UNIque
A display of fashion student work
UNIque was an interactive fashion show designed to display the work of first, second and third year fashion students at the University of Derby. It was run in association with DAB (Derby Association for the Blind), to encourage blind and partially sighted people, to experience a catwalk fashion show.
Audience members were given remote headphones, which provided a detailed audio description of what the models were wearing which mixed the expertise of our fashion and multi-media students to produce an impressive event.
As models walked onto the catwalk, an individual barcode on each outfit was swiped across an electronic sensor which triggered the pre-recorded descriptions of what they were wearing.
The models also automatically triggered different music and light effects, by stepping on electronic pressure pads set into the stage.
Derbyshire Association for the Blind was consulted on the audio description system and has praised the UNIque show for highlighting technology it would hope to see High Street stores taking up in the future.
Philip Coates who is currently studying on the BSc (Hons) Multimedia Technology and Music Production course said: “DAB were able to advise us on what needed to be included on the audio descriptions for the outfits, in terms of basic colours and shapes. We also had information from the designers.”
UNIque was an interactive fashion show, designed to display the work of first, second and third year fashion students at the University of Derby.
It was run in association with DAB (Derby Association for the Blind), to encourage blind and partially sighted people, to experience a catwalk fashion show.
The show
Audience members were given remote headphones, which provided an audio description of what the models were wearing. This mixed the expertise of our fashion and multimedia students to produce an impressive event.
Swipe the code to trigger
As the models walked onto the catwalk, an individual barcode on each outfit was swiped across an electronic sensor which triggered the pre-recorded descriptions of what they were wearing.
Philip Coates who is currently studying on the BSc (Hons) Multimedia Technology and Music Production course said:
"DAB were able to advise us on what needed to be included on the audio descriptors for the outfits, in terms of the basic colours and shapes. We also had information from the designers."
By stepping on electronic pressure pads set into the stage the models automatically triggered different music and light effects.
Praised for highlighting
Derbyshire Association for the Blind was consulted on the audio description system and has praised the UNIque show for highlighting technology that it would hope to see high street stores take up in the future.
