Two new furniture products were developed within the project, illustrating a move away from hospital-style aids and appliances towards a more playful and inclusive spirit.

Carousel is a large, horse-shoe-shaped desk designed to give wheelchair users the maximum work area from one single point, and with a turntable beneath to simulate the movement of a swivelling office chair when the wheelchair is driven onto its platform. It was designed specifically for a Warwickshire consultant who is a wheelchair user with upper body strength and dexterity, although it has wider application. Carousel was designed to fit into a corner space in the user’s home where large picture windows offer an attractive exterior view. It has a perimeter groove to stop objects falling off the desk.

Swing is a chair for computer users who suffer from severe back pain: it can be hung on pivot points from a support frame from different angles to change the pressure points on the body, and it has a special mattress with ergonomically designed pockets than can be filled with different materials to customise support for the neck and lumbar regions. It was designed specifically for the London apartment of a homeworker who suffers from severe sciatica, although again it has wider application. It replaces an improvised chair stuffed untidily with loose cushions with a neat, integrated design which nevertheless offers equal opportunity for customisation.