09/2/23

As I have already done a design project for those who are partially sighted/ blind Agata suggested to look into a different community within disabilities. It would be a great opportunity to broaden my knowledge and do something outside my comfort zone.

Surface Design Show:

On this day I also went to visit the surface design show to get more information on the new products/suppliers out there. It was a very interesting day and got to know new suppliers and their products and designs.

04/2/23 - 06/2/23

Potential Buildings:

• 27 st Peter Street – Ground floor, 813sf, kitchen, secure storage, Class E.

• 9 High Street – Ground floor, 948sf, attractive retail unit, great levels of daytime traffic, Class E.

• 29 St Margarets Street – Ground floor with Mezzanine, 1,048sf, fully built out as a restaurant or café space, prime retail pitch, Class E.

Documentation of Emails sent to Agencies regarding Sites

3/2/23

Visually Impaired Community (developing third year)

In the UK 2 million people are estimated to be living with sight loss. An estimated 37,00 blind & partially sighted children and young people in England and Wales. à every day, four more children will be diagnosed with sight loss.

The leading cause of visual impairment in the UK, are ‘age-related, muscular degeneration, cataracts, diabetic retinopathy’

Which group is blindness most common in the UK? Around 60% of people living with sight loss are women. Women have a higher life expectancy and higher age-specific prevalence of leading causes of sight loss in older age.

Visual impairment/sight loss is one of the commonest causes of disability in the UK.

Canterbury -

The Beary House of Art and Knowledge. à Sensory cultures, 17th March 2023 5 per session (Visit)

KAB --> Ken Association for the Blind. (Amanda Broadmade)

Case Study:

‘Touch the Artwork’ Canterbury School of visual Arts, Canterbury College. Using tactograms-plaster casts featuring braille which the public is invited to touch and read. A PENfriend is a tool which allowed visitors to hear audio descriptions of the displayed work.

Case Study:

The Art of Making project. To encourage blind and partially sighted visitors to access their collection. They paid professional artists, who had experience of running sessions for people with sight loss to help facilitate the ’art of Making’ workshops.

Margate –

Case study:

A different Lens. Collab project by 12 artists who co-created an interactive walking digital map of Margate in 2020.

• I checked other local towns but Canterbury has the most resources to go by.

Would be great to visit KAB in 51 London Road, Canterbury.