award: Graphite Pencil
Graphite Pencil / Product Design / Inclusive / 2023
Award: Wood Pencil
Wood Pencil / Impact / Design
Award: Shortlist
Shortlist / Product Design / Technological Innovation
Award: Shortlist
Shortlist / Product Design / Health & Wellbeing
While most people rely on visuals to understand complex topics, the 285 million blind and visually impaired people worldwide are left out. Tactile books are scarce, expensive, and impractical. Audio descriptions fail to describe complex information. Dot Pad is the first smart tactile graphics display for the visually impaired. Entering a whole new dimension in tactile communication, it can display any visual content from any source using the innovative Dot image processing and actuator technology.
What did the judges have to say?
The Dot Pad is an innovation that provides social inclusion and can revolutionise products not just for the blind but people with other disabilities.
Rolyn Lomocso, Senior Industrial Design Specialist, Design Center of the Philippines