Dezeen promotion: the winners of the iF Design Award 2021 have been announced in a worldwide digital campaign due to the travel restrictions to the originally planned ceremony in Berlin, Germany.
Launched in 1954, iF Design, intends to promote social change through design, identify "good design" and support young designers in launching their careers.
This year the iF Design Award winners of nine disciplines selected holistic, human-centred solutions that echoed the theme of the 2021 digital iF winners campaign, The CreatiFe Power of Design.
Here we outline the award-winning projects, including a system that helps visually impaired individuals learn to use the internet and a discrete hearing aid device that can be placed under hair.

Blind Storytelling/Auxiliary equipment for the blind Blind Storytelling/Auxiliary equipment for the blind was designed to help visually impaired individuals use the internet.
The design includes smart gloves that help people undertake operational commands with their hands, while the headset can read screen information and convert it into audio information.
"The headset can read the information on the recognition screen and convert it into a voice to communicate to the user, while smart gloves can help users realise basic operation commands by setting specific shortcut keys in advance," said the award organisers.
Manufacturer: Shenzhen Powor Industry Design

Project: Blind Storytelling/Auxiliary equipment for the blind

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