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…
Painting is hard, but painting without the use of your hands is much harder. However, not being able to use their hands hasn’t stopped a great many talented men and women from becoming professional artists, with the help of the Mouth and Foot Painting Artists organisation. Formed in 1957, the MFPA partnership is the British organisation…
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…
Disabled access in Britain’s streets, buildings and attractions (or the lack thereof) has made a real stir in the news this week, spearheaded by a recent BBC London Inside Out documentary. The investigation, using undercover researchers, revealed a “depressing” failure to accommodate disabled people on London’s high streets. This concerning news comes at a time when…
Press Release: London, 8 December 2014, Blue Badge Style adds a little sparkle to the ‘depressing reading’ of DisabledGO’s report on accessibility. Its founder, Fiona Jarvis, has 5 top tips for shops, bars and restaurants to improve the experience for disabled people at Christmas. And it doesn’t have to cost a fortune. Fiona says “the…
Press Release: Subject: Blue Badge Style – EIB Award and South Place Hotel announcement From: Kate Warwick, PR Savvy Date: 3 November 2014 Version: FINAL Campaign to Put Hotels, Bars & Restaurants at Forefront of Accessibility Wins Blue Badge Style Prestigious European Award UK Start-Up wins the European Investment Bank Institute’s Social Innovation Tournament London, 4 November 2014,…
On the 16th of October, in Madrid, Blue Badge Style won the Special Category Prize on urban environment at The Social Innovation Tournament. The tournament sponsors entrepreneurs whose primary purpose is to generate a social, ethical or environmental impact across Europe and we’re honoured to have picked up the prestigious award. It was a remarkable point in…