Guest Lecture: Ti Chang, Co-founder and Vice President of Design of CRAVE
On March 20th, Products of Design welcomed Ti Chang, the co-founder and VP of Design of CRAVE, a San Francisco-based company specializing in discreet and luxury sex toys. Ti is best known for the design of the vibrator necklace Vesper, one of the most celebrated and innovative sex toys disrupting the adult toy industry and changing the conversation around sex.
“Even in 2019 we still feel a little bit awkward and embarrassed when we talk about pleasure and sex toys. What I’ve found is, no matter where you come from globally, there is always this degree of shame, stigma and inappropriateness that is associated with pleasure and sex.”
In her Products of Design lecture entitled, “Transforming Taboo Products with Design,” Ti generously shared her unusual journey as a designer and her passion to influence culture through design. “Even in 2019 we still feel a little bit awkward and embarrassed when we talk about pleasure and sex toys,” she said in her opening remarks, “What I’ve found is, no matter where you come from globally, there is always this degree of shame, stigma and inappropriateness that is associated with pleasure and sex.” Ti shared her vision to design products that would remove this stigma and open the conversation.
Ti Chang is an industrial designer/entrepreneur who is passionate about designing products for women. She is the co-founder and VP of Design of CRAVE, a San Francisco-based company specializing in discreet and luxury sex toys. She is best known for the design of the vibrator necklace Vesper, one of the most celebrated and innovative sex toys disrupting the adult toy industry and changing the conversation around sex. CRAVE has received numerous awards including IDSA International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), Red Dot and Good Design, and has been featured in numerous publications including Fortune, Forbes, Huffington Post and The New York Times. Ti holds a MA in Design Products from Royal College of Art in London and a BS in Industrial Design from Georgia Institute of Technology.