Bringing the retro boom into to the wheelchair market, the fabulous KPII is a brand new wheelchair with its roots very much in the past. Hailed as the first ever vintage wheelchair, the KPII is inspired by, and based on, the model used by King Philip of Spain, the man generally considered to have been…
To be able to invent, you need to be able to bring creativity and imagination together with logic and reason. These are all qualities that we like to think that we possess, but we’ve found some creations that are indicative of inventors who had a severely misguided sense of their own abilities. They’re a wide…
We recently wrote about accessible fine dining in Manchester and now we’re going further afield to Lymm in Cheshire where Aiden Byrne has his first restaurant/pub – The Church Green. He won the fish course in The Great British Menu 2013 for Comic Relief. He served ‘A Culinary Joke’ which was a reworked prawn cocktail…
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…
Here are our top ideas for stylish Mother’s Day presents that she’ll remember for the rest of the year. Or at least until her birthday and Christmas. Whether your mum’s able bodied or not, these should go down a treat this Sunday: Begin a new Mother’s Day tradition with a Pandora Charm Bracelet. They’re lovely…
Creating stylish assistive products and mobility aids is great, but something that may well be even better is the idea of inclusive design – designs that are made for everyday use by everyone, regardless of mobility or ability. Inclusive design is a purer way of encapsulating the ethos of freedom shared and although mobility products are…
This week I’m going to be brief for no other reason than I’m hurting from the Man Utd defeat by Man City! I need to lick my wounds with a few drinks. First I went to the newly refurbished Avenue restaurant & bar from DandDLondon, in St James’ Piccadilly – ‘Where Manhattan Meets Mayfair’. It…
Manchester is a thriving city and even more so since MediaCityUK, Salford, became home to BBC Breakfast, Match of the Day & Jeremy Kyle (OMG are they sure they want to advertise this fact). Nevertheless we thought we’d take a look at the top restaurants and assess their accessibility. First up is The French & Mr…
Travel blogger, Liz Vee, got in touch to tell us about her recent holiday in Sarasota, Florida. Liz has her own blog on her accessible travelling experiences. We really appreciate her guest blog here on BBS – we try to cover as much as we can but the world is an awfully big place! Take it…