Our office hosted a discussion on designing for the body tonight , featuring the founders and presidents of two design companies -- one that makes sex toys, one that makes body armor. It was an interesting discussion; the similarities of the stories of starting the businesses and the design challenges they faced was actually thought-provoking in itself. And the discussion of how the things we carry, or the things we use on our bodies, become extensions of our selves tied into some other things I've been thinking about, and is going to rattle around in my head for a while.
There were samples of both firms' work out in the studio for us, and later the event attendees, to see. It made for an interesting late afternoon. Luckily, only the body armor was ever tried on.
Bulletproof Boss
Originally uploaded by ianonymous.
(Seriously, I'm told that vest can stop rifle fire.)