This is a guest blog from Sitara Warren, a new friend of BBS. She’s giving tips on how to successfully wear the new ‘Nude’ look for SS14 – (no it’s not a spoof or ‘the king’s new clothes’): Seen the sun a little more, heard the birds singing, it is no longer pitch dark at 7am,…
Last Friday we posted an article on the new mobility designs recognised at this year’s iF Awards. The awards are highly prestigious in the design world and can help to make or break a project. After the popularity of last week’s piece we thought it would be fun to have a look back at the history…
The iF awards are one of the most renowned design awards in the world. For over fifty years they’ve been rewarding outstanding designers with a place in the iF exhibition and the right to display the much sought after iF logo on their products. In 2014 iF selected 1,626 designs worthy of their recognition, ranging…
Last year, in our guide to less able air travel, we collated the information provided by pretty near all of the major airlines in the UK. The aim of the guide was to start a conversation and to create a more enlightened picture based on the experiences of BBS readers. We tried to make clear that we weren’t…
This week I went to 3 different places and accessibility has never before felt more like a mission from the pages of a James Bond novel (or maybe I was too caught up in the Sky TV depiction of Ian Fleming) First was a visit to the private members club House of St. Barnabas –…
Yesterday we featured some fabulous designs from recent Young Talent EDIDA Winners Lanzavecchia + Wai. As we said then, and when we previously included their No country for old men collection in a post on trendy mobility aids, their designs are not yet in production. But yesterday evening we received an update from the designers with positive news…
Hot young design team Lanzavecchia + Wai have taken home a prestigious EDIDA award from Elle Decoration magazine. Last week they were named the winners of the Young Designer Talent category at the 2014 Elle Deco International Design Awards. It’s a deserved win and one of great interest to us thanks to their work in the…
In the latest stage of her fabulous Indochinese journey, Ann’s spending her time relaxing on the beach and exploring the wonderful city of Hoi An. Here’s what she’s discovered – history, accessibility and charm. The Medieval city of Hoi An survived the Vietnam war by a fluke of nature: Founded in the 15th Century it…
The biggest ever Winter Paralympic Games are now just hours away! It’s a shame that the games seem set to begin with the spectre of difficulty in Ukraine lurking in the background, but hopefully the Ukrainians will participate and the situation won’t impinge too much on what should be an exciting ten days of sport.…