.T.D.N. Who we are   Virtual classroom   Project 2010   Project 2009   Project 2008   Project 2007   Project 2006 Project 2005 Project 2004 Galleries Register Login Designing with Type Soundbites Downloads How to Join & Upload Impressum	TDN-Project 6 Briefing Background Glossary tactile | tactual adjective of or connected with the sense of touch: vocal and visual signals become less important as tactile signals intensify. perceptible by touch or apparently so; tangible: she had a distinct, almost tactile memory. designed to be perceived by touch: tactile exhibitions help blind people enjoy the magic of sculpture. Background The journey started from a Master of Design degree research project at University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) in 2003. I have designed and produced the »Tactile Comic Book for Children with Vision Impairment«. This tactile comic book turns out to be the first of its kind in the way it communicates, interacts with the blind readers and in developing the cognition of the children who are visually impaired. This project is the subsequent of my presentation and workshops at the PROFILE Intermedia 9 Conference, Bremen (Germany, 2006), entitled »Non-Digital Virtual Reality; Touching is Believing and RE-designing life«. Prior to that, I have also presented the topic at the Tactile Graphics Conference (Birmingham UK, 2005), the Imaginary Worlds Symposium (Sydney, 2005) and couple of other conferences in Australia. Michael Sutjiadi (Independent Scholar- Sydney, Australia) mis27774@yahoo.com | tactilecomics.com | flickr.com/photos/44624290@N00/ Coordination Sebastian Karcher, Friesenheim, Germany Wolfgang Wick, Freiburg / Germany