SCAD UX design student project ‘TacTile’ wins bronze in Industrial Designers Society of America’s IDEA competition

The bronze-winning project TacTile — a technology-infused cane for those who are blind — was designed by a team of seven user experience design students:
- Taylor Rosenfeld (B.F.A., user experience design, 2022)
- Sara Williams (B.F.A., user experience design, 2022)
- Amanda Kong (B.F.A., user experience design, 2022)
- Alan Toleu (B.F.A., user experience design, 2022)
- Quint Bailey (B.F.A., user experience design, 2022)
- Alejandro Marqués (B.F.A., user experience design, 2022; B.F.A., visual effects, 2017)
- Bryce Kirksey (B.F.A., user experience design, 2022)
The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) is one of the oldest and largest industrial design associations in existence. IDSA’s International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) is a worldwide design competition celebrating the very best in design excellence for professionals and students. Apple’s original iPhone, Tesla’s Model S, and the Oculus Rift are just three recent examples of IDEA winners that have completely disrupted industry and society.