Designing in the Dark: How to Help Congenitally Blind People to Design

Aren Khachatryan
9 min readJan 6, 2020

During the eight years of my experience as a product designer, I have come across many challenges in design and other aspects of problem-solving. Some were relatively easy, others required more time and effort. However, there was one problem that bothered me the most, as it remained unsolved for years. It had nothing to do with my professional career or academics, but was rather a personal call that made me feel responsible as a designer. Today, I may have opened the door towards its solution.

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Aren Khachatryan

I am a designer with scientific/engineering background. Originally from Yerevan, Armenia, but have lived all my adult life in Seattle, WA :)