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This is remarkably good, sharp and both funny, sad, righteous-angering and, well, eye-opening. It’s for the blind and partially-sighted, and just as much it’s for those of us who have never had to think about any of this stuff, and is called “10 Steps to Help You Find the Perfect Job”.
New Printing Tech Allows the Blind to Touch Priceless Paintings
Visitors aren’t touching the original paintings themselves, exactly. They’re touching an extremely high-resolution replica of each painting. The exhibit at Madrid’s Prado Museum, called Hoy toca el Prado, or Touch The Prado, is the product of a new printing process invented in Spain called Didú. Developed by a printing studio called Estudios Durero, Didú produces physical objects a bit like a 3D printer would—except using a completely different chemical process.
The process begins with a high-resolution photo of the painting. The employees at Durero select textures and features that make sense to enhance for the blind. In this aspect, small details, which may appear insignificant at first sight, can be fundamental in understanding the composition or the theme developed in each image. After around forty
hours of work on each image, the volumes and textures are defined and
printed with special ink. Then a chemical method is applied that gives
volume to the initially flat elements. On these, the real image with the
original colours is printed, at a suitable size so that it can be
touched and reached with the hands.Touching the Prado. Didú from Estudios Durero on Vimeo.
This seems really awesome. 😀 Funny, informative, and, from what I’ve learned, pretty on the money.
Can this please just be mandatory viewing material for people? This is really basic shit.
(OMG THE DOOR THING. THE DOOR THING.)
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