Xall - a whole different guide

Pierluca Lanzi (POLIMI Scientific Responsible), Paolo Boffi, Andrea Bovo - Polytechnic of Milan (POLIMI) - DEIB Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering

Partner Museums

MUS.e – Museo di Palazzo Vecchio e Museo Stefano Bardini (Florence, Italy)

Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Florence, Italy)

ENS - Associazione italiana sordi (Sez. Provinciale Firenze)

UICI - Unione Italiana Ciechi e Ipovedenti (Firenze)

HABILIA - Associazione di Paratetraplegici e altri disabili motori

Laboratorio di Foto Video per il Design e l’Architettura, Università degli Studi di Firenze,

Prof. Marcello Scalzo, Dott.ssa Parisa Darv (with the participation of Ilaria Malvone)

Tactile Studio (for Tactile Stations)

The research project was funded by the TIM Foundation and carried out by the University of Florence in collaboration with the Polytechnic of Milan. Partners in the project are three prestigious Florentine institutions: the Bargello National Museum and the Mus.e association with the Palazzo Vecchio Museum and the Stefano Bardini Museum.

Museums are the first to experience the innovative solution offered by XAll - A whole different guide, for an art truly capable of overcoming barriers and offering full enjoyment of beauty. Thanks to an app for all and stations with tactile, sound and olfactory stimuli, museum visits become more engaging experiences for everyone, especially for people with sensory disabilities.

The following associations participated in the project: Italian National Agency for the Deaf (ENS), the Paratetraplegic and Motor Disabled Association Habilia Onlus and the Italian Union of the Blind and Visually Impaired ONLUS-APS (UICI).

Tosi, F., Brischetto, A., & Iacono, E. (2025). XALL- Tutta un’altra guida. Design e innovazione tecnologica per il museo inclusivo, p. 1-226. Milano: FrancoAngeli. ISBN: 9788835153184

Tosi F., Brischetto A., Iacono. E., Becchimanzi C. (2024). XALL-Tutta un’altra guida. Design per l’inclusione: strategie e strumenti per musei inclusivi. In Design per la Diversità. Atti della Conferenza Nazionale SID 2023 (pp. 270-280). SID Società Italiana Design.

Tosi, F., Brischetto, A., Iacono, E. & Becchimanzi, C. (2023). Enhancing inclusive experience in museums: Results from a field study. In AHFE Open Access Proceedings (Vol. 75, pp. 132–144). AHFE International.

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