Milan Design Week, 14-19 april 2015, is a major furniture trade fair. This year a pop-up from IKEA has appeared that showcases their collaboration with designers to create installations using its new Metod modular kitchen range. One aspect of the designs has been to include a kitchen where one or more family members have a…
Watch this video to understand why Picture Access Descriptions – PADs are invaluable in a disabled world
A number of designers & architects have been tested for a unique gene that scientists say can account for a lack of ‘common sense’ intelligence. Before now the idea of a gene that can account for this type of ‘Intelligence Gene Marker’ has been regarded as a spurious theory. But Neurologists in the little known…
I was interviewed by NAIDEX a few weeks ago regarding the disability equipment market. I was in a slightly belligerent mood….Let us know if you agree or disagree with my views??? Hear about the inspiration behind Fiona Jarvis’ latest venture, and how she has never let her disability stand in the way of her style.…
There have been many musicians past and present who have varying degrees of disability, for example Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles were both visually impaired and they didn’t let their disabilities stop them, they still travelled the world and sang to huge crowds of people – Stevie Wonder is now 64 and he’s still touring and making…
Last year we challenged design students from Brunel University London’s Co-Innovate programme to design innovative, stylish and practical accessories to be attached to any wheelchair. They answered our call with 22 fantastic designs which we then put up for a public vote. Today we are pleased to say that voting results are in and we can finally reveal…
The James Dyson Awards celebrate, encourage and inspire the next generation of design engineers. The competition brief is simple: design something that solves a problem. After all, it has been said that that is the essence of good design. One area where we still have many problems to solve through design is disability and, as a…
Saturday the 17th of January marks the first ever Disabled Access Day in the UK. The aim of the day is to encourage disabled people and their families and friends to visit somewhere they have never been before on 17 January, such as a coffee shop, sports centre, cinema or a tourist attraction. A array…
The world of assistive technology is constantly changing, with new products, designs and ideas appearing all over the place, all the time. There’s always so much being done to tackle a variety of problems that disabled people face in day to day life, relating to mobility, visual impairment or hearing. There are things being cooked…