A modern, stylish and inclusive kettle wins this year’s Designing for the Future Competition at The College of Richard Collyer. Designing for the Future, run by The Future Perfect Company, encourages student designers to think about the challenges affecting our ageing population – and to create innovative and attractive designs which allow older people
I was really excited to come across a new accessible fashion website today. The Able Label purports to provide "quality, stylish clothes with adapted designs and hidden extras that make self-dressing easier for those with dressing difficulties". And the most exciting aspect is that the clothes really do look stylish. Something that can seldom
The Future Perfect Company has been a member of the Eastbourne Designed for All campaign since it began. “Eastbourne Designed for All - is a campaign to help businesses in Eastbourne meet local consumers' needs more effectively. It has developed an Inclusive Design Checklist for business self-assessment. It has introduced Eastbourne's own Community Toilets
The Future Perfect Company is excited to introduce our new Project Development and Marketing Assistant, Molly Aldrich–Wincer. Molly is a BSc Business Management & Marketing student from the University of Sussex who is currently on her placement year. Molly will be managing various aspects of the Designing for the Future project. This includes research,
Our last blog post talked about my personal experience of how my late mother-in-law used or ignored assistive technology, those adaptations or bits of kits designed to make getting older easier. Here, occupational therapist, Maggie Winchcombe of Years Ahead, shares her thoughts and expertise: To start with your second-to-last question first... is your experience
I have spent the last 5 years championing the role good product design can play in improving people’s lives as they get older. Last month, I spent a week clearing out the house of my mother in law who died in January and unearthing all sorts of “useful” assistive products which had been designed
So, Summer is behind us. How did your Summer sandals pan out? Find a new favourite brand? Is this still the definitive list of stylish but comfortable women’s shoes or do you have some more favourites to add? 1. Marks & Spencer Footglove range These are a firm favourite. Comfortable shoes in smart designs
Apps are becoming increasingly important in designing for the challenges of later life and here Interaction Designer Richard Child from Grid North Design talks about three important points to consider in app design. 1. Follow the OS guidelines Users are familiar with the navigation, interaction and UI elements of an OS, so it’s important
I am delighted to have been asked to take part in The Age of No Retirement?- a landmark event at the OXO Tower in London that will bring together employers, policy makers, corporations, designers, artists, academics, inventors and social commentators to explore the social and economic opportunities of a Britain in which the average person now lives.
David Edwards is a partner with Brighton law firm Burt Brill & Cardens. Here he shares with us some thoughts about why planning for the future pays off. Future thinking is a very specific type of thinking – making conscious decisions based on larger, long-term prospects isn’t always easy to do, but in many
