This article is from a guest writer, Dane O’Leary who writes for Modernize.com. Since disabilities can occur to anyone at any time, it’s important to be aware of how the decor and design of a home can be optimized for those who are disabled in some way. In fact, many cities are requiring all new…
At the end of 2014 we asked Brunel University’s Product Design students to produce some stylish wheelchair accessories in our ‘Style My Chair’ competition. There were some brilliant designs and you can see them all here. The three winners included Expression Wheels, The BackBackPack and the Honeycomb cup holder. We hope to see the prototypes produced…
Getting up and down the stairs can be a massive hassle when you have a disability, maybe it takes you too long or is just next to impossible. The options for getting around this issue are pretty limited, you could put a lift into your house – which feels unrealistic and more realistically is the…
A few weeks ago we produced the ultimate guide to Stylish Sticks. Following on from that a number of ideas have been sent to my inbox. Here are the ones I thought were the most interesting and show how designers realise we won’t accept the same old 70’s style equipment. First comes from Canadian firm…
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…
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 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…
You’d like to think that buying presents for disabled people should be a pretty simple task – get them something nice; don’t do anything stupid, like buy a mountain bike for a wheelchair user. But then you see something like this article, in which less abled people describe the least suitable presents they’ve ever been bought and…
The 3 BBS Ticks are the gold standard for style and accessibility. Today we’re giving out 3 Ticks for the following… What to Buy… Produced in studios in Seville and San Francisco, UNYQ prosthetic leg covers are a revolution in prosthetic design. UNYQ fairings and accessories are gorgeous 3D printed embellishments that wrap around your prosthetic…