‘Feel Your Reading Book’, series of tactile children’s books
The making of …
Before I started working on this project I knew that it would, in every aspect, be a truly unique project; both exciting and challenging.
For this reason I decided to document the whole process: from design sketches, prototypes and testing, right through to overseeing the production which has taken place, for the first time ever, in the Netherlands.
To realize this project I worked closely with the Visio School in Rotterdam. The project was managed by Dedicon and supported by the Novum Foundation.
Work in progress
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Handmade raincoats and flowers; used to illustrate the story about a little boy and his dog.
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Two very young pupils having fun testing a prototype with a storybox item.
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A young braille reader testing a prototype.
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Inside pages: the story pages are white with braille and printed text; the illustration pages are in colour and embossed with braille.
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Illustration page from a book about a little girl who makes her own fishing rod; this book comes with a little rod and a fish.
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Handmade shopping bags with braille cards (200 in total); used to illustrate the story about a boy and his cart.
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An illustration page about a spider looking for a place to make its web; the children have to follow the thread, in this case through the holes in a slice of cheese …
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Story about a little boy who makes a cart and uses it to run errands. The book comes with a bespoke cart and a scented rose.
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A pupil testing an illustration of a doll; she is combing it’s long hair.
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Proofreading the braille.
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Illustration pages with embossed braille and handmade illustrations of dolls with long hair.
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Handmade cats for one of the stories; they are not happy with the prospect of having a little girl comb their soft fur.
