Leah Heiss, in collaboration with Nanotechnology Victoria, has developed a range of jewelry with therapeutic properties. Leah was NanoVic’s first artist in residence from September 2007-June 2008, supported by Arts Victoria and the Australian Network for Art and Technology.
Diabetes Jewelry
Diabetes jewelry is a neckpiece and rings for administering insulin through the skin via a nano-engineered patch. The Diabetes Neckpiece is a wearable applicator device to apply Nanotechnology Victoria’s NanoMAPs to the skin. NanoMAPs are small (10 x 2mm) circular discs which have an array of micro needles on their surface. They allow for pain-free delivery of insulin to the body, replacing syringes. The Diabetes rings are designed to keep the nano-engineered insulin patches against the skin once they have been applied.


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A high quality hair straightener is always a need for everyone, specifically for the age group of 25 to 35 years. A hair straightener should aim at people who feel young and mobile, always follow the newest trends, want to show up, have a strong feeling for quality and are very much conscious about personal care. Most of the competitive products are pretty conservative as well as low in quality since all of them are basically using the same technology. In this situation, The Snooc is different due to the automotive styling, wireless technology, high quality materials, and the vital spring- system instead of metal, connecting both portions and being gathered in the form.


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Fipa is a brand new smoking concept specially designed for women with tasted tobacco in individual units. The main starting point of this business development plan was figuring out a design solution that would give a feel like a woman’s smoking device. This understanding led the founder to develop Fipa as a luxury icon for women. The inspiration came from the women in the golden era from 1940s to 1960s, when using a cigarette holder was a common issue to maintain a decent distance from mouth to cigarette. Lawrence Chu, an exceptionally talented Canadian designer, designed the final form of chromium-platinum Fipa.

From the website:
“We looked back in history and discovered that until the end of the Victorian period it was quite well accepted for women to smoke pipes in Europe, but due to cultural changes it became unfashionable, thus eventually becoming associated strictly with masculinity over the course of the last century.
The real inspiration came from looking at women in the golden age of smoking, from the 1940s to the 1960s, when it was common to use a cigarette holder to extend the distance from cigarette to mouth to cool the smoke. You can probably guess that this culminated in the iconic image of Audrey Hepburn in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” with long black gloves and equally long black cigarette holder.
It was this image that convinced us that, for an object, the secret to feminine elegance is a simple linear slenderness. That’s what we tried to communicate in the fipa.”

Designer : Lauwrence Chu
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Now, you can capture, measure and store information about your total spending time under the sun with “Marcus” which act as a UV ray detector, this product was designed as a prevention to skin and eye related diseases like Melanoma. The product itself has been designed in the shape of ring, this because our hands has been identified as the most frequent body part that exposed to the sun UV rays. The ring comes in 2 models, which is designed for both male and female user (which is very thoughtful of the designer). As the result, the rings are not something that shows your illness and is much more acceptable with all range of people. The product has been designed so it will not attract the attention of people and carry the style which easily blend in, so the wearer will not have to think of it as a burden to use on a day to day basis.


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The new sewing machine design concept can be said to be something that will remove the usual inhibitions that one has with sewing machines. This electrical device has been designed by product designer Fabien Nauroy in conjunction with Toyota. This new concept of electric sewing machine will surely take them to a long way as it is easy to carry. It has simple and straight design which is quite unique as the components such as the retractable hand wheel at the center of device and integrated lamp for a better area lighting etc. makes it quite a user friendly device. So, just go ahead and sew with your new partner.


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