{"id":16505,"date":"2012-07-17T09:02:42","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T07:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=16505"},"modified":"2012-07-17T09:02:42","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T07:02:42","slug":"mobilegs-crutches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/07\/17\/mobilegs-crutches\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobilegs Crutches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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I hope I’ll never need to use any crutches, but if I ever do, I’ll probably settle for a pair of these. \u00a0I’ve shown them around to a few people, and each one of them who tried walking with the regular crutches, agreed that Mobilegs Crutches<\/a> are superior in design. \u00a0I found them while reading “design is everybody’s business<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0Purposeful<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0We design to solve a problem.<\/em><\/p>\n

When one of Herman Miller\u2019s designers,\u00a0Jeff Weber<\/a>, broke his foot, he realized how awfully-designed crutches were.\u00a0 Not just uncomfortable, they can damage nerves, arteries, and tissue, and it\u2019s easy to slip and cause more pain or more injury. \u00a0So he went about designing a better crutch (Mobilegs<\/a>).\u00a0 This is a perfect example of the purposefulness that informs the company\u2019s designs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

I hope I’ll never need to use any crutches, but if I ever do, I’ll probably settle for a pair of these. \u00a0I’ve shown them around to a few people, and each one of them who tried walking with the regular crutches, agreed that Mobilegs Crutches are superior in design. \u00a0I found them while reading … Continue reading Mobilegs Crutches<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3056,350,1109],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-16505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-design","tag-health","tag-usability"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mobilegs1.png?fit=423%2C568&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16540,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/07\/22\/weekly-digest-2012-07-22\/","url_meta":{"origin":16505,"position":0},"title":"Weekly digest – 2012-07-22","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"July 22, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Tribute to MS Outlook http:\/\/t.co\/XjIhglhJ # Stash - privately hosted Git repositories http:\/\/t.co\/Ms8Y0ZVR # Requiem For A Digg http:\/\/t.co\/SBiUFv8w # The Most Important Tech Company You've Never Heard Of http:\/\/t.co\/KEvwjBJP # This is What Snake Venom Does to Blood! http:\/\/t.co\/Z6HRcelU # New note : \u041a\u0430\u043a \u0432\u044b\u0433\u043b\u044f\u0434\u044f\u0442 \u043a\u0440\u044f\u043a\u043e\u0437\u044f\u0431\u0440\u044b? http:\/\/t.co\/TYM79cYA # New\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":22586,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/29\/bootstrap-material-design-twitter-bootstrap-3-theme-based-on-google-material-design\/","url_meta":{"origin":16505,"position":1},"title":"Bootstrap Material Design – Twitter Bootstrap 3 theme based on Google Material Design","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"September 29, 2014","format":"link","excerpt":"Bootstrap Material Design - Twitter Bootstrap 3 theme based on Google Material Design.","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"bootstrap material design","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/bootstrap-material-design-500x377.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7513,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/05\/19\/web-design-and-graphics-design-resources\/","url_meta":{"origin":16505,"position":2},"title":"Web design and graphics design resources","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"May 19, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"I came across few interesting resources on the topic of web design and graphic design for the web. 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