# 16 Products From Women Designers You Need to Know > From electric trucks to smart rings, women are reshaping design across industries with products that prioritize function, fit and thoughtful innovation. - Title: 16 Products From Women Designers You Need to Know · WIRED - Summary: From electric trucks to smart rings, women are reshaping design across industries with products that prioritize function, fit and thoughtful innovation… - Keywords: women designers, product design, automotive, sports equipment, technology, innovation, tisha johnson, slate, away, jelenew, natural cycles, adafruit - Source: WIRED — https://wired.com/story/16-womens-products-you-need-to-know - Author: Chris Haslam - Published: 2026-09-25T10:00:00+00:00 - Read time: 4 min - Topics: women designers, product design, automotive, sports equipment, technology, innovation, tisha johnson, slate, away, jelenew, natural cycles, adafruit ## A rare leader in car design Tisha Johnson heads design at EV-maker Slate, a rarity in automotive where women rarely shape a vehicle's whole look. The pickup truck version starts at just under twenty-five thousand dollars, the cheapest pickup on sale in the US. ## Designed to be loved, not cheap Johnson rejected macho design for strong shoulders and approachable round headlamps. She says the Slate's attraction is based on something lasting from inside out, a deeper connection. The truck has won design awards alongside one hundred eighty thousand reservations. > The attraction that draws you to Slate is based on something that is lasting from inside out. It's a deeper connection. ## Away's aluminum carry-on Away was founded in two thousand fifteen by Jen Rubio and Steph Korey, both from eyewear maker Warby Parker. In its first year, Away generated twelve million dollars in sales and sold more than one hundred thousand stylish suitcases. ## Built tough for overhead bins Away's aluminum carry-on has a thirty-two-litre capacity, dual TSA locks, three hundred sixty-degree wheels, and an internal compression system. The signature hidden laundry bag remains a brilliant accoutrement. It costs six hundred twenty-five dollars. ## Cycling champion's windproof jacket Jelenew was cofounded by six-time cycling world champion Marion Clignet. The Mont Blanc Ultralight jacket combines female-specific articulated shaping, recycled nylon, mesh ventilation and an adjustable hem. It packs into a six point three by nine point eight inch bag. ## Designed for women's proportions Clignet brought elite racing experience into Jelenew's development, with fit shaped around women's proportions rather than scaled down from men's clothing. The jacket uses ninety-four percent recycled nylon, PFAS-free water-repellent treatment, UV protection and mesh ventilation. ## Golf clubs for women golfers TaylorMade's Kalea Gold Driver was designed for women who want more performance than they can get from men's clubs. Principal product-development engineer Michelle Penney led development with input from female TaylorMade employees, players and a dedicated women's advisory board. ## Built for women's swing profiles The four hundred sixty cubic centimetre carbon driver is forty-four inches long with eleven point five or thirteen point five degree lofts. A lightweight forty-seven gram shaft helps generate speed without making the club harder to control. It costs four hundred ninety-nine dollars. ## Birth control from a physicist Natural Cycles was cofounded by CERN physicist Elina Berglund Scherwitzl, who helped discover the Higgs boson. The company makes the world's first FDA-cleared birth-control app. Its screenless NC Band syncs health readings to the app and tracks temperature, heart rate and movement. ## Wearable fertility tracking The NC Band wears on your wrist while you sleep and automatically syncs data to your phone in the morning. Natural Cycles claims an impressive ninety-three percent accuracy for daily fertility guidance. A recently announced Whoop partnership helps strengthen both brands' offerings. ## Limor Fried's electronics empire Ladyada, aka Limor Fried, became the first female engineer to appear on the cover of WIRED in April two thousand eleven, six years after founding Adafruit from her MIT dorm room. Her alias was inspired by nineteenth-century mathematician Ada Lovelace. ## Open-source electronics for all Fried has grown Adafruit into a one hundred percent woman-owned force in open-source electronics, making components, tools and educational kits that lower the barrier to coding and hardware hacking. The Badger is a programmable, wearable e-paper name badge costing sixty-nine dollars. ## Running gear that carries everything Raide's Women's TrailTech Cargo Tank combines an unpadded sports bra, a vest and the carrying capacity of a small hydration pack in a single four point six ounce layer. Five well-positioned pockets hold up to thirty fluid ounces of water, a phone, rain shell and up to six fuel gels. ## Watches for serious women collectors Vacheron Constantin's new Overseas Self-Winding clocks in at thirty-four point five millimetres, suiting both men and women well in stainless steel or pink gold. It is a nearly exact shrunken version of the forty-one millimetre model with nothing dropped apart from the outer seconds track. ## AI-powered hair care Dreame's Miracle Pro hair dryer uses AI to adjust temperature, heat and airflow automatically. The one thousand four hundred watt dryer monitors temperature one thousand times per second to keep airflow ultra consistent. It includes a conditioning essence atomizer and red light therapy. ## St. Vincent's signature guitar Annie Clark, aka art-rocker St. Vincent, sketched her signature guitar using angles combining midcentury retro-futurism with the bold triangular tuxedo worn by avant-garde performer Klaus Nomi. She worked through around twenty prototypes to get weight, balance and feel just right. ## Built for women's bodies Clark explicitly designed the Music Man St. Vincent HHH to sit comfortably against a woman's torso. Built from lightweight okoume wood, it weighs around seven point five pounds with a roasted maple neck offering easy access to upper frets. Three custom DiMarzio mini-humbuckers are controlled by a five-way selector. ## Key takeaway Women designers are leading innovation across automotive, travel, sports and technology, creating products that win awards and challenge industry conventions.