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LANGUAGE
CARDS

OVERVIEW
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A language card system designed for a young non-verbal child in a bilingual family (English - Portuguese). Made with flexible plastic, the cards use American Sign Language (ASL) and category colors to build language through visual association, allowing the child to memorize the hand gesture shapes as signs, before formally learning ASL.

PROCESS
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Researched early communication development and ASL fundamentals. Developed a card system with categories, clear hand gestures and simple typography. Prototyped sets, tested in real learning moments, and refined for clarity, durability and joyful interaction.

METHODS
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Product Design
Communication Design
Visual Systems
Typography
Prototyping

A woman with dark hair and wearing a navy blue shirt with white polka dots holds up two flashcards while speaking to two children in a classroom. The children, a girl and a boy, are listening attentively. The classroom is bright with natural light.
Color-coded allergy severity card key with options ranging from 'Yes' to 'No' and including 'Sometimes' and 'Uncertain', showing color segments from red to blue.
A colorful set of cards with illustrations of hands performing American Sign Language signs for various words and phrases in Portuguese, organized into different categories by color: orange for common words, blue for water-related signs, purple for emotions, green for assistance, and red for gratitude and approval.
Two card decks labeled 'Brincar.' The front card of the top deck shows an illustration of a hand making a shaka sign with the thumb and pinky finger extended, and arrows indicating movement.
Children playing with a colorful set of cards featuring safety and environmental symbols, with one child pointing at the cards and another child reaching for them, on a light-colored table.

Social Interaction

A thank you message in Portuguese and English, saying 'Obrigado/Obrigada' and 'Thank you', with a red and white background and the words 'Social Interaction' on the side.

Place

The image shows a card with the words 'Casa' in black and 'House' in orange, with a white background and an orange curved border on the right side.

Actions

Screen with the text 'Brincar Play' and a green curved border on the right side, and the word 'Actions' vertically on the border.

Basic Needs

Book cover titled "Basic Needs: Comer Eat" with a white background and a blue border on the right side.

Time

A digital clock or app display showing the time as morning in Portuguese, with the words "Manhã" and "Morning" on a white background with a teal border.

Emotions / State

A greeting card with a white background and purple accents, displaying the words "Feliz" and "Happy" in large black and purple text, with the word "EMOTIONS/STATE" written vertically along the purple curved edge.

Relationships

Design with the words 'Vovó Grandma' and 'Relationships' on a white background with a brown corner.

Alphabet

Flashcard with the letter K in uppercase and lowercase, labeled 'ALPHABET' on the right side.

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