27 Apr Mobility Designed Secures Investment from iiM
Digital Sandbox KC Overland Park, Kansas-based investor group Innovation in Motion (iiM) announced backing for Kansas City startup Mobility Designed....
07 Apr Designer Reinvents The Crutch After 150 Years For A Better User Experience
HUFFPOST Recently, with help from Doctor of Physical Therapy Lauren Jarmusz, I interviewed Max Younger, Co-Founder of Mobility Designed. Mobility Designed has been featured in Tech Insider and numerous media outlets. Max is an Industrial and Interaction Designer that holds multiple patents for his designs. He...
25 Jan This Husband And Wife Reinvented Crutches To Improve People’s Quality Of Life
A Plus Your average pair of crutches makes moving around easier, but users are well-aware the design leaves much to be desired. Namely, it's uncomfortable to support your weight under your armpits and maneuvering and balancing can be difficult. That's why Mobility Designed decided it was time...
12 Sep Caretail Opportunity – Mobility Designed Preps M+D Crutch for Debut at Medtrade
MedTrade ATLANTA – Max Younger, designer of the M+D Crutch, grew up seeing his father use traditional crutches and says, “I always knew the old civil war era design needed to change, and I’ve been dreaming up ways to make it better for years.”...
06 May Crutches Finally Get a Redesign
Design Engine It’s about time someone redesigned crutches. It is already bad enough to deal with restricted mobility – being on crutches shouldn’t be a miserable experience. Mobility Designed created the M + D crutch and reimagined crutches to be painless by improving upon common problems...
27 Apr It’s About Time Someone Redesigned Crutches to Be Comfortable
GIZMODO Using a set of crutches while recovering from an injury is a minor inconvenience. But for anyone with physical challenges that require longterm crutch use, the devices can be a major barrier. This well-done redesign finally makes crutches more comfortable to use, and gives the...
18 Apr Crutches are finally getting a redesign after 150 years
BUSINESS INSIDER Anyone who had to use crutches know how painful they can be. This is an inconvenience to every crutch user, but presents serious problems to long-term and permanent users. A company, Mobility Designed, designed an ergonomic crutch to relieve the pain....
25 Jan This Designer’s Amputee Dad Inspired Him To Redesign The Crutch
FAST COMPANY The M+D Crutch is a space-age redesign that solves the biggest problems with crutches: the pain in your armpits and wrists....
21 Jan New Trendy Crutches & Canes – Have I Got (Good & Bad) News For you
Blue Badge Style Periodically we take a look at new developments in the ‘mobility aids’ world. To be honest not much changes from year to year, as you can see from our previous Trendy Stick Guide , but we have some… …Good News – if you use...
19 Jan New crutch design hopes to make walking “painless”
Design Week A crutch with a reinvented design that places body weight on the forearms is set to launch this year, with the aim of making daily living more comfortable....