In order to make wheelchairs more accessible to people in
developing countries, two designers are revamping common plastic
chairs with a little bit of creative common sense. By affixing
the widely available plastic seats to standard wheelchair
wheels, Spanish designers Josep Mora and Clara Romaní are able
to drastically cut the cost of the products through some simple
DIY. Thanks to a workshop settled within a local hospital, this
designer duo is giving injured people in Rwanda the freedom to
move around by themselves. Mora and Romaní created a workshop
inside Gatagara Hospital that engages patients and staff in the
building and fixing of recycled wheelchairs. The design that
uses simple metallic corners and screws to fix the seats to the
wheels makes cheaper products while using readily available
objects. A great sustainable idea that can be followed anywhere
in the world, but that particularly works well in places that
lack money and resources.