THE 69th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF JSSD

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Oral

[8A] Design System, Form, Construction, Graphic Design

Sat. Jun 25, 2022 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Oral room8

Chairperson:Ritsuko Izuhara

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

[8A-06] Sign Graphic Design in Group Home for People with Intellectual Disabilities

In Terms of the Level of Abstraction

*Junpei Hoshino1, Mao Kudo2, Katsuya Ogata3 (1. KYUSHU UNIVERSITY - Graduate School of Design, 2. KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, 3. Welfare Service Center for Persons with Disabilities - JOY CLUB)

Keywords:Graphic Design, Sign, Intellectual Disabilities

The purpose of this research is to clarify the design condition of graphics for sign and research methodology including people with intellectual disabilities.
In this research, sign graphics pasted to the door in group home for people with intellectual disabilities were designed to distinguish their rooms easily. Ten adults with intellectual disabilities who cohabit in the group home were surveyed about their preferences for graphics on the door different in level of abstraction (concrete / semiabstract / abstract).
As a result, concrete was selected the most. The sign graphics were designed considering this result and harmony with the surrounding environment of living space.