Blind designers: A proposal for schools of design

Abstract

Today it appears beyond doubt that the field of graphic design is essentially visual. This is reiterated by innumerable texts, as well as by the concerns of most courses in schools of design and the educational backgrounds of most professors in such schools. However, I wish to begin by stating that all which follows can be condensed in a single and, in such circumstances, seemingly paradoxical proposal: Design schools today would benefit incalculably from close collaboration with the blind. Yes, I mean the blind, that is, the visually impaired, people who cannot see with their eyes.