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Exchange information with Handshake


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Handshake is designed to exchange basic information with new people in the first meeting by shaking hands.

Handshake is designed to exchange basic information with new people in the first meeting by shaking hands.


Exchange information with Handshake

The most essential part of a nomadic life is frequent travel. Similarly, nowadays people are traveling more often. In fact, it has become easier to move from one place to another. Increasing opportunities to travel indicates increasing opportunities of meeting new people. We are interested in expanding social networks when traveling around world.

The rings exchange their user’s information and store them whole they are shaking hands. The more people they meet, the more information they have. When the users browse through the people they have met, the card displays their basic information that was stored in the ring. The power source is provided from human temperature, so it doesn’t need any plug.

Handskake won Red dot award: design concept 2007
Designers: Hideaki Matsui, Dong Ho Yun, Jea Wan Park