File 003 · AgeTech
Record 057 · Mobility · 2017
17.57.LWHILL Model Ci
WHILL
“Japanese power mobility that refused the medical-device aesthetic.”
A power chair that looks like a product.
WHILL's consumer-looking chairs (Ci and later C2) made powered mobility something you might take into a café without the chair announcing diagnosis.
Design as dignity in power mobility.
Filed notes
- Consumer industrial design
- App + removable battery
- Indoor/outdoor personal EV
SIC
3842
Orthopedic, Prosthetic, and Surgical Appliances and Supplies
NAICS
339113
Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing
