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04-12-2013, 10:40 AM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
Spike Away, A Vest That Helps Protect Your Personal Space in Public
by Lori Dorn (http://laughingsquid.com/author/hrlori/) on December 2, 2013
http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Spike-Siew-Ming-Chen.jpg
“Spike Away (http://www.behance.net/gallery/Spike-Away/12573867)” is the ingenious creation by industrial designer Siew Ming Cheng (http://www.behance.net/chengsiewming) made during a workshop given by the award winning furniture designer Werner Aisslinger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Aisslinger) at the National University of Singapore (http://www.nus.edu.sg/). Students in the workshop were to come up with a problem for which they could hack a solution using ordinary objects, no matter how strange the results, per the art of Chindogu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chind%C5%8Dgu). In this case, it was how to protect one’s personal space on the crowded subway.
A quick brainstorming leads to a everyday situation. Trains are usually crowded during peak hours. Everybody will push each other to try and get onto the train. How can I protect my personal space? The idea was then conceived. “What if I wear a vest that is full of spikes?”
The vest is made of a lattice of flexible spiky plastic material tied together with cable ties. It’s the perfect accessory to warn people that you’re feeling a little prickly.
http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Front-of-Vest2.jpg
http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Side-of-vest.jpg
http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Front-of-Vest-Hanging1.jpg
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?169530-Local-Talent-Singapore-designer-invents-solution-to-overcrowded-MRT-experience&goto=newpost).
Spike Away, A Vest That Helps Protect Your Personal Space in Public
by Lori Dorn (http://laughingsquid.com/author/hrlori/) on December 2, 2013
http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Spike-Siew-Ming-Chen.jpg
“Spike Away (http://www.behance.net/gallery/Spike-Away/12573867)” is the ingenious creation by industrial designer Siew Ming Cheng (http://www.behance.net/chengsiewming) made during a workshop given by the award winning furniture designer Werner Aisslinger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Aisslinger) at the National University of Singapore (http://www.nus.edu.sg/). Students in the workshop were to come up with a problem for which they could hack a solution using ordinary objects, no matter how strange the results, per the art of Chindogu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chind%C5%8Dgu). In this case, it was how to protect one’s personal space on the crowded subway.
A quick brainstorming leads to a everyday situation. Trains are usually crowded during peak hours. Everybody will push each other to try and get onto the train. How can I protect my personal space? The idea was then conceived. “What if I wear a vest that is full of spikes?”
The vest is made of a lattice of flexible spiky plastic material tied together with cable ties. It’s the perfect accessory to warn people that you’re feeling a little prickly.
http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Front-of-Vest2.jpg
http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Side-of-vest.jpg
http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Front-of-Vest-Hanging1.jpg
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?169530-Local-Talent-Singapore-designer-invents-solution-to-overcrowded-MRT-experience&goto=newpost).