Tanja Ubert – Master Design Research

Tag: Inclusive design

  • What happens next?

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    Although my Master Design journey has come to an end, the research certainly hasn’t. Over the past months, Living Without Letters has grown from a series of small experiments into a game that helps people experience how much our society depends on reading and writing. Every play session brought new insights, new conversations and new…

  • What happens when reading no longer works?

    What happens when reading no longer works?

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    Using Living Without Letters in an inclusive design workshop At first glance, Living Without Letters looks like a board game. There are cards, locations, time tokens, unexpected setbacks and moments of luck. Participants work their way through Rotterdam, trying to secure something remarkably ordinary: a place to live. Yet somewhere between confusion, laughter, hesitation and…

  • Playtest v12

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    Playtest v12 — When confusion starts to speak On April 23rd, during the Smart & Social Fest 2026, visitors tested the twelfth iteration of Leven zonder letters (Living without letters). At this stage, the game is no longer about whether it works—it is about what exactly it makes visible, and how precisely the experience can…

  • Playtests

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    Designing confusion as method Reflections from playtesting “Living Without Letters” Over the past months, Living Without Letters has been iteratively tested with graduate students, colleagues, partners from the Foundation for Reading and Writing, members of the Hero Guild, and in consultation with board game expert Diewertje Schuur. These playtests are not evaluative moments in a…