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this is another example of a universal design map in the tokyo subway to reveal not only names in braille but also the complex three-dimensional arrangement of platforms with a delicatly raised relief in this bronze plaque.

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  • By touch map 2 :: hyperexperience on May 19, 2008 at 8:42 am

    […] Another beautiful bronze map in Braille – this time in my favorite city (Firenze), in the middle of Piazza Repubblica, a large cast map of the city center with tactile labels on monuments and ridges on the river to indicate the direction of the current. More on Flickr. […]

  • By touch map 2 | Creative Synthesis on May 20, 2008 at 10:50 am

    […] Another beautiful bronze map in Braille – this time in my favorite city (Firenze), in the middle of Piazza Repubblica, a large cast map of the city center with tactile labels on monuments and ridges on the river to indicate the direction of the current. More on Flickr. […]