The sound of length

Tape measure for blind people

Since visually impaired people can’t see the marks on a tape measure, they can’t use ordinary tape measures properly. The Sound of Length conveys information about length to the user through a musical melody. Every time the tape is pulled out by 1 cm, the measure emits a tone. Ten different tones form a melody and repeat the cycle. This design converts visual length into auditory length so that blind people can easily use the tape measure. The product promotes equality and respect between blind and sighted people in a playful yet highly practical way.

JURY STATEMENT

This project takes a creative and pleasant approach to a unique product idea. Excellent synthesis of industrial design elements and fine design resolution.

WINNER STATEMENT

Receiving an iF DESIGN STUDENT AWARD is a great honor for our team, it will encourage us to further explore meaningful designs for sustainable development.

UNIVERSITY

Hubei University of Technology

Wuhan, CN

WINNER

Yupeng Jiang

Hubei University of Technology

Changjun Li

Hubei University of Technology

Zhaoyi Wu

Hubei University of Technology