PROJECT
PANDAID FACESHIELD
Free template that transforms clear A4 folders into face shields with three simple cuts. Adopted by medical facilities worldwide for COVID-19 protection.
WHY
Lacking protective equipment,
the medical field
was in mortal danger.
The first case of the coronavirus infection (COVID-19) was confirmed in December 2019 and quickly spread around the world. This virus has now become the largest infectious disease in human history,
It has already claimed numerous victims worldwide and brought medical facilities to the brink of collapse due to the ever-growing number of severely ill patients. Shortages of medical protective equipment such as respirators, masks and face shields were also experiences often.
Our main challenge was to alleviate, if only a little, the tremendous burden placed on healthcare professionals around the world.
HOW
A face shield made from
an A4-size clear file.
NOSIGNER’s CEO Eisuke Tachikawa had first founded PANDAID, a collaborative editorial website that helps save lives from the pandemic. As part of this project, he developed a face shield that can be easily made from an A4-size clear file. This face shield takes no more than 30 seconds to complete, simply by placing a printed template in a clear file and cutting along the lines with scissors.
The template, which requires no particular equipment, is available for free online alongside a tutorial video, and has been shared on social media and other platforms. Everyone can make one easily, and hopefully individually contribute to make the shortage of medical protective equipment easier to address.
to fit any person’s head circumference.
WILL
Towards a future where
we can make our own
emergency supplies.
The tutorial video on how to make a face shield has been viewed more than one million times on social media and has been picked up by many other media, including TV. This initiative has generated a lot of empathy and is being used in various medical facilities. At Kitazato University Hospital, 10,000 sheets were independently produced and adopted by many hospitals, including the University of Tokyo Hospital. In addition, everyone from large corporations such as Yahoo! Japan (who made 8000 faceshields in their « LODGE » office) to individual schoolchildren have made their own face shields and a number of donations were made to medical institutions.
This movement is not limited to Japan, and many medical institutions in the United States, France, South Korea, Thailand, and more have been sending their appreciation of face shield donations.
Those face shields have shown that they could make up for the shortage of supplies, and should contribute to reassure us as we brace for more spreading of the disease. We hope the DIY movement will lead to a creative future where we make our own emergency supplies.
As coronavirus is still raging, we wish good health to all the people who have been taking care of us.
INFORMATION
- What
- PANDAID FACESHIELD
- When
- 2020
- Where
- Japan
- Scope
- Photograph / Product Design / Concept Development / Video
- Award
- TIDA Taipei International Design Award: Silver Award (Industrial Design Category) (2020)
- TIDA Taipei International Design Award: Judge’s Special Award (Industrial Design Category) (2020)
- DIA Design Intelligence Award: Honorable Mention (2021)
- SDGs
CREDIT
- Art Direction
- NOSIGNER (Eisuke Tachikawa)
- Graphic Design
- NOSIGNER (Eisuke Tachikawa)
- Product Design
- NOSIGNER(Eisuke Tachikawa, Lee Niyen)
- Video Producer
- NOSIGNER (Eisuke Tachikawa, Lee Niyen, Jin Nagao)
- Photograph
- CCDN(Yuichi Hisatsugu)
