Konel unveils translucent wearable bag ‘pulse pack’
During Milan Design Week 2026, Konel is releasing a translucent wearable bag that converts the user’s heartbeats into slow pulses to help them be aware of their current state and calm them down. Named Pulse Pack, the self-calming gadget, which comes from the same company that created the ZZZN puffer jacket, measures the heartbeat in real time and responds to the accessory with a physical pulse of its own, timed at exactly half the frequency of what it detects. The idea behind it draws from a phenomenon in physiology and psychology that when the body is under stress, the heart rate rises. When a person is calm, it slows.
What is less commonly known is that external rhythmic stimuli – or a slow drumbeat, a rocking motion, a repeated vibration – can pull the body’s own rhythm toward them through a process called entrainment. Here, the nervous system synchronizes to a steady external beat when that beat is slower and more regular than the body’s current state. Konel builds the wearable bag Pulse Pack around that mechanism, that by pulsing at half the user’s heart rate, the gadget offers a slower rhythm, which is more steady than the one already running inside the person wearing it. The body, over time, tends to follow, allowing the user to calm down and relieve their stress on their own.
all images courtesy of Konel Inc.
Prototype on view at milan design week 2026
The wearable bag Pulse Pack by the creative company Konel has a haptic pulse, or the physical vibration, felt against the spine and the shoulder blades, which are areas of the body that are generally less consciously monitored than the hands or face. The company believes that contact with the back tends to be less intrusive and more grounding than stimulation at the fingertips or wrist, which is where most current wearable devices put their haptic feedback.
The sensor that reads the heartbeat also sits inside the wearable bag’s structure, in contact with the wearer’s back so that there’s no need for a separate device. The system runs passively, meaning it reads, calculates, and responds without asking the person to do anything other than put the bag on. It’s this hands-free-like quality that Konel is trying to achieve. Konel describes this approach as Good Singularity, a term it uses to frame technology as a tool that can bring balance to daily life rather than add to its noise. Visitors to the Milan Design Week 2026 can try out the prototype at Via Palermo 11 between April 20th and 26th.
named Pulse Pack, the self-calming gadget measures the heartbeat in real time
the object responds with a physical pulse of its own
detailed view of the design
the accessory wraps around the user’s hand and wrist
the device has a haptic pulse or physical vibration
the sensor that reads the heartbeat also sits inside the wearable bag’s structure
users can hug the bag as a mini pillow, too
the system runs passively, meaning it reads, calculates, and responds on its own
the company is set to bring the prototype to Milan Design Week 2026
project info:
name: Pulse Pack
company: Konel | @hellokonel
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