Tangpozi to T.Cozy - A bracelet localizing heat to your hands.
The challenge was to re-interpret a classic Chinese cultural design icon for a North American market.
Tangpozi to T.Cozy - Total presentation sent to Shanghai Normal University teachers and students for review and comparison.
Tangpozi to T.Cozy - Inspiration board: Culture
A bracelet localizing heat to your hands.
The challenge was to re-interpret a classic Chinese cultural design icon for a North American market.
Tangpozi to T.Cozy - Inspiration board: Warmth
A bracelet localizing heat to your hands.
The challenge was to re-interpret a classic Chinese cultural design icon for a North American market.
Tangpozi to T.Cozy - Inspiration board: Product
A bracelet localizing heat to your hands.
The challenge was to re-interpret a classic Chinese cultural design icon for a North American market.
Tangpozi - Ideation and brainstorming pages.
Tangpozi - Ideation and brainstorming pages.
Tangpozi - Ideation and brainstorming pages.
Tangpozi - Ideation and brainstorming pages.
Tangpozi - Ideation and brainstorming pages.
Tangpozi - Ideation and brainstorming pages.
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CULTURAL DESIGN: Personal Heaters
"T.Cozy" was my exchange assignment with design students at Shanghai University. The goal was for Chinese students to reinterpret classic Canadian designs and we, vice versa.
I rethought and modernized the traditional Chinese "Tangpozi" that uses coal or hot water (in a container held by the user) to radiate heat and stay warm.
My design is a wrist-worn, gel-filled silicone bracelet containing an imbedded piece of flexible metal which, once bent, catalyzes the gel, becoming warm, thus heating the user's circulation via the wrists.
