kids chair 

The TEC children's disability chair began as a productionisation of the clients existing chair for automated manufacture. The client's work in occupational therapy, dealing particularly with disabled children inspired the construction of an alternative chair to the expensive imported product which lacked the desired flexibility. A high degree of adjustment and versatility was required in the chair to accommodate the varied shapes of the children for whom the chair was intended. A major consideration throughout this design process was to ensure that the design would in no way ostracise the child from their able-bodied counterparts. In fact quite the opposite effect has been achieved; a cute, fun, universally appealing aesthetic for all children, in a range of bright kid-friendly colours. Upon completing the production-ready version of the base chair, the client requested that a range of accessories be designed that could be retrofitted to the base chair in any number of combinations. These included a head-rest, compact push-handle, foot-rest, high-chair legs, arm-rests, and two different variations of tray. Ease of adjustment, versatility, accommodation of the users needs, individually tailored ergonomics, neatly tied together with a playful aesthetic. The base chair can be adjusted in width, height and seat base and back angles. The chair has provision for a harness, and comes prepared to accept all accessories. The headrest can be adjusted up/down, in/out and swivel about its post. The push handle is compact enough to slide away from being an obstruction, whilst still offering a practical height. The foot rest is height adjustable and can also be folded up under the seat when not required. The high-chair legs are height-adjustable and are quickly fitted by way of 8 allen-screws. The arms are height adjustable, and have provision to mount the tray. The tray comes in two forms; fixed angle, and angle-adjustable. Both trays have provision to accommodate width variations and are fitted and adjusted in and out by way of quick-release catches. The angle adjustment is also infinitely-variable up to 60 degrees

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