DIY Emergency Face Shield Template by Tokujin Yoshioka
Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has created a quick and easy face shield for healthcare workers fighting Covid-19, which attaches to the wearer's glasses.
Yoshioka's template design can be used to create a face shield in three simple steps from a clear sheet of PET or PVC plastic.Printed on an A3 piece of paper, the template can be placed over the top of a clear sheet of plastic and used as a guideline for cutting around the edge of the shape.The user can then make cuts into the plastic sheet over the two small lines indicated towards the top of the template on opposite sides.The two temple arms of the wearer's glasses can then be slotted into these incisions, leaving the glasses protected by the shield as they sit behind it on the user's face.
"I am grateful to the brave and dedicated healthcare workers for fighting the contagious disease," said Yoshioka."I'd like to share my quick and simple face shield idea for emergency situation with shortage of medical supplies," he added."I hope this can be of any help to healthcare workers."Yoshioka joins a host of designers and architects also creating pieces of personal protective equipment (PPE) to help replenish the shortages brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. US physician and epidemiologist Michael Edmond has recommended that everyone should try and wear a face shield."I believe that if every person wore a face shield when out of their home, we would bend the curve faster and return to normal life sooner," he told Dezeen.
Yoshioka's template can be downloaded for free using the following link.
The template includes three different shield sizes: a large size with a height of 250 millimetres (mm) and a width of 265 mm, a medium size of 215 mm by 265 mm, or a smaller size of 200 mm by 265 mm.
The designer's studio has also shared an instruction video showing how to assemble the face shield on its Instagram, Twitter and YouTube channels.
Joelle Maslaton Oster
Founder of Joelle Magazine and Studio Joelle, an interior design practice in New York. She writes on art, design and the places in between.
