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Accessible design

  • Phoenix Instinct creates smart wheelchair with "intelligent centre of gravity"

    Scottish designer Phoenix Instinct has developed a lightweight wheelchair with a movable axle position that automatically adjusts the chair's centre of gravity to stop overbalancing. More

    Tom Ravenscroft | 3 December 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Syrinx electrolarynx by Takeuchi Masaki

    Syrinx is an artificial larynx that mimics the wearer's former voice

    Japanese engineer Takeuchi Masaki has developed a wearable voice box called Syrinx, which can be strapped on like a neck brace so that people who have lost their larynx to cancer are able to produce speech. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 19 November 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Domstate Zorghotel rehabilitation centre by by Van Eijk & Van der Lubbe, Utrecht

    Van Eijk & Van der Lubbe designs Utrecht care facility like a boutique hotel

    Domstate Zorghotel is a rehabilitation centre in Utrecht, the Netherlands, designed by Dutch studio Van Eijk & Van der Lubbe to give patients a hotel experience. More

    India Block | 8 November 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Dots is a gesture-recognition system for people with disabilities

    Dots is a gesture-recognition system for people with disabilities

    Three graduate designers have developed a body movement-recognition system that enables amputees and people with disabilities to use gesture-controlled smart devices more effectively. More

    Natashah Hitti | 3 November 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Suzanne Brewer's Walking Wheelchair is nominated for a Dezeen Award

    Suzanne Brewer develops "Segway-style" wheelchair that allows users to stand upright

    London architect Suzanne Brewer has created a prototype wheelchair with only two wheels and a saddle seat that takes the user from seated to standing in one fluid movement. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 28 September 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Atkinson Hyperlegible typeface for visually impaired on Braille Institute branding

    Atkinson Hyperlegible typeface is designed for visually impaired readers

    Graphic designer Applied Design Works has collaborated with the nonprofit organisation Braille Institute to develop a "hyperlegible typeface" for the visually impaired community. More

    Lizzie Crook | 11 September 2020 | Leave a comment
  • [In]Brace by Dorothee Clasen

    Tong allows users to control a computer with their tongue

    Graduate designer Dorothee Clasen has invented a wearable device called Tong that is worn in the mouth to operate a computer using the tongue. More

    India Block | 26 August 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Hello Humanity for VDF x Ventura Projects

    Seven Dutch creatives present designs for a holistic world in virtual Hello Humanity show

    Inclusive design is the focus of Hello Humanity: Dutch Design for a Holistic World, a virtual exhibition forming part of the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. More

    Lizzie Crook | 29 April 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Deaf Space by Columbia College Chicago for VDF x Ventura Projects

    Columbia College Chicago creates immersive installation for deaf community

    Columbia College Chicago exhibits an immersive installation tailored to the deaf community for the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. More

    Lizzie Crook | 24 April 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Monika Dugar Reset clothing

    Adaptive clothing with graphic prints designed to ease Parkinson's disease

    The striped patterns on Monika Dugar's Reset clothing collection are not just for aesthetic impact — they're meant to aid mobility in people with Parkinson's disease by "resetting" the brain. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 9 January 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Lorenzo Spreafico's 3D-printed prosthetic gives tactile feedback at low cost

    Lorenzo Spreafico's 3D-printed prosthetic arm provides tactile feedback for low cost

    Design student Lorenzo Spreafico has invented a prosthetic arm that could bring tactile feedback to people who can't currently afford it. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 3 January 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Dezeen's top 10 accessible designs of 2019

    Dezeen's top 10 accessible designs of 2019

    This year saw a wave of projects aimed at improving life for people with disabilities, and making spaces more inclusive. For our review of 2019, Dezeen has selected 10 of the best, including a mind-controlled exoskeleton and a series of 3D-printed IKEA hacks. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 9 December 2019 | Leave a comment
  • TypeCase keyboard helps people with visual or motor impairments text and type

    TypeCase keyboard simplifies texting for people with visual or motor impairments

    Product-design engineer Dougie Mann has created a keyboard that, when hooked up to a smartphone via a custom case, can help amputees and people with sight loss type more easily. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 20 November 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Researchers create first mind-controlled exoskeleton for paralysed patients

    Mind-controlled exoskeleton allows paralysed patient to move again

    Researchers at the Clinatec laboratory in Grenoble have created an exoskeleton, which paralysed users can control with their mind in order to help them move both their arms and legs. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 8 October 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Spaces should be better designed for people with disabilities, says Ross Atkin

    Streets need to be designed to consider people with disabilities, says Emerging Design Medal winner Ross Atkin. Dezeen spoke to him about four of his best tech-led works for people whose environments are "letting them down". More

    Natashah Hitti | 15 September 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Student's DIY design project empowers people to make their own prostheses

    Desiree Riny creates DIY design guide for people to make their own prosthetics

    People without access to healthcare can use bicycle parts and other scrap material to make their own DIY prosthetics, using a system designed by Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology graduate Desiree Riny. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 6 September 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Water-filled Inmergo headphones by Rocco Giovannoni allow immersive listening

    Water-filled Inmergo headphones by Rocco Giovannoni allow immersive listening

    Water rather than air carries sound in designer Rocco Giovannoni's Inmergo headphones, which promise rich audio even for people who are hard of hearing. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 1 September 2019 | Leave a comment
  • AutoCamp by M-Rad Architecture

    M-Rad designs accessible tiny cabin for California campground

    American firm M-Rad has created a compact, movable cabin with design elements to accommodate people with disabilities, including a shower with a seat and doorways wide enough for a wheelchair to pass through. More

    Jenna McKnight | 27 August 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Ripple masterbation suit offers sex aid to people with disabilities

    Ripple masturbation suit offers sex aid to people with disabilities

    Designers Hsin-Jou Huang, Szu-Ying Lai and Chia-Ning Hsu help people with disabilities to fulfil their sexual needs with a three-part masturbation tool that includes a bodysuit, a mask and a remote control. More

    Natashah Hitti | 24 July 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Lego Braille Bricks

    Lego launches Braille Bricks for blind and partially sighted children

    Lego has created a version of its building bricks printed with letters and numbers from the braille alphabet, so blind and partially sighted children can learn to read as they play. More

    Gunseli Yalcinkaya | 26 April 2019 | Leave a comment
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