Rejuvenating Traditional Leather Crafting Industry with Anthropometry-informed Design Practice

Innovation Meets Tradition: Synergy of Design, Engineering & Craftsmanship

Craft the Leather, Italy Vegetanned Leather Association, Tuscana Promozione

2013

Anthropometry-informed Design
Applied Ergonomics in Design
Body Scanning & Data Analysis
Smart Wearables Innovation

Discipline

Role

Guest Designer
Invented by Italy Vege-tanned Leather Association, Solo Design

Achievement

World Tour Exhibition
Exhibited in Première Vision Paris 2013, France, Japan, Korea, U.K., U.S., Italy, and 10+ countries & regions

Acknowledgement

Special Thanks to Asian Ergonomic Design Lab (SizeChina), PolyU Design, Tuscan Promozione, Consorzio Vera Pelle Italiana Conciata al Vegetale, Prof. Roger Ball, Yaling Liu, Diane Becker, Barbara Mannucci

Reviving a Traditional Industry through Design Innovation

Invited by the Tuscan Promozione & Italian Vege-tanned Leather Association, Project seeks to rejuvenate the traditional leather crafting process with anthropometry-informed design practice through advanced 3D generating & fabricating tools.

Visiting the entire process to understand the manufacturing & crafting procedures of the industry to inform creative opportunities
Experiment with various crafting techniques and tools to understand constraints of its characteristics as well as its design opportunities.