Teddy Schuyers? Guts proposes redesigning the ostomy bag for sex, sport and everyday life
After being diagnosed with Crohn's disease, designer Teddy Schuyers decided to focus on redesigning the ostomy bag that many sufferers have to wear to improve both their performance and appearance.
Schuyers created Guts for her graduation project at Design Academy Eindhoven after interviewing a number of people who used ostomy bags following her own diagnosis with Crohn's disease.
Acute bowel diseases like Crohn's often mean that sufferers need a stoma, an opening that allows the body to pass waste without it going through the entire digestive tract. The waste is collected in a pouch known as an ostomy bag.
Schuyers found that many users struggled with problems with their bags, including leaking, skin irritation, release of gas and movement of the bag. Many also said that they did not like the standard, clinical design of the bags, which are usually white or pale, the colour of Caucasian skin.
"When I was in hospital for the first time, I met many people with a stoma," Schuyers told Dezeen. "I saw how annoying it is to have one. And I was surprised that nothing better was invented."
"It is anything but sexy," she said. "The aesthetic side of the ostomy bag has stood still for a long time. They have looked the same for years – very clinical, medical and totally not personal."
She created a two-part design using a variety of skin-safe materials. The first part is a circular hydrocolloid base, or 'skin plate', that fits over the ...
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