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Neanderthal Museum

Neanderthal Memories

The Neanderthal Museum is located close to the place where the world-famous Homo Neanderthalensis was found more than 160 years ago. Here, visitors go on a journey through 4 million years of human history – for the first time and in a unique and consistent way, blind and partially sighted people can now also enjoy an equal museum experience in the Neanderthal Museum. Back to the Stone Age in a very modern way, that’s how they call it in Mettmann.

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The Neanderthal Museum exhibition tells the story of mankind: from the beginnings in the African savannahs to the present day, using the most modern, inclusive means of communication.

inkl.Design has installed a floor guidance system throughout the building, which enables independent orientation for blind and severely partially sighted people. The complete furnishing of the newly designed permanent exhibition also includes tactile offers and information in Braille. Stone Age tools, the faces of Stone Age people, the foot of a bonobo and much more can be grasped in the literal sense.

An app that facilitates navigation through the exhibition and conveys content in a playful way is the highlight of the inclusive tour.

In cooperation with the game studio “Wegesrand”, the audio guide was created, which offers an overview of the entire contents of the exhibition together with an archaeological game.

inkl.Design advised the museum on the implementation of the app and ensured that everything fit together seamlessly at the interfaces between the digital offering and the exhibition tour. The interface of the app is also barrier-free thanks to inkl’s expertise.

Without the intensive focus group work during the entire development process, valuable tips from future users would have been less well taken into account.

Today, every station that can be accessed via tactile QR codes consists of tactile offers, a holder for a long stick with the image of the QR code, and tactile orientation plans at prominent points in the wayfinding system.

The exciting inclusive tour starts with the museum building itself: the cross-sections of the building, which is built like a snail shell, can be felt right in the entrance area of the museum.

We are extremely proud that our work has been honoured with the Gold Award 2020 of the International Association for Universal Design (IAUD). The award is given to work that makes a particularly remarkable contribution to the realisation of an inclusive society. The international jury calls our work “A beautifully implemented idea that combines numerous aspects of accessibility and usability.”. We were pleased to receive this and it is an incentive for us to continue on our path.

Hands-on Stations in the Room

The visitor is standing by a tactile head model of a Neanderthal. In the bottom left corner of the image is the IAUD Gold Award 2021.
A view through the Neanderthal Museum focusing on a tactile station. The three-part tactile station is a form bent from sheet steel, which is mounted at a slight angle on a wall offset. The wall serves as a balustrade to the staircase centrally located in the museum. In the background, a model of a Neanderthal in a suit can be seen leaning against the wall looking into the museum.
Gregor Strutz and Isabelle Faber from inkl.Design, Tamara Ströter and a model of a Neanderthal in a suit stand together leaning against an offset wall. Tamara pats the Neanderthal's head with her hand. Everyone smiles at each other at this moment. In the background you can see a large representation of a map of Europe, Africa and Asia.
Tamara is standing at a large table designed by inkl.Design in the entrance area of the Neanderthal Museum. On the table are several tactile map of the individual floors of the museum. She feels the dimensions of the building on the basis of a 3D model, which is also attached to the table. In the background there is a view of visitors leaving the building...
A complete view of the table with tactile map in the entrance area of the Neanderthal Museum
The visitor is reading Braille on the table in the entrance area of the Neanderthal Museum. Her cane is leaning next to her in the holder provided in the table.
Two steel sheets bent at about 90 degrees are mounted on a concrete wall at an angle and projecting forwards. They stand next to each other and palpable models of Neanderthal heads are assembled on the upper surface. To the left and right of the tactile models are further tactile stations mounted on the approx. 1.50 metre high wall. The sheets are white and painted a light green towards the wall.
Two steel sheets bent at about 90 degrees are installed on a concrete wall at an angle to the front. They stand next to each other and tactile models of Neanderthal heads are mounted on the upper surface. A visitor is touching one of the head models.
On another tactile model in the middle of the picture, various hunting weapons and tools of prehistoric times are modelled. You can see differently shaped bones and stones. To the left and right of this are further stations with tactile orientation plans and audio guides. Parts of the exhibition can be seen in the background
Tamara Ströter stands at a tactile model on which a map of Europe is depicted. This tactile model is a curved shape made of sheet steel, which is mounted on a wall offset at a slight angle. Behind the wall is a staircase that leads to other floors of the museum. Looking out over the banister, one has a view of parts of the exhibition on the lower floor.
A visitor stands ain front of a tactile model on which a map of Europe is displayed. Parts of the continent are covered with a sheet of ice. The visitor feels this ice sheet. At the top right of the picture, a pictogram of a thermometer is shown on a white circle.
Tamara stands at another tactile model. On one of the curved steel sheets, a human foot is modeled with the sole pointing upwards. On the second lies the hand of a bonobo monkey. In the background a staircase leading upwards and parts of the exhibition.
On a bright curved steel sheet is a black hand of a bonobo monkey with the palm facing up. On the second touch station is a foot with the sole facing upwards.
A steel plate assembled on a concrete wall. On the upper surface tactile models of bone found are placed. A visitor can be seen to the left of the table. He is touching one of the bones.
Close-up view of a hands on station with models of bones found.
Side view of a hands on station which replica bones are mounted.
View of a hands on station on which several excavation layers can be seen.

Inclusion in Detail

Details of the inclusion concept are shown on a 3D graphic using two touch stations. It is made clear that the stations are easily accessible for everyone. And the cane holder, Braille and the high-contrast tactile letters are pointed out. Furthermore, an intuitive tactile map and the floor guidance system are highlighted. In addition, a smartphone shows that there is a accessible APP with an audio guide and a game.

Tactile Floor Indicators

On the picture you can see floor indicators in the entrance area of the museum. A straight path is shown with two adjacent dashed black lines. These go right across the picture. There is a visitor walking along the markings with her cane. In the foreground, there is a large green area on the floor that reads: Welcome.
On the picture you can see floor indicators in the exit area of the museum. Paths are shown in this guidance system with two adjacent dashed black lines. These are interrupted by a square, black dotted area at the points where the path continues in a different direction.
The picture shows the process of laying the floor indicators in the Neanderthal Museum. On the sides of the picture, you can see partitions that have been set up to look like rocks. A path runs straight through the picture and branches to the left and right at one point. The indicators are still taped off. In the back of the picture, you can see an installer bending down and pouring black resin onto the masked surfaces.
A close-up view of a square, black dotted area. Two adjacent dashed black lines depart from this surface in different directions.

Accessibility Concept

In the incl. office: Floor plans on which the positioning of the floor indicators can be seen are on a table. There are also various plans in the background showing the various stations of the wayfinding system.
A look over the shoulders of two colleagues at inkl Design during the planning of the wayfinding system.
Documents and architect's plans lie on a table in the studio of inkl Design. In the plans, the various stations of the inclusive wayfinding system were planned and located.
Three colleagues from inkl.Design inspect various samples of floor indicators for the wayfinding system.

Accompanying Media

On a table are many flyers for the Neanderthal Museum with Braille. They were designed by inkl.Design for the promotion of the project.
Detail photo of the flyers shown before. One hand is holding one of the flyers, while behind him on the table surface are many other flyers.
The staff and employees of inkl.Design celebrate the awarding of the IAUD Gold Award for the project "Neanderthal Memories"
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Project Details

Project scope: Didactic concept for conveying the exhibition content to blind and visually challenged people, concept for accessible orientation and wayfinding, co-moderation and organisation of focus group workshops, conception and implementation of tactile models including product design, 3D data creation, graphic design, planning of floor indicators, production support and monitoring. 

A close-up view of the stencils glued to the floor for the floor indicators in the entrance area of the Neanderthal Museum.
Till Henning from inkl.Design assembles a hands on station.
The table designed by inkl.Design in the entrance area during assembly. You can see individual panels of the house overview, which still need to be assembled.
A craftsman glues individual parts for a tactile model.
An installer hand-glues small black circles for a square attention area of the floor indicators.
Tamara Ströter reads Braille on a tactile model. This tactile model is a shape bent from sheet steel, which is mounted on a wall offset at a slight angle. In the background you can see parts of the exhibition and a staircase leading up several floors of the museum.
Two white models of Neanderthal heads placed on a desk in the inkl.design office. In front of them is colorful paper cut out into speech bubbles with the words: Good morning! and How are you?
The picture shows tactile cave paintings. They are located in a drawer and can be touched by visitors.
Several employees of inkl.Design inspect the delivered models from different bones in the inkl.Design office.
Gregor Strutz and Reiner Strutz of inkl.Design in front of the entrance to the Neanderthal Museum.
An installer brushes black resin onto the templates for the floor indicators.
A craftsman mounting one of the replica Neanderthal heads.
On the picture is the logo of the accessible app to the exhibition designed by inkl.Design. A circle is enclosed by an oval shape. Under the logo it says: NMSee -An inclusive app game at the Neanderthal Museum.
The picture was taken during the assembly of the touch stations. A not yet mounted touch object is lying next to the touch station.
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Humboldt Forum Foundation Berlin

From a monastery to the Humboldt Forum

If at all, then in the right way. In Berlin, the Humboldt Forum, which opened in summer 2021 in the rebuilt City Palace, wants to set standards. Also in terms of inclusion. With a specially developed tactile book, sighted, visually impaired and blind people can now experience 700 years of Berlin history.

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From the monastery to the palace, the parade ground and the Palace of the Republic – the place in the centre of Berlin has an eventful history. The powerful have built here, rebuilt, demolished and planned again and again. In the Humboldt Forum, this history can now be explored with the fingertips, the eyes or the ears. With a large tactile map, 14 tactile pictures and texts in large print and Braille, the past of the site becomes comprehensible on 64 pages. An audio version completes the book. The tactile books were developed in intensive focus group work with members of the Allgemeine Blinden- und Sehbehindertenverein Berlin gegr. 1874 e. V. and thus meet the needs of the target group. For example, the impressive dome of the palace can be traced with the fingers using tactile foils, and details on the façade can also be seen and felt. Audio descriptions of all the stations from the monastery to the palace complete the offer for visitors. Published by the Humboldt Forum Foundation in the Berlin Palace, the book can be purchased at the Humboldt Forum for 24,90 €.

A Glance at the Book

Studio shot of the closed tactile book "Vom Kloster zum Humboldt Forum" on a white background. The focus of the image is on the title of the book written in bold capitals. These were depicted in bright neon yellow and are printed on the cover's dark grey background.
Another studio shot of the tactile book with focus on the spine. This is particularly striking because of its bright, neon-yellow colouring. The black lettering on the spine is also in transparent braille.
A close-up of the book cover. Here the focus is on the transparent braille, which looks like sparkling drops of water due to the incident light.
Left: A person reading braille on a text page of the tactile book. Right: Close-up of typographic details of a text page with blackletter and transparent braille.
Shown is a section of the open tactile book. The focus of the picture is on the tab system, which divides the book into different chapters. In addition to the printed title of each chapter, the small graphics, which are reminiscent of icons, help with orientation.
A view into the book. You can see the graphically implemented site plan with transparent, tactile lines. The corresponding fold-out legend extends over the left part of the image
A person reading the tactile map just shown with the legend unfolded.

Tactile foils

A close-up of the graphically realised illustration of the imperial palace. Above each of the detailed illustrations, the motif is transposed in the form of a vacuum formed sheet This means that all the motifs in the book can also be experienced tactilely.
The photo shows the transparent deep-drawn tactile foil of the imperial palace on a dark background. Even the smallest details of the building's façade can be felt.
The photo shows the transparent deep-drawn tactile foil of the Kolster Church.

Detail pages

The photo shows a person opening the chapter Fabulous Creatures in the tactile book.
Left: Close-up of the transparent tactile film with image of the keystone from the Dominican monastery. Petals arranged in a circle can be seen on the brick. Right: Tactile image of the male mythical creature that decorated the central balcony of the Electoral Palace.

Project details

Project Scope: Moderation of focus group workshops, creation and production of the tactile book with six tactile foils and eight tactile detail illustrations, Graphic design and layout, Conceptualization and digitization of tactile images, production support

All graphics of the architecture illustrations in the tactile book summarised in one gif
Photo of a male mythical creature that decorated the central balcony of the Electoral Palace. It is a figure of man, animal and plant. Horns grow on the head, a beard protrudes from the face, the back has wings, and the lower part of the body ends in a curled tail with leaves at the end.
You can see several pages of the finished tactile book, loosely spread out on a table. The picture was taken during the bookbinding process.
Picture of a groping at one of the focus group meetings with threshold prints
Photo of several participants at one of the focus group meetings. The tactile elements of the tactile book were tested with the help of swell paper
One person tests one of the swell paper prints of the tactile map during a focus group meeting
Recording of several participants at one of the focus group meetings.
Recording of several participants at one of the focus group meetings.
Illustration of several conceptual designs during the realisation of the tactile book. Drawings of the graphic imperial castle and swell prints of the motif "sailboat" can be seen.
Further illustration of a tactile foil with associated graphic
Makin-of shot from the inkl design office. Two staff members are photographing the touch book. Professional lighting with spotlights and ring lights is set up in the room.
Illustration of the concept phase for the keystone motif. The process from the photographic image of the object via a drawing to the variant with tactile lines can be seen.
Detail of the keystone from the Dominican monastery on a red background. Petals arranged in a circle can be seen on the brick.
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Bundeskunsthalle Bonn

Grey Matter in the Spotlight

The Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn has achieved a great success. An interdisciplinary special exhibition that sheds light on the organ that defines us like no other: the brain. inkl.Design made sure that the grey cells sparkle in a wonderfully inclusive and colourful way.

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What is the brain? Control center, supercomputer, one of the last great mysteries of the human body. Many unanswered questions invite us to examine the brain, the gray matter, the seat of the ego – on a scientific and artistic level.

Together with the office Grauwert from Hamburg, inkl.Design has implemented five stations for the exhibition, which are designed in an inclusive manner and which serve as an introduction to the major complexes of questions from art, cultural history and science.In fruitful focus group work, a group of experts developed barrier-free stations together with the team of the Bundeskunsthalle in order to reflect different perspectives, interests and diversity.

Experiencing with different senses at the tables is intended to enable alternative approaches. Without giving too much away: There is moss, sponges, metal and smells to discover.

A media guide leads all visitors through the exhibition and to the centrally located experience stations. A graphic-tactile floor guidance system supports orientation through the five complexes of the exhibition: The only seemingly simple first question, “What’s in my head?” gets to the bottom of the anatomy of the brain. In this case, brain to touch really promises a haptic experience for all visitors. The second question, “How do I imagine the processes in the brain?” asks about the cognitive functions and active processes in the brain. Things get philosophical with the third question, “Are I and my body the same?” The fourth question is “How do I make the world for myself?” Senses and sensory illusions can be experienced concretely. The exhibition’s concluding fifth question is “Should I optimize my brain?” Today, technical implants in the brain are already helping to alleviate symptoms of illness. But what will the human being of the future look like?

In an extensive accompanying program aimed at all visitors, the exhibition can be experienced in a variety of ways. There are guided tours in sign language and in clear language, and an audio guide guides visually impaired guests. In addition, offers are made for people with dementia and schoolchildren.

View into the entrance area of the exhibition „The Brain“ in the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn. On the left on the pink wall, a graphic representation of the brain with information texts. In front of it, two round stools. The floor guidance system leads past the first inclusive table into other areas of the exhibition.
Close-up. A visitor holds an opened brain model in both hands so that the individual components of the brain can be seen.
Exterior view of the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn. On the facade is a digital advertising sign promoting the exhibition „The Brain“.
A close-up of one of the inclusive tables. On the left of the image, a set box in the shape of a large head made of metal with several small compartments containing various items. A visitor is holding a small wooden donkey standing on a black bridge.
The picture shows the inclusive table number 2 and the surrounding exhibition. On the table the large set box in the shape of a head. The distinctive floor guidance system leads to the table and other areas of the exhibition.
The photo shows the entire inclusive table 2 with the set box in the shape of a large head. On the table surface you can see stickers in different shades of pink with short quotes from the focus group and tactile marks for orientation.
A close-up of the floor guidance system: black studs and ribs on gray granite floor.
Photo of an exhibition object: A visitor turns the pages of differently printed and colored transparencies that are mounted above a mirror. His reflection is therefore wearing glasses.
Close-up of an exhibition object on one of the inclusive tables: a transparent film on which a round hat, glasses and a curved mustache are printed in black lie above a mirror.
Detailaufnahme eines taktil bedruckten Schildes für den Audioguide. Auf schwarzem Hintergrund sind die Zahl 41 und das Audioguide-Symbol in weiß erhaben zu sehen.
Das Foto zeigt die Hände eines Besuchers, die einen kleinen Ballen Stroh halten. Davor auf dem Tisch ein zerlegbares Modell des Gehirns aus Metall und grauem Kunststoff. In einem der Fächer liegt ein kleiner Naturschwamm.
Photo of an inclusive table. In the center are large wooden letters that form the word „Wald“ Also, several round wooden boxes, some tactile signs and colored stickers. In one box the lid is slightly open, green moss is visible inside.
Another photo of an inclusive table. In the center of the table are placed letters made of wood, which make the word „Wald“. Also, round boxes made of wood, tactile signs and stickers. In the background a pink exhibition wall with text and two pictures.
A close-up of a tactile printed sign with directions to the exhibition in tactile profile and Braille.
A visitor's hand gropes soft green moss in a round wooden box on one of the exhibition tables.
Photo from above one of the inclusive tables. You can see different models of brains, colored stickers and tactile signs.
Photo of an inclusive table showing, from left to right, a wooden chess set, VR glasses and a light screen, a small model of a cochlear implant and a very large cochlear model. In the background, other exhibits.
Photo of inkl.design employee Franziska Müller, with mask, during the construction. With her hands she touches the moss in a wooden box.
The photo shows a detail during setup: a tactile sign with the number 43 on the table surface, tape and tools next to it.
Auf einem der inklusiven Tische werden Aufkleber mit Zitaten aufgeklebt. Die Aufkleber sind in verschiedenen Rosatönen gehalten. Zur Markierung klebt neongelbes Klebeband dazwischen.
The photo shows a large metal set box in the shape of a head (right) and inkl.design employee Ludwig Oertel (left). He cleans the head with a green cloth.
Photo of the structure: Hands attach an anti-theft device to a metal gear.
Gregor Strutz and Ludwig Oertel from inkl.Design applying stickers on one of the exhibition tables. Both wear glasses, a mask and a black T-shirt and tilt their heads downwards in concentration. In the center of the picture, between the two, is the large metal set box in the shape of a head.
Close-up of a hand smoothing a sticker on one of the exhibition tables with a squeegee.
Close-up of a hand smoothing a sticker on one of the exhibition tables with a squeegee.
Close-up from above: Two hands feel over a large brain model with the typical furrows. Around it, packaging material.
Two employees of inkl.Design assembling exhibition tables in the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn. They are standing next to each other at one of the tables and are looking intently. Both are wearing glasses, masks and dark sweaters.
The photo shows a note on packaged objects for the exhibit that says, „Don't forget your brain! “
Detail photo: Brown tape on a cardboard. On the tape the word "brain" and a drawn brain.
The photo shows Ludwig and Gregor from inkl.Design setting up the inclusive tables in Bonn. Between them a large metal set box in the shape of a head. In the background a trolley with tools.

Projektdetails

Project Scope: General consulting, conception and implementation of tactile models including product design, 3D data creation, graphic design, production support and supervision

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Museum for Art and Cultural History, Gottorf Castle

Changing perspectives

The special exhibition “Colour Rush” is dedicated to the Berlin painter Christopher Lehmpfuhl in the Museum of Art and Cultural History, Gottdorf Castle in Schleswig. 140 works of the painter are shown. Two of them are now also accessible to blind and visually impaired people.

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Christopher Lehmpfuhl himself describes his art as “haptic”. His impressive oil paintings live from the distinctive structures of color that the artist applies to the canvas with his hands. From close up, the viewer marvels at a rush of color made up of different layers and textures; from a distance, the motifs become more visible.

But how does the phenomenon of perspective is explained to a person who cannot see? What does color feels like that wrinkles?

For the inclusive approach, a large-scale oil painting of a mountain panorama, titled “Glockner-Duett” and a small-scale oil painting titled “Gläserstillleben” were selected.

In a tactile painting of the mountain panorama, reliefs at different heights recreate the proportions of the original. The fingers glide over color hills and valleys of acrylic and feel different structures.

The still life of glasses and bottle was recreated in three different tactile variations. A replica of the painting’s scenery with the artist’s original glasses can be grasped. A perspective-distorted representation that makes the phenomenon of perspective vivid and a classical tactile painting allow the work to be received on different levels.

The tactile models are placed opposite to their original oil painting and are a special haptic experience not only for blind and visually challenged people, but also for all visitors.

“I am very pleased that this exhibition has also been made accessible to blind visitors and that they can also gain access to my painting in this way,” says the artist in an e-guide to the show. “It is something very special and new for me.”

Tactile painting Gläserstillleben

View into an exhibition room of the "Schleswig Holstein Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf." On the walls the paintings of the artist Lehmpfuhl, in the room the tactile model. Out of focus two visitors of the exhibition.
View of the tactile model of the glass still life, in the background on the wall hang paintings by the artist. On the far right, a black spiral staircase leads upward.
Photo of the three tactile models of the painting "Glass Still Life" on a table. On the far left info text, then the three-dimensional model of the painting, next to it a perspective-distorted three-dimensional view and on the far right a two-dimensional image of the painting with tactile lines.
Close-up of the painting "Glass Still Life" on a white wall. Immediately in front of it the corresponding tactile model on a table in three parts.

Tactile painting Glockner-Duett

View from above into a corner of the exhibition hall. On the left wall the very large, two-part painting "Bergwelten". In front of it on a table the tactile model to the painting.
View into a long exhibition hall. On the right on the walls the paintings of the artist. At the very front the painting "Bergwelten", in front of which the corresponding tactile model can be seen on a table. At the table, out of focus, a person.
View from above of the entire table with tactile model for the painting "Bergwelten". On the right is an attention field and a QR code.
Here you can see a detail of the tactile touch object and on the walls behind it you can see the painting "Bergwelten".

Studiofotos

In this close-up you can see the tactile model "Gläserstilleben". In the field of view is the lateral holder for the long cane and forearm support.
Side view with glasses and bottle of the tactile touch model "Gläserstilleben" with view of the holder for long stick and forearm support.
Oblique plan view of the table with bottle and glasses of the tactile model "Gläserstilleben". On the far left is the three-dimensional model of the painting, next to it is a perspective-distorted three-dimensional view and on the far right is a two-dimensional image of the painting with the tactile lines.
You can see a side perspective view of the tactile object with glasses and bottle.
View from above on the tactile model "Gläserstilleben" with the focus on the two-dimensional image of the painting with tactile lines.
The two tactile models "Gläserstilleben" and "Bergwelten" can be seen in a side shot.
The composition of the tactile models "Gläserstilleben" and "Bergwelten" shown in different variations from above.
Photo of the table with the holder for long stick and forearm support.

Inclusion in detail

Detail photo with tactile model "Gläserstilleben" which is explored by one person with both hands.
Detailed image of the structures of the tactile model "Bergwelten".
Close-up of different structures of the tactile model "Bergwelten".
The tactile perspective of the glass still life is felt by a visually challenged woman. In addition, a close-up shows the holder for the cane
Detail photo of the tactile model "Bergwelten" which is felt by a woman with both hands.
Detailed image of the step structure and the different structures of the tactile model "Bergwelten".

Project details

Project scope: Didactic concept for the implementation of the mediation goals for blind and visually challenged people, organization and implementation of focus group work, planning and implementation of the tactile displays including product design and 3D data creation, graphic design, production supervision and monitoring.
View into the studio of inkl.design. At a table, an employee assembles the tactile model "Gläserstilleben".
The photo shows a staff meeting in the middle of the tactile models "Gläserstilleben" and "Bergwelten".
Photo of the assembly of the tactile model "Bergwelten" in the premises of Studio inkl.Design.
Photo of the composition of the tactile model "Bergwelten" in the studio incl.Design.
Detail of a glass jar of the tactile model "Gläserstilleben" in the studio of inkl.Design.
Photo shows the tactile model "Bergwelten" in the studio of inkl.Design during the assembling.
In the picture you can see an employee building the tactile model "Gläserstilleben" in the studio of inkl.Design.
An employee of inkl.Design inspects the quality of the production of the tactile model "Bergwelten".
Two employees in the inkl.design studio are shown. They are busy with the quality control of the cane holder.
Close-up of the structure of the tactile model "Bergwelten".
An employee of inkl.Design inspects the quality of the production of the tactile model "Bergwelten".
Photo of the tactile model "Bergwelten". The tactile lines are tested by a young woman with both hands.
On the photo you can see an employee during the product photography of the tactile model "Gläserstilleben" in the studio inkl.Design.
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Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site

Remember and Commemorate

With a new concept, the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial is setting a political example for diversity and – on the 75th anniversary of the liberation – is taking an important step towards inclusion. People with disabilities, who until 1945 were also among those who experienced immeasurable suffering at this site, can now explore the grounds independently and autonomously with the help of specially designed media.

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The centerpiece of our work in Dachau is a new tactile model, made of metal, that provides an overview of the memorial site today and the extent of the concentration camp grounds in 1945. The advantage of this model, which is equally accessible to all people, is not only a lockable folding mechanism, which protects the structure even in outdoor spaces, but also a colored representation of the buildings, which makes it easy for visually challenged people to recognize. Accompanying information is provided by a tactile medium that can be carried along on the tour.

With audio descriptions, Braille, tactile profile writing and texts in contrasts for the visually challenged in German and English, it makes the intangible comprehensible during a visit to the memorial. The project, the only one of its kind in Germany, was preceded by an elaborate struggle to find the best solution. Many participants in the jury, including representatives of the Comité International de Dachau, gave weight to the decision in favor of the inkl.Design Concept.

Our work for the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial was not only rewarded by the many positive feedbacks we received, but also by an international award. The project won the Silver Award 2021 of the International Association for Universal Design (IAUD). The expert jury sees our work as “An outstanding designed and successful example of a multi-sensory experience that applies the principles of Universal Design.”.

Photo of the two installed tactile models in front of the entrance to the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site.

Tactile Displays

Photo of a tactile model with an overview of the present memorial site including tactile lettering in Braille and profile lettering.
Detail photo of a tactile model with guard towers of the concentration camp in the foreground
Detail photo of a tactile model with buildings of the former concentration camp scanned by a finger
Detail photo of a tactile model with representation of various building complexes of the former concentration camp
Two detail photos of the tactile models "1945" and "Today "Left: Two visitors in the background talking about the tactile model

Renderings

Detail photo of a tactile plan with representation of a transparent tactile foil for path guidance
A rendering of the tactile model in the outdoor space

Accompanying Media

Photo of the mobile tactile maps with detailed information about the concentration camp memorial site
Detail photo of the mobile tactile plans with the tab "Introduction", "Today", "1945" and "Legend".
Two detail photos of a tactile map to show text pages with Braille and large print, and a color tactile site plan
Detail photo of a tactile plan with representation of a transparent tactile foil for path guidance

Inclusion in Detail

Photo of a wheelchair user and a blind woman at one of the tactile models
Two photos of a blind woman at the inauguration of the tactile models
Group photo of blind people at the inauguration of the tactile models
Two photos of members of the Bavarian Federation for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Photo of the project managers of the concentration camp memorial and the agency at the inauguration. In the bottom left corner of the picture you can see the IAUD Silver Award 2021.

Project Details

Project scope: Didactic concept for the implementation of the mediation goals for blind and visually challenged people, material and production research for the production of robust tactile models, conception and implementation of a lockable model carrier, planning and implementation of the tactile displays including product design and 3D data creation, graphic design of accompanying media with tactile detail illustrations in German and English, organization and implementation of focus group work, creation of extensive audio description texts for blind-friendly image description, production of audio files, production supervision and monitoring
Photo of the assembly of a cardboard model as a functional model for model construction
A cardboard model of the tactile model
A detailed view of an untreated house model still packaged in transparent foil
Two employees assembling the folding mechanism of the touch model
A picture from the workshop during the assembly of the rotating body
An employee of inkl Design looking closely at the dismantled mode
Detailed view of one of the small model buildings of the metal tactile model
Detailed view of the miniature metal buildings
View of a metal plate with the Today lettering
Time-lapse animation of the assembly of the tactile model on site in Dachau
Two Inkl Design employees look at a dismantled model plate of the tactile model
An employee of inkl Design during the first inspection of the finished tactile model in closed condition
Gregor Strutz from inkl Design photographing a metal model plate
An employee of inkl Design doing the final touches on the tactile model
Detail photo of a dismantled metal model plate with partially screwed building models
A close-up of a built-in miniature building
A person feeling a sample production of part of the memorial buildings
Gregor Strutz feeling the finished model on site for the first time
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Jewish Museum Berlin

Architecture of emotions

The Jewish Museum in Berlin is Europe’s largest Jewish museum. The building by architect Daniel Libeskind is one of the city’s iconic landmarks. Its floor plan describes the fractures, distortions and abysses in the history of Judaism and the Holocaust. Our task was to make these tangible in tactile maps.

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A broken Star of David that has become a museum is both a symbol and a room for experience. This space, with all its shafts, crooked walls and unclear paths, leads visitors onto shaky ground. The new tactile maps provide orientation.

To guide guests from all over the world through the multi-storey building with its redesigned permanent exhibition, we first identified important orientation spots in the museum. Together with the Jewish Museum and a focus group, the concept was tested for its practical usefulness before we “inkl. Designers” created the guidance plans.

Today, they fit seamlessly into the design of the rooms and at the same time make the theme of inclusion visible in an aesthetically sophisticated way. The tactile maps provide information in German and English. Their lettering was done in Braille and profile lettering as well as with a high contrast value that is easy to read.

In addition to the floor plans, we designed two tactile paintings for the Jewish Museum. One shows a portrait of Albertine Heine, which was created on the occasion of her marriage to Paul Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. The grandson of the famous philosopher Moses Mendelsohn was secretly engaged to Albertine for a long time; his father rejected the union.

The high-resolution print of the lush motif is covered with transparent acrylic, raised lines make the visible schematically tangible.

The second tactile painting shows a depiction by the artist Jankel Adler on the theme of the Sabbath. The scene shows domestic rest on the weekly holiday.

Tactile Painting Albertine Heine as bride

Photo of a room in the Jewish Museum in Berlin. In the center the painting "Albertine Heine as a bride". The painting hangs on a blue wall. The oil painting shows Albertine Albert in a wedding dress in front of a red, slightly opened curtain. In front of the artwork is the corresponding tactile model including explanation in Braille. Two visitors can be seen out of focus in the background on the left.
Two photos of a room in the Jewish Museum in Berlin. In the center of the left photo the painting "Albertine Heine as a bride" on the wall with tactile model of the artwork and explanation in black letter and Braille in front of it on a table. In the right photo an elderly person in a wheelchair next to the tactile model of the artwork.
Detail photo of the tactile model "Albertine Heine as a bride". Detail of the upper right half with "Albertine" in wedding dress and the acrylic imitated magnificent frame.
Detail photo of the tactile model "Albertine Heine as a bride". Detail of the upper right half tilted to the right. A hand feels the acrylic imitation of the magnificent frame.

Tactile Painting Sabbath

Photo of the painting "Sabbath" by Janker Adler in Jewish Museum in Berlin. The artwork hangs on a glass wall, which stands in the middle of the room. To the left you can see another much smaller painting by the same artist, showing a woman.
Two photos of the painting "Sabbath" by Janker Adler in the Jewish Museum in Berlin. The left picture shows the artwork on a mobile tactile plan. On the right side of the plan you can see the painting to be felt, on the left side the description in tactile letters and Braille. The mobile tactile plan lies on a white bench. On the right side of the plan is a slit for better hand holding.
Detail photo of the tactile model of the painting "Sabbath" by Janker Adler. You can see the right half of the tactile plan with the artwork in acrylic. Two hands are feeling the tactile painting.
Detail photo of the tactile model of the painting "Sabbath" by Janker Adler. You can see parts of the right half of the tactile plan with the artwork in acrylic, as well as parts of the left half with description in tactile letters and in Braille.

Tactile Maps

Photo of an interior of the Jewish Museum in Berlin. The room looks like a hallway. At the end of the hallway is an exhibition wall, on which hang two paintings. In the upper part of the room, near the ceiling, there are several white struts with quotes written on them in blue letters on a white background. On the right side, standing against the wall, you can see a tactile plan, which serves the orientation of visually impaired people in the museum building.
Two photos of the tactile map for orientation in the Jewish Museum in Berlin. The right photo shows a detailed view of the tactile map with its own location marked. The right photo shows a woman feeling the plan for orientation in the museum building. In the background, at the top of the ceiling, white struts can be seen from wall to wall with blue lettering on a white background.
Photo of the tactile map on a table for orientation in the Jewish Museum in Berlin. The tactile map shows on the right side the part of the museum where the visitor is right now. On the left side, smaller, you can see the entire museum building as a tactile plan. On the front left of the table is a cane holder with a number.
Two photos of tactile plans in the Jewish Museum in Berlin. The left picture shows the tactile plan mounted horizontally on the wall. This plan shows a section of the museum as a tactile plan with a stick holder on the left side. On the right side there is a detail picture with the writing: "Your location" in tactile lettering and Braille. The Braille writing is felt by one hand.
Photo of the tactile map in the Jewish Museum in Berlin fixed on a table. The table stands on the left in a corner which it fills completely. To the right of it, the wall ends and gives a view of the exhibition space with exhibits behind it.
Two photos of a tactile map in the Jewish Museum in Berlin on a table. In the left photo, a woman standing at the side of the table is feeling parts of the plan. A cane holder is attached to the left of the tactile plan.

Inklusion in Detail

In the photo, a woman is feeling a tactile plan with both hands. To her right, her cane for the blind is placed in the cane holder. At the back left you can see two people walking into the picture from the left.
Two photos from a tactile plan in the Jewish Museum in Berlin. The first picture shows a blind man's cane in the cane holder in detail. The second picture shows a detail of the tactile plan.
Detail photo of the tactile map in the Jewish Museum for orientation in the museum building in the entrance area.
Detail photo of the tactile map in the Jewish Museum in Berlin with the lettering in tactile letters and Braille "Familienalbum" in German and English
Two detail photos of the tactile plan in the Jewish Museum in Berlin. The left picture shows a small section of an edge of the tactile plan. The right picture also shows only a small section with the lettering in tactile letters and Braille "1. Etage" (1st floor) in German and English.
Detail photo of the upper part of a tactile model. The picture shows the painting "Albertine Heine as a bride" in the Jewish Museum in Berlin
Two photos of the tactile model of the painting "Albertine Heine as a bride". The left photo is a deail photo of the cane holder at the table of the tactile model with number and Braille. The right photo shows the upper part of the tactile painting and two groping hands.
Detail photo of the upper right corner of the tactile model of the painting "Sabbath" by Janker Adler from the Jewish Museum in Berlin
Two photos of the tactile model of the painting "Sabbath" by Janker Adler. The left photo is a detail view of the center of the acrylic tactile model and shows parts of the structure. The right photo shows a woman in the center of the photo sitting on a bench with a mobile tactile painting on her lap. The woman is palpating the center of the painting.
The photo shows a detailed view of the tactile painting "Sabbath" by Janker Adler. Two hands palpate the surface of the painting.

Project Details

Project Scope: Didactic concept for the implementation of the mediation goals for blind and visually challenged people, organization and implementation of focus group work, planning and implementation of the tactile displays including product design and 3D data creation, graphic design, production supervision and monitoring.

Project image Weltstodio Humboldt Forum Berlin

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Humboldt Forum Berlin

News from strangers

In the World Studio of the Humboldt Forum in Berlin, visitors are encouraged in an entertaining and unconventional way to exchange ideas about Berlin in the world and the world in Berlin and to become active together. A place for workshops and communication, for spontaneous participation and lingering. And an inclusive place for everyone.

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The World Studio is characterised by three spacious elements that make it possible to experience and critically question methods for creating maps in a new way: the Thread Cartographer, the Person Cartographer and the Ball Cartographer. Together with the expertise of a focus group, we “inkl designers” have ensured that access to this exciting experimental field is designed to be accessible.

The Ball Cartographer reaches almost to the ceiling of the World Studio. What looks like an adventurously built marble run is also a map archive. Here, guests leave their own sketched directions to a personal favourite place. This could be the best ice cream parlour in Naples or an idyllic bench on the banks of the Spree. Once a ball is clamped into the Ball Cartographer, it nudges others with a dark plop. Finally, the ball that has been in the track the longest falls down and you can take out the map inside: the secret tip of one or another as a unique Berlin souvenir. There are tips hidden in Chinese characters or places that are not in any “Lonely Planet” travel guide.

We have developed prototypes so that messages in the Ball Cartographer can also be sent by blind people. With the help of stamps that are also inscribed with Braille and stencils with special markings, blind people can also participate in the creative exchange. In addition, there is a typewriter with markings for blind people that also serves sighted people well and thus builds bridges in a very uncomplicated way.

There are also other inclusive offerings in the room: At weaving looms, the Thread Cartographers, associations to the city of Berlin can be woven into a common carpet. In a fruitful collaboration with partially sighted and blind people, threads and fabrics were selected that are exciting to the touch. The handling of the looms was optimised for non-sighted people. There is an accompanying folder with explanations in Braille.

All prototypes and installations were tested and further developed together with a focus group, even under the difficult circumstances of the Corona period. In video conferences and with the help of audio descriptions for the blind colleagues, we were also able to learn a lot of valuable things for our daily work.

Another component of the participatory offer is the Person Cartographer. For sighted people, this is a huge outline of a person that can be creatively designed, painted and written on.

But how do you make this offer accessible to blind people? Large outlines offered too little orientation on the poster, so without further ado we made the poster smaller and provided it with a tactile outline. Other points of orientation such as the eyes and belly button are now also tactile.

Picture of the logo of the Weltstudio in the Humboldt Forum
Two employees of incl. Design in neon green vests are on the construction site in front of the Humboldt Forum.
Members of the focus group stand in the entrance area of the Humboldt Forum. A staff member stands in the foreground and explains the premises.
The photo shows a close-up of small stamps marked with tactile braille letters, next to an ink pad. In the foreground is a piece of paper with the logo of the Weltstudio, which belongs to the Rolling Cartographer. On it, visitors can describe their favourite place.
The picture shows the Weltstudio in the Humboldt Forum. In the foreground on the left is a part of the Rolling Cartographer. In the background, members of the focus group in conversation.
A member of the focus group stands groping at one lane of the Rolling Cathographer.
Members of the focus group sit at a table in the Humboldt Forum and feel a model of the Rolling Cathographer.
The photo from the Weltstudio shows a large stack of very large posters. This is the Body Cartopgrapher, where visitors can artistically relate themselves to the world.
A blind woman from the focus group touches a small model of the Rolling Cartographer.
Three blind women from the focus group and two employees of inkl. design sit laughing around an open laptop. Because of the corona pandemic, they meet together online.
The picture shows a focus group meeting where some members are connected via video conference. The incl.design employee Franziska Müller sits at a table and picks out something in her documents during the conversation.
Another photo shows members of the focus group in the Weltstudio. They are trying out different activities, for example stamps or writing stencils.
The photo shows members of the focus group in the Weltstudio. They are trying out different activities, for example, stamps or writing stencils.
This close-up shows a woman's hands fiddling with a small piece of tape. On the table in front of her is the poster from the Body Cartographer, already painted in colour.
The focus group sits around a large table and crafts with different materials - feathers, beads, pencils, fabric....
The photo shows one of the finished posters from the Body Cartographer. It is painted all over with bright colours.
A blind woman from the focus group is sitting at a table. In front of her is a poster from the Body Cartographer. She feels the tactile outline of the person on the poster. Despite her mask, you can see that she is smiling.
Das Foto zeigt ein buntes Chaos auf dem Tisch: malende Hände, viele bunte Stifte, Federn, Schere, unterschiedliches Garn... Auch zu sehen ist die Legende zum Personenkartograph – ein Blatt Papier, das mit Schwarz- und Brailleschrift bedruckt ist.
A blind woman from the focus group touches a model of the Rolling Cartographer.
The photo shows a colour poster for sighted people, a poster for blind people where the outline of the person is additionally printed tactilely and the inclusive legend. This is printed both for sighted people with text and symbols and for blind people with transparent Braille.
The photo shows three women from the focus group sitting at a table. In the foreground are piles of colourful pens, boxes of craft materials and coloured yarn. The pencil box is labelled with a sticker from the Weltstudio, white writing on a red background.
The photo from the Weltstudio shows a wooden frame with lots of stencils hanging on it that can be used for painting. Underneath the frame is a stack of posters.

Project Details

Project scope: General consulting, support in the organisation and conduct of focus group work, creation of prototypes to communicate the concept approaches, production of tactile tools, media and consumable
Project image Kawi and Nuka

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LVR-Landesmuseum, Neanderthal Museum 

Adventures in the Stone Age
Kawi and Nuka

The Neanderthal is probably the most famous Rhinelander. The LVR-Landesmuseum Bonn and the Neanderthal Museum Mettmann have therefore developed a children’s book with the Stone Age adventures of two little Neanderthals in cooperation with Carlsen Verlag. inkl.Design took on the consulting in terms of accessibility and accompanied the book project from start to finish with its expertise.

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“inkl.Experts” were involved in the development of the story, advised illustrators during the book’s creation process and provided feedback for the individual intermediate stages. Finally, we set the Braille and supervised the production of the children’s book.

In the implementation of the project, we benefited from our experience in the development of the award-winning children’s book “Bunte Bande” which inkl.Design designed together with “Aktion Mensch” and which set standards. We are proud that a second book is now available with the same approach and the attention to detail that is a matter of course for us.

The new children’s book is all about Kawi and Nuka, two friends living in the time of the Neanderthals. An introductory text in everyday language and a corresponding version in Easy Language introduce the protagonists.

Kawi and Nuka lived in a time when all tools were made of stone, readers learn. Their exciting story is about a hunt for reindeer, which has a significant influence on the two children. The special feature: On the text pages with everyday language, the story is also printed in transparent Braille.

In the book, there are also short introductions to what actually is easy language. The principle of braille is also explained in everyday language, easy language and braille.

The book costs 14.95 euros and is available in museums and from Carlsen Verlag.

A Glance at the Book

Two copies of the children's book "Stone Age Adventures with Kawi and Nuka". The cover features an illustration of the two main characters Kawi and Nuka.
Close-up of avpage of the book. Kawi and Nuka are resting on a large boulder. There is transparent braille on the illustration.
Close-up of a page of the book. Part of an illustration is visible at the bottom of the image. Above it is a text in both black print and braille. A pictogram with braille is placed at the upper right edge of the picture. An arrow points to the braille on the inside of the book.
Close-up of a page of the book. There is a large illustration over two pages. It shows different children collecting berries. In the middle is a white spiral bound. Again, black print and braille are combined.
Close-up of a blue easy-to-read language page, which always follows a double page with everyday language and Braille. In the upper left corner of the picture is a pictogram for easy-to-read language. An arrow points to the book page.
Excerpt from the presentation of the inclusive children's book ”Steinzeit-Abenteuer mit Kawi und Nuka”with marking of visually impaired-friendly design elements.
Picture of a double page of Easy Language page. There are illustrations and the text from the previous page as easy-to-read text.
Close-up of an illustration from the book. Kawi and Nuka have discovered hoofprints in the ground. Kawi is whistling for a friend. At the top of the picture there is text in black print.

Inclusion in Use

Graphic of a double page with explanations of the individual elements of the page
Graphic explaining the structure of the book
Close-up of a blue Easy-to-read Language. Pictured is an illustration and text from the previous page, the text is in Easy-to-read-Language. Kawi and Nuka are waving to members of another Neaderthal family.

Project Details

Project Scope:  Consulting of illustrators, Advice on technical production issues (Braille, book binding, logistics), Consulting (typography, fonts, contrasts), Realisation of the braille text, Proofreading of the Braille texts, Checking the design for accessibility

Project image A Museum Guide Book of a Special Kind

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LWL-Museum of Art and Culture

„Mensch!“ – a Museum Guide Book of a Special Kind

The LWL Museum of Art and Culture in Münster has been a pioneer for accessible art offers in North Rhine-Westphalia for years. We “inkl.Designers” were asked to develop and produce an art book with six tactile paintings from the museum’s permanent collection.

 
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The selection of the paintings follows a red thread: How were and are people in different epochs represented in art? How did their artistic expression change over the centuries?

The spectrum ranges from the early Middle Ages, in which there are no worldly representations of humans at all, to the performance art of Joseph Beuys. Not only blind and visually challenged people, but all art lovers will gain an extraordinary insight into the Münster collection with this art book.

The time span of the motifs ranges from the 12th century with the Bockhorst triumphal cross, which shows the suffering Jesus not suffering at all but with his head raised, through the 16th century with the “Family Picture of Count Rietberg” by Herman tom Ring , which can be read like a marriage advertisement, to the 19th century with the painting “Lady with Child” by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. Paula Modersohns-Becker and Otto Mueller stand for the 20th century. The object “Küchenchef” by Joseph Beuys closes the extraordinary composition.

All motifs can be experienced sensually in an art book, which is accompanied by a comprehensive audio CD. Specially composed music and professionally recorded texts complete the package.

All six motifs are provided with transparently printed, tactile structures, which reproduce the most important details of the picture composition on the coloured original. In combination with the audio description, this results in a comprehensive impression for the viewer.

In addition to the art book, we have also produced five of the motifs as portable tactile paintings. Their low weight, the handy dimensions of approx. 35 x 50 cm and an even more concise tactile elaboration have already proven their worth during museum tours for blind people.

A Glance at the Tactile Book

Image of the tactile cover with braille
Excerpt with large Braille from the LWL touch book
Detail view of the tab system in the touch book
A person reads Braille on a lead page in the tactile book
View of the audio CD with audio descriptions in the tactile book
View sitting gypsy girl from touch book
Illustration of painting lady with child from tactile book
Detail of the tactile painting family portrait of Count Rietberg
Detail view of painting Lady with child with reinforced white lines for people with visual impairment
Fold-out page showing the family portrait of Count Rietberg
Representation of a person reading Braille
Representation of a fold-out page with the illustration "Chef" by Joseph Beuyz.

Portable Tactile Paintings

Photo of a person pulling a tactile painting from the accompanying carrier bag
Photo of a person pulling a tactile painting from the accompanying carrier bag
Detail of the tactile painting Bockhorster Triumphkreuz
Detail of the tactile painting "Sitting gypsy girl".
Photo of a person feeling the tactile painting gypsy girl
Detail view of tactile painting gypsy girl

In Detail:
Das Bockhorster Triumphkreuz

The Bockhorst triumphal cross in two views

Listen here to the text on the interpretation of the sculpture “Bockhorster Triumphkreuz” made of oak wood. (audio only in german)

Detail of the tactile painting Bockhorster Triumphkreuz
Detail of the tactile painting Bockhorster Triumphkreuz
Detail view of the Bockhorst triumphal cross

In Detail: Paula Modersohn-Becker,
Self-Portrait with White Pearl Necklace

Photo with mobile tactile painting self portrait with pearl necklace

Listen here to the text on the interpretation of the painting “Self-Portrait with White Pearl Necklace” by Paula Modersohn-Becker.


Photo with mobile tactile painting self portrait with pearl necklace
Detail of the pearl necklace of the tactile painting Self-portrait of Paula
Detail of the pearl necklace of the tactile painting Self-Portrait of Paula

Project Details

Project scope: Creation and production of the tactile book “Mensch!” with tactile illustrations, graphic design and layout, planning and implementation of five mobile tactile paintings with matching carrier bag, including product design and 3D data creation. Support of studio recordings audio CD, production support and music selection

Project image Campaign That's What We're Here For

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Lebenshilfe Berlin

That’s what we’re here for!

Anyone who took the public transport in Berlin in spring and summer became aware of an anniversary of a special kind: Lebenshilfe Berlin (“Life Aid Berlin”) turned 60. Founded as a parents’ initiative in 1960, the association enabled thousands of children and adults with cognitive or learning difficulties to lead a self-determined life. This was to be celebrated in style.

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Therefore, Lebenshilfe asked us to create a self-confident campain – to show the pride and self-conception of the people at Lebenshilfe who live and work together.

We “inkl.Designers” enjoyed this campaign very much. We learned a lot, laughed and tried out. Last but not least, the campaign is also a first and very fine joint work, which we designed with our office neighbours from DiG/Plus Berlin.

At the heart of the new Lebenshilfe campaign are the large-scale motifs. They show people who are right in the middle of life, who fulfil themselves because they are taken seriously just as they are. The protagonists give an insight into the wide range of services offered by the organisation, whose aim is to make people with disabilities a self-evident part of society.

“That’s what we are here for” is the motto of Lebenshilfe: for listening, accompanying, making possible and making visible what is inside us. A special highlight were the photo shootings. Everyone involved – in front of and behind the camera – rose above themselves and put something big on the road.

The videos created during the shooting capture honestly and impressively what the work of Lebenshilfe is all about: growing and becoming strong together. We are deeply impressed and inspired by the “Life Helpers”.

Take a look at www.dafür-sind-wir-da.de – it could be that this enthusiasm grabs you just as much as it does us.

Logo 60 years of Lebenshilfe
Large poster of the motif "Lebenshilfe rocks" with four people who organize a party for people with and without disabilities every year.
Large poster of the motif "Bridge builder" with an employee of the intercultural advice centre of Lebenshilfe Berlin
Large poster of the motif "tackling dreams", which shows a handicapped young man in an outfit from the 1920s, who wants to study fashion design.

Anna is Curative Education Nurse and Sarah is Client in the Day Support Center Neukölln.

Photo of an enormously happy, severely disabled young woman in a wheelchair and her carer during the photo shooting
Large poster of the motif "Show what you can do" with the severely disabled young woman and her carer and the stamped anniversary logo of Lebenshilfe Berlin
Photo showing the photographer shooting the subject with the severely disabled young woman and her carer
The photo shows a shot in the underground with the large poster of the motif "Show what you can do" and approaching train

„Working with people gives you a lot in return.
It’s not cold, it’s warm.
And there’s a lot of joy in it. Joy and heart.“

Photo showing two people full of joy, a woman and a man, who have continuously developed into managers at Lebenshilfe Berlin

Mike is the boss of 200 employees. He started working for Lebenshilfe Berlin 20 years ago as a curative education nurse.

Large poster of the motif "Something solid", which shows a tattooed, muscular man who has developed from a Curative Education Worker to a current senior staff member of Lebenshilfe
Photo from the shooting with the former Curative Education Worker and current senior staff member, holding the anniversary logo in his folded arms
Photo of the poster motif "something solid" in the Stadtmitte underground station
Photo from the shoot with two friendly Lebenshilfe residential care workers, including a former migrant from Togo
Large poster of the motif „By conviction fellow human beings“ which shows two caretakers from Lebenshilfe Berlin, including one who comes from Togo.

„You are important and they are important and they realize that it’s real. And just as I am authentic to them, they are authentic to me.
And that’s what makes it so special.“

Picture of the large-surface motif "Ehrenfrauen" showing two women with the anniversary logo who are working at Lebenshilfe
Photo from the shooting "Ehrenfrauen", which shows both relaxed and happy in the studio
Photo from the shooting with the photographer and the two fooling around women for the motif "Women of Honour".
Photo of the "bridge builder" in the studio, her posture corrected by the director of the photo shoot
Snapshot of the intercultural consultant in the studio from the motif "Bridge builder
Another snapshot of one of the home carers from the motif "Aus Überzeugung Mitmensch" in the studio
Snapshot of the two "honorary wives" in the studio
Another snapshot of one of the home carers from the motif "Aus Überzeugung Mitmensch" in the studio
Snapshot of karate boxing attendant in studio
Photo of two disabled soccer fans of Hertha BSC and Juventus Turin from the same shared apartment, hugging each other amicably in the studio
Portrait photo of a young disabled woman from "Lebenshilfe rocks" motif
Portrait photo of disabled aikido fighter shooting
Snapshot of a disabled aikido fighter and a karate-boxing handler during the shoot
Situation photo from the shooting for the motif "Out of conviction fellow human beings
Photo from off camera at the shooting for the motif "Something solid“
Photo from off camera at the shooting for the motif "Lebenshilfe rocks
Off-camera photo at the shooting for the motif "Tackling Dreams"
Situation photo from the shooting for the motif "Tackling dreams".

Project Details

Project scope: Consulting, campaign concept and planning, media planning, casting of disabled people and employees of Lebenshilfe Berlin, photo shooting, graphic design of poster motifs (large surfaces and A1) and merchandising products, various texts, shooting and editing of videos, development of a barrier-free website, social media activities, production support
Post image children's book Die Bunte Bande

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