I’m so fed up with my impractical utility black chair so as part of Brunel University London’s Co-Innovate programme we challenged final year Product & Industrial Design students to come up with new ideas. They have produced designs which address some key issues for practical, yet chic, wheelchair use. The results are in the photo gallery…
The chaos that was Black Friday shopping is thankfully over. No more angry mobs trampling security cards and breaking down doors to get into Primark, no more neighbours fighting each other off to get their hands on the cheapest flat screen TV and no more petrified adolescent shop assistants taking refuge from the flying fists…
We were recently sent a couple of rollators to test out. This is the second of the two. It’s the Troja rollator, from Topro in Norway (actually we were sent this from somewhere in Surrey). Unfortunately, our rollator using reviewer pulled out at the last minute, so we put together this video showing off the…
At Blue Badge Style we believe that mobility aids do not have to be dull, grey and ugly. We’ve spent a good deal of time hunting down sticks, crutches and canes that go against the grain and provide a stylish and fun look whilst maintaining quality functionality. Over the years we’ve covered many trendy and…
A couple of weeks ago, Topro Ltd generously lent us one of their fabulous Rollz Motion Rollators – made by Dutch company, Rollz – in order for us to film and review it. We had a great time playing around with it and, despite our rollator using tester unfortunately being unable to make it, I…
If you could custom-build a new wheelchair from scratch, what would it look like? It’s something we’ve been pondering as we look back at the stylish wheelchairs, accessories and parts we’ve covered over the years. We want to know what the perfect wheelchair looks like in 2014 and how it works. So, in the next…
You may have seen on our Facebook Page that we met Lord Livingston, Minister of State For Trade & Investment, at Sesame Lifts . They produce those lovely lifts that appear from disappearing stairs. The video below shows a lift for a residential Listed Building in Edinburgh but I digress, the meeting was a surprising…
We were rather surprised last week to see Countdown presenter, Rachel Riley, in a gleaming gold mobility scooter. We assumed that Channel 4’s premier mathematician hadn’t suddenly decided that she had a need for a mobility aid (her high heels were something of a giveaway) but was merely posing for some kind of promotion. What…
Hearing aids have been around for over a century but, as with much disability related equipment, it’s only recently that people have thought to improve how they look, as well as how they work. Throughout their long history, hearing aids have barely been adapted to become more discrete and have virtually never been thought of…