FACE 2 FACE

TitleFACE 2 FACE
BrandGENESIS SCHOOL FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION
Product / ServiceFACE 2 FACE LEARNING MOBILE APPLICATION
CategoryA05. Health & Wellness Tech
EntrantGENESIS SCHOOL FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION Singapore, SINGAPORE
Idea Creation DDB SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE
Production DDB SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE

Credits

Name Company Position
Chris Chiu DDB Group Singapore Group Chief Creative Officer
Melvin Kuek DDB Group Singapore Deputy CEO
Iu La Lueta DDB Group Singapore Creative Director
Sithum Walter DDB Group Singapore Senior Art Director
Samantha Liew DDB Group Singapore Senior Copywriter
Yih Cheng Yak DDB Group Singapore Business Director
Kylie Wong DDB Group Singapore Senior Project Manager
Herry Budiyanto DDB Group Singapore Principal Consultant, Technology
Chun Guan Neo DDB Group Singapore Lead Consultant, Mobile and Innovation
Mike Tran DDB Group Singapore Senior Mobile Engineer
Chee Kean Lee DDB Group Singapore Visualiser
Cho Zan Aung DDB Group Singapore Visualiser/Animator
Ching Ong Cheng DDB Group Singapore Visualiser
Mariana Jessica DDB Group Singapore Animator
Bettina Feng DDB Group Singapore Head of Broadcast
Deborah Chia DDB Group Singapore Producer
Rebecca Toh Freelance Videographer
Wei Fong Pang Freelance Editor
Simon Tan Freelance Editor
Jamie Marcelo FFX Film Pte Ltd Editor

Describe any restrictions or regulations regarding Healthcare/RX/Pharma communications in your country/region including:

One in 150 children in Singapore has autism, a rate higher than WHO’s global figure of one in 160. Yet therapy sessions in Singapore – one of Asia’s most expensive cities – are pricey and limited. Children here could wait months between sessions, making it difficult to improve their condition.

Describe the target audience and why your work is relevant to them.

Autistic children love to interact with digital devices but autism apps are dominated by single-user apps; none has social interaction as its primary focus. Face 2 Face offers a 2-user experience that allows parent and child to use the app while sitting face to face.

Describe the creative idea

What if connecting with autistic children was as simple as placing the iPad down between us and them? Introducing Face 2 Face. The first two-user experience App that connects parents to their autistic child with a two-way Mirror Keypad, designed to let them sit face to face, facilitating interaction. Turning kiddo’s favourite screen time into face time with mom or dad.

Describe the execution

Inspired by the simple gesture of a child lowering the iPad onto a table, we worked together with Genesis School For Special Education, the prestigious Child Development Unit at the National University Hospital of Singapore, UX specialists and mobile engineers to come up with an original Mirror Keypad interface. This unique two-way app interface lets children sit face to face with their parents while using the same device, facilitating their interaction. It also incorporates the colours of high visibility keyboards specially designed for autistic children. We then created the Face 2 Face app – an interactive learning app that teaches social and literacy skills using the Mirror Keypad interface, bringing social interaction into digital learning. The app is tailored for autistic children and their parents – voice and visual prompts guide the child to interact, personalisation feature lets them input words and images that are relevant and familiar to them, and parents can keep track of the child’s progress. The app became a part of the curriculum of the Genesis School For Special Education; it was then uploaded on the App Store and made available for free download, so parents all over the world can equip themselves with this tool and use it for practice at home, or anywhere.

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