Comments on: BMW Museum: Night of the White Gloves http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/11/17/bmw-museum-night-of-the-white-gloves/ News And Rumors Covering The Auto Industry Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:30:56 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: roffle waffle http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/11/17/bmw-museum-night-of-the-white-gloves/comment-page-1/#comment-70812 roffle waffle Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:06:27 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/?p=5505#comment-70812 @<a href="#comment-70775" rel="nofollow">Brookside</a>: yeah but think practically, all those smudges, fingerprints, grease, and acid ruining museum pieces. You have to compromise somewhere. @Brookside:

yeah but think practically, all those smudges, fingerprints, grease, and acid ruining museum pieces. You have to compromise somewhere.

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]]> By: Brookside http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/11/17/bmw-museum-night-of-the-white-gloves/comment-page-1/#comment-70775 Brookside Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:37:08 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/?p=5505#comment-70775 Gotta love the Germans...Well intentioned, but hardly a sensuous experience. The gloves pretty much cancel out the feeling of tactility. It's so chaste- sort of like the thrill of kissing your sister if you see what I mean. Big points for good pr....blundering in it's condescension to the visually impaired. I'm afraid this is practiced....to a degree, in many museums with special displays, where people are allowed to touch designated sculptures. It sounds appealing....but by the time the body has transmitted sensation through cotton or latex gloves- the coolness of marble or the unyielding surface of steel is diminished. Too often events like this have more to do with soliciting warm and fuzzy glows to decorate the annual corporate report than any actual good. Gone are the days when handicapped people were social shut-ins, but there could have been something else staged for these folks...a very fast ride around the N-Ring in an M series or simply have a couple cars to experience...no filter. Surely BMW has in storage duplicate or early prototypes for people to experience without the gloves? Bottom Line- we still don't know how to treat handicapped people. Gotta love the Germans…Well intentioned, but hardly a sensuous experience. The gloves pretty much cancel out the feeling of tactility. It’s so chaste- sort of like the thrill of kissing your sister if you see what I mean. Big points for good pr….blundering in it’s condescension to the visually impaired. I’m afraid this is practiced….to a degree, in many museums with special displays, where people are allowed to touch designated sculptures. It sounds appealing….but by the time the body has transmitted sensation through cotton or latex gloves- the coolness of marble or the unyielding surface of steel is diminished.

Too often events like this have more to do with soliciting warm and fuzzy glows to decorate the annual corporate report than any actual good.
Gone are the days when handicapped people were social shut-ins, but there could have been something else staged for these folks…a very fast ride around the N-Ring in an M series or simply have a couple cars to experience…no filter. Surely BMW has in storage duplicate or early prototypes for people to experience without the gloves?

Bottom Line- we still don’t know how to treat handicapped people.

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]]> By: Gragop http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/11/17/bmw-museum-night-of-the-white-gloves/comment-page-1/#comment-70757 Gragop Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:29:32 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/?p=5505#comment-70757 Cool Cool

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]]> By: Clara http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/11/17/bmw-museum-night-of-the-white-gloves/comment-page-1/#comment-70744 Clara Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:52:17 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/?p=5505#comment-70744 @<a href="#comment-70660" rel="nofollow">roffle waffle</a>: It is. It seems like a brilliant and original idea -- has anyone else done anything like this? You also have to wonder how interested sightless folks will be... there's no reason I suppose they'd be any less interested in design. Maybe they'll be intrigued by the idea and try it. Come to think of it, it's a great idea for design students -- blindfold them and have them explore the design in a purely tactile way. @roffle waffle:
It is. It seems like a brilliant and original idea — has anyone else done anything like this?

You also have to wonder how interested sightless folks will be… there’s no reason I suppose they’d be any less interested in design. Maybe they’ll be intrigued by the idea and try it.

Come to think of it, it’s a great idea for design students — blindfold them and have them explore the design in a purely tactile way.

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]]> By: roffle waffle http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/11/17/bmw-museum-night-of-the-white-gloves/comment-page-1/#comment-70660 roffle waffle Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:10:51 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/?p=5505#comment-70660 a pretty cool opportunity for the blind a pretty cool opportunity for the blind

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