The Future of Fashion is Now

Linda: Regaining Independence & Overcoming Foot Drop Caused by Multiple Sclerosis (MS) with WalkAide

The WalkAide System

UCLA Wireless Health Initiative & the Isowalk

Feedback from my mentor from NASA, Paul

Paul sent me some great feedback and ideas to explore over the weekend. I don’t want to totally give away all the awesomeness that I’ll be exploring in future posts, but I will say I completely agree with his comment that I must design a cane that able-bodied people look at and go, “I WANT […]

Disability = Strength

Inspiration: Symbols of Strength & Personal Growth

I searched Pinterest to explore the various symbols of strength and personal growth. As you can see below, these symbols are often used as inspiration for tattoos. I hope to incorporate one or many of these symbols into my prototype designs for the redesigned walking cane. The idea of strength and personal growth has always […]

Voronoi Diagrams & Voronoi Cylinders

Thanks to one of my brilliant classmates who first pointed me towards voronoi cylinders, I decided I would change the topic of my project. I have always wanted to design beautiful disability aids, such as walkers and walking canes, and voronoi cylinders became my initial inspiration to do so. What is (a) voronoi? “Voronoi diagrams […]

Inspiration: Highly Functional Walking Cane Redesign

One man’s attempt at redesigning the walking cane in 2009, as featured in Fast Company http://www.fastcompany.com/1282965/walkers-and-canes-ingeniously-redesigned-future Functional, but still lacks the aesthetic beauty to make an individual feel empowered and fashionable.