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Design Philosophy
This innovative conceptual product boosts mountaineering safety with enhanced cushioning and structural body support for superior comfort, featuring a textile-integrated emergency lighting system.
Ortovox
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Mountaineering Safety
Crevasses Danger(Denali)
Denali's crevasses are deadly hidden glacier cracks that collapse under snow bridges, plunging climbers 40–100+ feet to injury, hypothermia, or death.
of fatalities on Denali are from falls.
45%
of deaths occur on descent.
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+50%
What if mistake saves life?
How could conscious overcome obsession?
What if mistake saves life?
Crevasses pose a severe danger, and in such extreme conditions, human errors are common
—yet a single mistake can prove fatal.
What if our design transforms that mistake into a life-saving opportunity?
Crevasses Danger(Denali)
Crevasses pose the greatest danger in alpine environments. Victims who fall into them often end up hanging suspended.
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The rope or harness cutting off blood circulation to the legs.
Pete's Fun Sketch
Pete's ''fun" sketch principle: ideation for problem solving, fun sketch to innovate based on styling.
Lines of extension
Mountaineering Harness
Field Trip
User Testing + Mockup
Leveraging sketches and mock-ups to test how users interact with the design.
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Extra Cushion
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Back Support
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Extended Leg Support
Leveraging sketches and mock-ups to test how users interact with the design.
How could conscious overcome obsession?
Climbers can lose respect for nature when they become too focused on conquering a mountain, leading to carelessness and increased danger.
How could our design transforms that obession into a life-saving opportunity?
Crevasses Rescue
Kluflit Axis Harness
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Smart Textile
Textile design integrated with emergency lighting
Mr Fluid Deployment
Enhances comfort by offering extra cushioning and structural body support.
Smart Textile
Textile design integrated with
emergency lighting
Team Rescue
Mr Fluid Deployment
Enhances comfort by offering extra cushioning and structural body support.
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Team members are connected by ropes and harnesses
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A fall into a crevasse triggers the safety system
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MR fluid activates to protect the back and waist
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Smart textiles illuminate the crevasse environment
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The lighting alerts teammates to the incident
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Team members respond quickly to rescue the climber
Colorways - Four Seasons
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