When he’s not busy fighting for the freedom of London’s hardworking commuters/refusing to talk to Bob Crow (depending on what your point of view is) Boris Johnson presumably enjoys the chance to focus on other areas of London’s transport. Recently at Town Hall, he unveiled several new designs for London’s famous black cabs. The black…
Google Glasses are a fantastic piece of kit that almost seem as if they’ve been sent to us from the future. Their sci-fi applications allow the wearer to do all sorts of gadgety things on the go and hands free. The problem was that, up until now, it wasn’t possible to wear them as regular…
Dutch designers Bernotat & Co have come up with a cool new way of taking a boring conventional chair and turning it into something stylish and practical. These Chair Wear models are an interesting way of jazzing up boring chairs that we think could become great items for wheelchair users. Chair Wear is custom-made clothing for chairs,…
At Blue Badge Style, we love anything that looks to demonstrate that style and disability aren’t, and should not be, mutually exclusive and the excellent Designing For The Future project is an example of just that. In a world full of dull, clinical and utilitarian products designed for elderly and less able people, they look to design products that…
The full results of recent surveys, conducted by Blue Badge Style, which reveal a good deal about the current state of accessibility and mobility equipment in the UK, are coming soon. We recently brought together a group of less able people and carers into our interest panel to ask them about the troubles they have…
GlamSticks, the one-stop shop for ‘Bling’ designer mobility aids, have used their talents and experience to create the first ever Swarovski encrusted running blade. In conjunction with Dorset Orthopaedics, who provided the blade, they’ve designed this one of a kind extravagant aid to show that, even on the sports field, style and disability are able to…
In yet another development showing how effective 3D printing could be for aiding the less able, researchers at Cambridge have successfully printed adult nerve cells for the first time. The development could, they say, be used to print eye tissue and become an “aid in the cure for blindness”. With this incredible new technology, 3D printers…
When we recently posted an article on stylish wheelchairs and asked readers to respond if they knew of any trendy models we missed. Actually, on second look, we didn’t ask that, but we were, as always, more than happy when a suggestion was put to us. So, thanks to Aisling from Momentum Healthcare in Ireland, we’re going…
This is a promotional article from Stiltz Lifts. For decades, the stairlift has been the only product on the market for lifting people and wheelchairs up and down stairs. A rail would normally be mounted to the treads of the stairs or on the wall beside the stairs with a chair or lifting platform then…