After seeing the amazing pieces of psychological tests and the depth of research process behind them I got inspired to make my own devices based on the level of letter recognition in young children.Most of the psychological devices on display consisted of simple shapes and rarely of numerals or letters forms,that's why I decided to include them too.Naturally,this omition has been done purposely in order to enhance their usability with individuals with learning difficulties or children who have not learned them yet.However,I wanted to see if this universal knowlegde could be questioned.This idea got me after having a look at a couple books on semiotics and how meaning is constructed.'Visible Signs' by David Crow provided me with both theorethical knowledge and visual exampes of some of the seemingly genetically embeded codes of understanding of symbols and how their application can create meaning.Here again all the explanations has been illustrated by pictorials and dealt with the meaning of pictograms and symbols.Having in mind that the lettes and alphabeths developed from pictorials,I wondered why these test and explanations engaged only with them and not with leter forms.
http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/alphabet.html
So I decided to built my research around the idea of letter recognition (legibility and readibility).Having difficulties in choosing which type of format to use (3D devices or video)I decided to try both.I started devising the two methods in order to see which one fit my idea best.
I also wanted to explore the possibility of children using letters subconsciously or recognising them among other forms.
For this purpose I opted for a 3D physical form.In order to differentiate my educational toy design from all the rest and to still keep a sense of familiarity I set my sight on sand forms as a medium for the distorted typefaces.After trying different methods of vacumforming with a range of materials it turned out that the most appropriate materials were high density foam and the thinnest possible plastic sheets for vacumforming.I started preparing the pieces which I wanted to vacumform by transferring the letters on the high density foam and cutting them with hot wire.Before actually vacumforming I decided to document the foam letters since they represented a kind of new typeface in its own right.
http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/alphabet.html
So I decided to built my research around the idea of letter recognition (legibility and readibility).Having difficulties in choosing which type of format to use (3D devices or video)I decided to try both.I started devising the two methods in order to see which one fit my idea best.
I also wanted to explore the possibility of children using letters subconsciously or recognising them among other forms.
For this purpose I opted for a 3D physical form.In order to differentiate my educational toy design from all the rest and to still keep a sense of familiarity I set my sight on sand forms as a medium for the distorted typefaces.After trying different methods of vacumforming with a range of materials it turned out that the most appropriate materials were high density foam and the thinnest possible plastic sheets for vacumforming.I started preparing the pieces which I wanted to vacumform by transferring the letters on the high density foam and cutting them with hot wire.Before actually vacumforming I decided to document the foam letters since they represented a kind of new typeface in its own right.
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