Following on from our previous article regarding ‘Inclusive Design‘, the shortlist of The Design Awards 2014 include two products we like; the Bradley watch and the Chair for Life.
The Bradley watch is named after Paralympian blind swimmer Bradley Snyder who won gold medals at London 2012. The video below explains what it’s all about but suffice to say it’s designed for visually impaired people with the use of ball bearings to tell the time on the rim and face. You can buy it on line at $195. It’s so well designed and looks so good that there’s also significant demand from sighted people……Inclusion By Design works in economic terms!
The other shortlisted item is The Chair for Life (C4L), developed by the NHS and the Renfrew group the specification was for “a wheelchair, that would, be easily adaptable for a growing child” & “promote independence and improve a child’s quality of life”. (Aged 4-18years).
It has a “seat that grows with the child, yet is compact and lightweight”. They designed it with the help of children and carers and one of the key requirements was a vertical lift as standard “enabling eye to eye interaction with their peers” – I wish this was standard on all chairs without making them too heavy, maybe one day?……More Inclusion by Design.