Wendel rides his wheelchair over a ramp made of Lego bricks over a kerb in the German city of Wuerzburg. Photos: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa
One of Julian Wendel s most irritating daily problems was just 5cm high. Most people could take the small step in front of the entrance to his favourite cafe in their stride, but for a wheelchair user like Wendel, it was an annoying daily hindrance.
Luckily, a clever and colourful solution was found – Lego bricks.
“We used around 1,500 pieces, ” says Wendel, who is part of a group trying to promote independent living for disabled people in the German city of Wuerzburg. Each block had to be laboriously glued into place, but the end product was light, stable and very eye catching.