Design News - Access and Mobility Professional

British built self-balancing wheelchair joins Spotify, Google and Disney with design award triumph

Business Equipment by Alex Douglas on October 1, 2020

The revolutionary two-wheeled personal electric vehicle restores users’ independence and has a small turning circle and a seat that rises to eye-level.

Koller designs wheelchair restraint exclusively for VW transporter

Business Design Design Projects by Alex Douglas on June 24, 2020

The innovative EXCEL Aries combined wheelchair and passenger restraint has been specifically engineered to fit VW T5 and T6 Caravelle rails,

Bathing manufacturer boosts design capabilities in new CAD partnership

Bathrooms by Joe Peskett on July 17, 2019

Accessible bathroom provider works alongside software specialist to make installation and commissioning more efficient

Equipment innovators challenged to come up with independent living products

Solutions by Joe Peskett on April 3, 2019

Design Council calls on bright sparks to put forward their designs for innovative and viable independent living products in return for £150k launch grant

New ‘disability design champion’ to drive change in product development

Appointments People by Joe Peskett on March 12, 2019

Motionspot’s CEO is one of five individuals tasked with using their industry experience to help remove barriers faced by disabled consumers

Uni behind mobility product innovations hailed for design work

Design Innovation by Andrew Seymour on December 12, 2018

Products are licensed to third-party companies whenever possible to generate royalty fees.

Top 10 tips for retailers to make stores better for disabled shoppers

Design by Joe Peskett on November 14, 2018

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Businesses could be missing out on huge amount of spend because stores are not accessible as they could be but a few simple steps can drive improvements