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Chromaheat AI Heating Textile by Ching Lee, Jeanne Tan and Jun Jong Tan Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Wearable Technologies Design
Ching Lee, Jeanne Tan and Jun Jong Tan honored for wearable technologies design by the international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 18, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Wearable Technologies Design category for Chromaheat AI Heating Textile by Ching Lee, Jeanne Tan and Jun Jong Tan, designed for Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence in Design (AiDLab). The recognition forms part of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
About Chromaheat AI Heating Textile
Chromaheat AI is an intelligent heating jacket that utilizes AI-driven temperature regulation and thermochromic yarn to provide adaptive warmth and real time visual feedback. Its self trained AI system adjusts heating based on age, gender, and environmental conditions, optimizing thermal comfort across different temperatures, humidity levels, and wind speeds. The color changing yarn offers visible heat indicators, enhancing safety, usability, and monitoring. Designed for daily wear, its energy efficient automated control makes it ideal for healthcare applications and smart textiles.
About Ching Lee, Jeanne Tan and Jun Jong Tan
Ching Lee, Prof. Jeanne Tan, and Jun Jong Tan form a multidisciplinary innovation team at the Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence in Design (AiDLab) and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). Ching Lee is a PhD researcher specializing in the application of artificial intelligence in temperature-regulating textiles. Professor Jeanne Tan, from the School of Fashion and Textiles (SFT) at PolyU, leads the team with expertise in intelligent textile design.
Award Record
Ching Lee, Jeanne Tan and Jun Jong Tan is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Wearable Technologies Design Award
The A' Wearable Technology Design Award is an international competition recognizing good wearable technology designs by leading brands and designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to wearable technology designers, wearable technology brands, wearable technology manufacturers and fashion designers from all countries. Entries typically include smartwatches, fitness trackers, VR headsets, AR glasses, medical devices and smart jewelry. Awarded wearable technology designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/wearable-technology
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/168829
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/168829
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!168829
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/363268
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.jeannetan.net/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Chromaheat AI Heating Textile
- Function
- Heating Textile
- Category
- Wearable Technologies Design
- Discipline
- Product Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances and Fashion
- Colors
- Black, Silver, Dark Slate Gray and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence in Design (AiDLab)
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Ching Lee, Jeanne Tan and Jun Jong Tan
- Country
- Hong Kong (China)
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #168829
Credits
- Team
- Ching Lee, Jeanne Tan, Jun Jong Tan, Wing Shan Yu, Hiu Ting Tang, Wing Chung Wong, Chi Yuen Hui and Shui Wing Ng
- Image Credits
- Main Image: Photographer Henry Yeung – Heating position on the upper back of the body, 2024. Optional; Photographer Chun Hei Lee – Integrated sensors in pocket with a small size, 2024. Optional; Photographer Chun Hei Lee – Illuminative effect in a dark environment, 2022. Optional; Photographer Chun Hei Lee – Jacket providing thermal comfort, 2024. Optional; Photographer Chun Hei Lee – Minimalist and sporty design , 2024.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- ChromaHeat AI is an intelligent heating jacket that integrates AI-driven temperature regulation with thermochromic yarn, providing adaptive warmth and real-time color-changing temperature feedback. The self-trained AI system adjusts heating based on age, gender, and environmental factors, optimizing thermal comfort across varying temperatures, humidity levels, and wind speeds. Designed for everyday use, its energy-efficient control makes it ideal for healthcare technology.
- Inspiration
- Existing heating e-textiles, such as Bluetooth-controlled systems, have advanced textile technology but still lack intelligent adaptation, requiring manual operation to adjust heating levels. They offer limited heat indication, typically displayed on small switches, making it difficult for users to monitor temperature changes. ChromaHeat AI was developed to address these limitations, aiming to enhance human well-being through smart heating textiles that improve comfort, safety, and efficiency.
- Research
- This research developed AI-driven heating e-textiles for personalized thermal comfort and healthcare safety through real-time temperature visualization. Data from 50 participants was collected to train an ANN model, which determines optimal heating temperatures from 40 to 50 degrees Celsius with a mean squared error of 5.083, demonstrating a high correlation between predicted and actual comfort levels. The results confirm enhanced thermal comfort and benefits for healthcare applications.
- Challenge
- The biggest challenge was training the AI model from scratch, as no publicly available datasets existed on optimal heating temperatures for thermal comfort across different users. To validate the concept, we recruited 50 subjects to test heating levels from 40 degree celsius to 60 degree celsius, identifying their preferred comfort temperatures. Additionally, constraints on age groups and testing conditions posed limitations, requiring careful data collection to ensure accuracy and applicability.
- Realization and Technology
- ChromaHeat AI is fabricated using woven and embroidered thermochromic yarn and polymeric optical fiber, combined with silver-coated conductive heating yarn, enabling real-time temperature visualization with high brightness in both lit and dark environments. It features a self-trained ANN-driven system, utilizing data from 50 wearability test subjects to determine optimal heating temperatures for intelligent temperature regulation across diverse users.
- Operation and Interaction
- ChromaHeat AI intuitively adjusts its heating levels using an AI-driven system that responds to the wearer's age, gender, and surroundings. Once worn, built-in sensors track environmental conditions and send data to the intelligent model, which fine-tunes warmth for maximum comfort and efficiency . Its color-changing and light-emitting features provide instant visual feedback , helping users monitor temperature shifts in real time, ensuring safety and ease of use in daily life.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project began in January 2021 and was completed in December 2024 in Hong Kong. The first prototype was exhibited at Sensory Stitches, Intelligent, Intuitive, Illuminative at Tai Kwun, Hong Kong, China, from September 8 to 13, 2022.
- Specifications
- Materials: Silver-coated conductive yarn, thermochromic yarn, polymeric optical fiber, cotton. Technology: AI-driven regulation, ANN model, Bluetooth, thermocouples MAX6675, ambient sensors BME680, FS3000. Color Transitions: Pale purple to hot pink at 30 degrees Celsius in lit conditions; blue to yellow to red from 30 to 40 degrees Celsius and above in dark conditions. Dimensions: International Male M (Chest: 970 mm, Length: 680 mm, Sleeve: 630 mm).
- Keywords
- intelligent textile, heating textile, temperature control, thermochromic textile and healthcare
