I applied to speak at Digital Shoreditch, and surprisingly I got a slot under the banner “What Tech City?” . Digital Shoreditch is a festival over 10 days where you can, “Discover and explore the latest trends & successes in using digital in : branding, content, funding, games, design, social, mobile, emerging tech & greater good.”…
As I mentioned last week I was looking forward to going to the theatre and seeing The Book of Mormon with Lieutenant No.2. The Independent said it’s a “wilfully offensive, sharply funny musical”, from the creators of South Park, (Trey Parker and Matt Stone). I’d heard about it when it was on Broadway and won 9 Tony Awards and unusually…
Media Alert: Blue Badge Style Founder Opens Disabled Toilet at La Maison du Steak Cambridge, 20 March 2013, Fiona Jarvis, Founder of Blue Badge Style, the first app and website guide to a stylish lifestyle for the less-physically-able, officially opened the disabled toilet and facilities at stylish new, Cambridge restaurant, La Maison du Steak.…
Follow this link to see what GaGa and Fiona jarvis had to say about stylish assistive equipment . ‘If you are less abled, then the majority of your time is spent at home, so good design is important,’ says Fiona Jarvis, a wheelchair user with multiple sclerosis, who has started a website called bluebadgestyle.com ‘for…
Blue Badge Style have launched something we think less able people will find useful – PADs. We want all Hotels, Restaurants, Bars etc to give an instant view on all websites of the disabled facilities &/obstacles, so that we’re not surprised or embarrassed when we go out!! The Blue Badge Style Pictorial Access Description or PAD is…
Andy Gemmell has been blind his entire life but he’s never let it stop him enjoying his passions. During his time he has travelled the world, many times over, following the England Cricket team and visiting some of the world’s most famous racing tracks. He’s one of the biggest sports fans you’re ever likely to…
Blue Badge Style Signs-Up The Hoxton Hotel for Pictorial Access Descriptions Inclusive Hotel Brings Disability Facilities to Life Online Press release London, 26 February 2013, Blue Badge Style, the first app and website guide to a stylish lifestyle for the less-physically-able, has signed-up the award-winning Hoxton Hotel for its first Pictorial Access Description (PAD). The…
Aminaka Wilmont’s show was highlighted by the appearance of the obligatory celebrity, Sienna Miller, in one of their outfits (see previous review of LFW). Their clothes can be bought at Selfridges & Net-A-Porter amongst other places and are expensive but some of what they showed may be copied for the High St. It’s therefore worth noting…
The Blue Badge Style Sports Blog has started up recently to help provide information on how the less able can get involved in sport. In the last week, news stories have shown that this is still something that people need more information about. Recently, news has emerged that the Paralympic legacy may not have been…