cool pieces

Description

‘cool pieces’ deals with the effects of climate change on the human body and its adaptation to heat. With an open source mindset, the project presents an ensemble of three wearable objects whose design takes on multiple facets of a simple fan, one of the most accessible ways to cool the body. The set includes a sun poncho, a deployable headgear and a hand fan for effective cooling. A central idea in the development of the items was to overcome financial barriers to enable widespread participation. For this reason, all instructions are available for free on the website to ensure that production is virtually cost-free. Special attention was paid to the use of commercially available sewing machines, as they are widely available and therefore accessible to a wide range of people.