Design Brief

 
M2 Studio                                                               
SP 2013

Ski Helmet and Headgear optimized for search and rescue

Design a headgear/ helmet system that optimally supports the performance and needs of search and rescue / ski patrol professionals working in cold weather conditions. The product should target production for 2016.

Your design proposal should serve as an experimental advanced prototype to inspire a new product line for a brand that is currently in or adjacent to the market category.
It should appropriately evolve the design language and values of the chosen brand for success in the marketplace.

Designs should be directed toward creating a sustainable competitive advantage for the chosen brand and showcase the potential of how the category might evolve with the advent of wearable computing technologies including integrated 2 way communications, imaging, and heads-up display  ( RECON - like)  technology with robust near field, Bluetooth, Wi Fi, and 4G  network capabilities. Your design should be centered on  creating an optimal user experience.

Final deliverables should include a slide-show based presentation illustrating the user experience and features of your proposal and a physical ( 3 dimensional ) mockup model/ prototype finished to A class level. 

Final presentations will be presented side by side along with other competitive proposals  to an executive review team and should be aimed at winning approval for a follow-on  phase of work to further develop the conceptual proposal into production designs.
Program work phases :
contextual research /project framing/ value criteria development
competitive product evaluation
product life cycle environmental impacts
competitor benchmarking and market positioning
user research and analysis
trend research
visual brand language development
form exploration, ideation, 3d model development  ( analog methods )
Virtual modeling and design development
proof of concept mock up development
3d model fabrication
CG rendering 
presentation development.


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