BIMA Awards 2023 Design for Every Gamer

Produced by: The Mill Produced for: Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and The&Partnership

Winner

Design for Every Gamer

Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and The&Partnership launched Design for Every Gamer, an intiative to challenge perceptions and create real change in the world of gaming.

Using livestreaming platform Twitch, sighted, blind and partially sighted gamers played popular video games whilst having an honest conversation about this very real issue in real-time.

To make this experience as authentic as possible, The Mill created five different sight loss condition filters, with the help of experts at RNIB. These filters work via cameras and respond to gaze and head tracking. The sighted gamers’ screen is hacked with these filters, so they can experience first-hand the challenges for themselves. They range from partial sight conditions like retinitis pigmentosa, to showing the experience with little to no useful vision, demonstrating the full range of issues.

Categories

Technology-driven Experience: Gold
Creative Award
Inclusive Design Award

 

The team

Client: RNIB

  • Director of Brand: Martin Wingfield
  • Head of Brand Engagement: Lorna Forbes
  • Brand Projects Lead: Susannah Kingham
  • Media, Culture and Immersive Technologies Lead: Sonali Rai
  • Clinical lead for Eye Health, Optometry and Low Vision: Dr Louise Gow
  • Creative Services Manager: Alex Hoste
  • Brand & Marketing Officer: Malcolm Wai

Agency: The&Partnership

  • CEO: Sarah Golding
  • ECD: Toby Allen
  • Creatives: Adam Jackson & Ted Price
  • Managing Director & Strategy Partner: Sarah Clark
  • Strategist: Ed Davenhill
  • Business Lead & Partner: Benedict Pringle
  • Senior Account Director: Hannah Gray
  • Senior Account Manager: Amy Brett
  • Head of Integrated Production: Charles Crisp
  • Senior Producer: Joseph Tomlinson
  • Head of Design: Dan Howarth
  • Production: Mill Experience
  • Creative Director: Kevin Young
  • Senior Producer: Sinead Catney
  • Producer: Lucy Budd
  • Technical Director: Mark Dooney
  • Developers: Eleanor Edwards & Matt Pearson