Soma design

A design approach rooted in somaesthetics that foregrounds the sensing, feeling, living body as both the subject and medium of design. Soma design attends to the full range of bodily experience — touch, proprioception, movement, temperature, tension — rather than privileging vision. In accessibility contexts, soma design is particularly relevant for creating technologies and learning experiences for BLV users, as it values non-visual sensory engagement and challenges the visual bias of mainstream interaction design. It advocates designing with the body rather than just for the body.