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Looksee
A tool-kit for children diagnosed with alternating diversional squint. Created to make eye-strengthening exercises fun and engaging for both the child and the parent.
my roles:
research
prototyping
user testing
illustration
graphic design
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PROBLEM:
Alternating diversional squint is a condition in which a patient’s eyes fail to align properly, resulting in double vision. To help strengthen these eye muscles, orthoptists often recommend eye exercises where the patient is required to wear an eyepatch and use only one eye for extended periods of time.
However, parents of children aged 4-6 diagnosed with alternating diversional squint often struggle to get their child to participate in the treatment exercises due to the child finding the treatment to be mundane and unengaging.
However, parents of children aged 4-6 diagnosed with alternating diversional squint often struggle to get their child to participate in the treatment exercises due to the child finding the treatment to be mundane and unengaging.
approach:
we chose to gamify the eye-strengthening exercises and create a full tool kit for parents and children to use together. The toolkit's components had no set rules in order to keep the childREN's imaginations active, and keep them wanting to come back to the tool kit everyday.
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relationship
Looksee is designed to invite parents into play. By making it a shared activity, it shifts the focus away from the child being tasked with what feels like a chore. Instead, it becomes a moment of connection and collaboration.
multi-use cards
The cards are double-sided and designed for multi-use, offering more than one way to engage with each activity. This allows for varied types of play and encourages repeat interaction.
eye strengthening exercises
Using eye-strengthening techniques like anaglyph imagery and monocular training, each card reveals a hidden illustration when viewed through the red or blue lens, bringing animals, oceans, and other playful worlds to life.
DEPTH PERCEPTION
EXERCISES
EXERCISES
An open-ended creative prompt on the other side of the card invites children to explore their imaginations and build visual stories that support depth perception and development.
distribution channels
ideally, the toolkit would be recommended by orthoptists/optometrists upon diagnoses of alternating diversional squint. the toolkits would then be stocked at optometrists and department stores such as farmers/whitcoulls.
