16 Products From Women Designers You Need to Know
This piece highlights 16 products designed by women, focusing on items like the Slate EV and Away luggage. It emphasizes how female leadership in design is shifting product aesthetics and functionality in traditionally male-dominated industries.
Why it matters
It showcases the impact of gender diversity in product design and its influence on consumer market trends and brand success.
Slate Auto Fastback SUV
Tisha Johnson is a rarity in the car world: an automotive design leader who is not a man. Women are sometimes put in charge of the interiors or the materials, but few get to shape the whole look of a vehicle. As head of design at the EV-maker Slate, Johnson does. The pickup truck version of its EV starts at just under $25,000, making it the cheapest pickup on sale in the US, electric or not. Trouble is, cheap products are usually a compromise, and compromises rarely inspire affection. Johnson’s Slate, however, has won design awards, not just praise for its price tag.
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