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Openwear Wearable Prototype Toolkit by Leijing Zhou is a winner of the 2024 Iron A' Design Award in Product Engineering and Technical Design.

Openwear is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations.

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Openwear Wearable Prototype Toolkit by Leijing Zhou Iron Product Engineering and Technical Design Award Winner 2024

Openwear Wearable Prototype Toolkit

OpenWear is a toolkit designed for building wearable prototypes quickly. It comprises a modified Lilypad USB development board, 11 newly designed modules, and connecting cables with O-ring connectors for swift connection. This kit enables rapid prototyping by allowing for quick attachment and connection, enabling users to build and test prototypes directly on the intended substrate, such as clothing.

Openwear Wearable Prototype Toolkit by Leijing Zhou Iron Product Engineering and Technical Design Award Winner 2024
Iron Product Engineering and Technical Design Award Winner 2024 Openwear Wearable Prototype Toolkit
Openwear designed by Leijing Zhou
Openwear - Iron Product Engineering and Technical Design Award Winner
Leijing Zhou's Openwear Wearable Prototype Toolkit
Iron Product Engineering and Technical Design Award Winner 2024 Openwear Wearable Prototype Toolkit
Openwear designed by Leijing Zhou
Openwear - Iron Product Engineering and Technical Design Award Winner
Leijing Zhou's Openwear Wearable Prototype Toolkit

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Openwear by Leijing Zhou

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Openwear Wearable Prototype Toolkit

Openwear is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. Openwear is expected to be a highly-regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. Openwear is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.


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Leijing Zhou

Leijing Zhou

She has studied in the UK, the Netherlands and Singapore for many years. Her research direction is human-computer interaction and intelligent design. She has won more than 10 Red dot design awards, IF design awards etc. and published nearly 10 international journals and papers. She has participated in organizing the world industrial design conference, the world ecological design conference and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization ecological design leading class as the core personnel.

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Zhejiang University

Zhejiang University

Zhejiang University is a public university in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction. The university holds 7 faculties, 37 colleges, schools, and departments, offering 140 undergraduate and 300 graduate programs. The university also has seven affiliated hospitals, 1 museum, and 2 international joint institutes. The university is a member of the C9 League.


Openwear Wearable Prototype Toolkit by Leijing Zhou Iron Product Engineering and Technical Design Award Winner 2024

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