Publisher Creates Book with Disappearing Ink to Simulate Dementia Memory Loss
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Rima Sabina Aouf
If you only eat one bagel today, this is the bagel.
Summary
Scottish publisher Boom Saloon created a unique book called '4,4,4&2' that uses disappearing ink to simulate the experience of memory loss in dementia. The book resembles a family cookbook with handwritten recipes, notes, and mementos, but the ink gradually fades away, representing how memories disappear for those with dementia. This innovative design project aims to create empathy and understanding for the dementia experience through an interactive, sensory approach.
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The book resembles a family cookbook, with handwritten recipes, scribbled notes, mementoes and various clippings all collected informally in one folder
Many families have a cookbook like this, but in the case of 4,4,4&2
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