Co-founder & VP of Design, CRAVE
Ti Chang, IDSA 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. Prior to Crave, Chang founded INCOQNITO, a line of intimate accessories that double as fashionable jewelry which was acquired by CRAVE in 2011.
Since then, Chang has continued to lead the concept and design for the company’s full line of products, which has won numerous awards including IDSA International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), Red Dot and Good Design. 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. She has been featured in numerous publications including Fortune, Forbes, the Huffington Post and The New York Times. She is a former POPTECH speaker.
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Welcome statements with Nancy Perkins, FIDSA
San Francisco Chapter
Women in Design Section & Women in Design San Francisco Meetup
A conversation with my younger self…
Leaving school, I didn’t know what kind of designer I wanted to be. I certainly didn’t think about starting a company, much less a sex toy company. I just knew I wanted to make a difference through design. The path to figuring out a career was not straightforward. In retrospect, there were things I wished I knew or have done differently that perhaps could have made things a bit easier. On the same token, I’m glad I followed my instincts on a few things that helped me to find path for myself. I would love to share a few experiences through my journey of navigating employment, building a company, and creating a community.
Disrupting Adult Toys with the Female Perspective
Ti Chang shares how the adult toy industry is marketed to women—but not actually designed for women. In this video with mature content, she asks, “How can we look at products from a different way and champion inclusion of female perspectives in the design process—and not just as target customers?”
