special needs – The Fabricants

18 May 2018

Robohand: ingenious, collaborative, accessible

Richard, Ivan and Liam. A woodworker, an engineer, and a kid. One loses three fingers at work, the other is into 3D printing, and from the third comes some strong genuine reasons why.

7 April 2018

Feel the color : from textured rugs to Braille alphabet

Most of us are able to use all of our five senses without even thinking about it. When one of them looses its strength, or capability, can it still be triggered, with a little help of the four others, of our memory, and of a designer-maker and her creativity?

10 January 2018

GO: bespoke 3D-printed wheelchair

GO was imagined and designed by Layer, a London-based industrial design studio. Layer solely invents from tangible and daily experiences, to invent meaningful devices, focused on the user’s “better-being”.

21 December 2017

Eatwell-despite cognitive and motor disorders

Sha Yao is an industrial designer. After working with guitars, airplanes, and building tables for refugees, she launches Eatwell, a meaningful assistive tableware set.