Selbstbestimmt.

«Selbstbestimmt.» or «Self-determined.» is a project for improved democratic participation of blind people. At the moment, it is still impossible for them to vote autonomously due to the lack of haptic features on the voting documents.

Together with blind and visually impaired people, we developed a solution to this problem in self-designed co-design workshops. The result is a voting kit that combines a smartphone app with a haptic coordinate system. This makes it possible to identify, orient and complete the voting documents autonomously.

With the methods used in the workshops, we explored new ways in which designers can work together with blind or visually impaired people.