INCLUSIVE DESIGN IN THE ART OF PUBLIC SPACES: CREATING ACCESSIBLE EXPERIENCES FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED

The accessibility to everyone, including visually impaired people, is one of the key aspects of art in public spaces. Nowadays, the issue of providing blind and low vision people with the opportunity to enjoy artworks is only beginning to be addressed; thus, this practice has not yet become widespread. The physiological and cognitive characteristics of people with visual impairments as well as existing examples of solutions to this issue are analysed in the article. Based on the conducted analysis, a theoretical framework is developed, enabling people with visual impairments to fully perceive art in public spaces.