Dialogue Social Enterprise creates immersive exhibitions and workshops to foster empathy and openness towards other ways of living, cultures, and values. In Dialogue in the Dark, - one of the permanent exhibition series - blind tour-guides invites visitors on an adventure in total darkness, helping them to unlock their non-visual perception and to overcome stereotypes and limitations in new surroundings. In Dialogue in Silence, deaf explainers widen visitors’ capacity to communicate while discovering their power of nonverbal communication. The role swap works for the duration of the experiences. As perspectives about disability and abilities change, the impact lasts forever.

Reflect Studio created a collection for the gift shop at the Dialogue Museum in Istanbul, Turkey.

The design process took an extensive approach, starting from research. The creative team of the studio went visited both experiences at the museum multiple times, pinpointing the climax moments in both experiences and engaging in detailed dialogues with the blind and deaf guides who guide the visitors, as well as the visitors to better understand their most memorable moments.

To elaborate on a wider approach about issues of ability and disability, we took our research beyond the boundaries of the museum and conducted user research about the concepts of city-life, colours, darkness and conversations. By the end of our research period, we gathered insights and transformed them into themes of Faces, Silence, Eigengrau, Dialogue, Dots & Lines and CMYK.

Collab → Dialogue Museum
Collection ID`s → Dialogue In The Dark, Dialogue In Silence
Category → Arts & Culture