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Special Needs

We love it when designers and brands think of using their products and helping make life easier for users with special needs. We cover stories of products specifically created to be more inclusive and aid those that need a little extra help.

These foldable bathrooms can be instantly assembled at refugee camps
Awards News — 4th Feb 2021

These foldable bathrooms can be instantly assembled at refugee camps

These ergonomic glasses were designed specifically for Black People’s wider nose profiles
Product Design — 1st Feb 2021

These ergonomic glasses were designed specifically for Black People’s wider nose profiles

These air-ventilated and soundproof modular meeting rooms are here to replace those laggy Zoom meetings!
Installations — 30th Jan 2021

These air-ventilated and soundproof modular meeting rooms are here to replace those laggy Zoom meetings!

These hillside cabins in Norway form an eco-hotel, bringing guests to the edge of France!
Appliances — 23rd Jan 2021

Unveiled at CES 2021, the world’s first robot dog with decentralized AI does everything but walk on water!

This prosthetic leg grows with your child!
Medical — 21st Jan 2021

This prosthetic leg grows with your child!

This tiny home in the Community First! Village is built for previously unhoused individuals
Interiors — 20th Jan 2021

This tiny home in the Community First! Village is built for previously unhoused individuals

Designing products that break biases with Render Weekly and Ti Chang!
Appliances — 19th Jan 2021

Designing products that break biases with Render Weekly and Ti Chang!

By looking more ‘fashionable’, this insulin injection helps break stereotypes
Medical — 15th Jan 2021

By looking more ‘fashionable’, this insulin injection helps break stereotypes

This modular furniture system with telescopic tubing is the quickest way to redesign your interior every week!
Interiors — 8th Jan 2021

This modular furniture system with telescopic tubing is the quickest way to redesign your interior every week!

Made from upcycled polypropylene packaging, a fashion designer & creative director designed a winter jacket for dogs!
Accessories — 7th Jan 2021

Made from upcycled polypropylene packaging, a fashion designer & creative director designed a winter jacket for dogs!

These modular covid-19 screening clinic designs implements neon color signals to maintain social distance!
Installations — 5th Jan 2021

These modular covid-19 screening clinic designs implements neon color signals to maintain social distance!

This electricity-free cooler is made using traditional Malaysian clay modelling techniques!
Appliances — 1st Jan 2021

This electricity-free cooler is made using traditional Malaysian clay modelling techniques!

This portable physical therapy device offers both heat and cold relief for on-the-go pain relief!
Appliances — 30th Dec 2020

This portable physical therapy device offers both heat and cold relief for on-the-go pain relief!

This ergonomic shower system uses modularity to help healthcare workers provide care in a handsfree manner!
Appliances — 28th Dec 2020

This ergonomic shower system uses modularity to help healthcare workers provide care in a handsfree manner!

This AI robot + smart home system replaces hearing dogs for those with hearing impairment!
Appliances — 17th Dec 2020

This AI robot + smart home system replaces hearing dogs for those with hearing impairment!

Food trucks transform to help restaurants recover from the COVID-19 economic losses
Interiors — 14th Dec 2020

Food trucks transform to help restaurants recover from the COVID-19 economic losses

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