(Invisible) Puzzle
Tactile puzzle that has to be solved through touch rather than sight
(Invisible) Puzzle is a touch-first jigsaw puzzle for people with visual impairments, designed in collaboration with Amanda Yip, a visually impaired artist and co-founder of accessible fine arts consultancy Rebirth Ensemble.
The project transforms one of Amanda’s visual artworks into an immersive tactile puzzle, challenging a basic assumption embedded in both puzzles and visual experiences: that seeing has to be the starting point.
YEAR
2025
TEAM
Amanda Yip, Rebirth Ensemble Photography: Shawn Ng John Tay (SUPERMAMA)
EXHIBITION
Design Social, i’mable Collective Space Design for Care @ Marina Central, Singapore Design Week
A PUZZLE DESIGNED FOR AMANDA
Jigsaw puzzles are always designed for people who can see. And it led me to wonder – what if we designed them differently to be played with our other senses? Working with Amanda, a visually-impaired artist, I translated one of her artworks into a tactile puzzle - one that could be explored through textures and surfaces.
CURRENT STAGES
The project is currently in development with Hyperprojects and has been showcased in exhibitions, opening up ways of experiencing and interpreting visual art – not by describing it secondhand, but by redesigning the encounter itself.