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YUBIBO — key visual
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YUBIBO — key visual

2019

YUBIBO

Haptic Communication Game

YUBIBO is a simple haptic game where players cooperate to support a stick with their fingers. It grew out of an interest in haptic sign language — the tactile way of communicating used by deaf-blind people.

Like a hug or a handshake, the act of touching carries a lot of information at once and brings hearts closer together. That kind of communication isn't limited to deaf-blind people. By sharing the sense of touch, this is also a way of shortening the distance between everyone.

Credit

  • Concept / Product Design: Kosuke Takahashi
  • Concept / Communication Design: Natsumi Wada
  • Interaction Design: Momoka Nakayama
  • Art Direction / Graphic Design: Kanako Ichimori
  • Haptic Design: Hayato Tabata

Status

Licensed to partners

Distributed by JellyJellyGames

Awards

  • 🇯🇵 TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD (2019)
  • 🇨🇳 DIA Award (2019)

Exhibitions

  • 🇯🇵 Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art "Touch, Untangle, Tones!" (2025)
YUBIBO — key visual

Tactile sign language