MEMBRANE
‘MEMBRANE’ IS A PERFORMANCE AND SAFETY WEAR LEAD DEISGN PROJECT WITH A FOCUS ON WOMENS MOTORING WEAR. THE PROJECT WAS INITALLY BASED ON DESIGNING FASHIONABLE MOTORING GARMENTS FOR THE NEW AND NEXT GENERATION OF FEMALE MOTORCYCLISTS, HOWEVER AFTER SPEAKING TO MOTORCYCLIST BOTH MEN AND WOMEN UNCOVERED A GREATER NEED FROM THIS AUDIENCE FOR MOTORCYCLIST WEAR THAT IS EASY TO MOVE AROUND IN ONCE A DESTINATION IS REACHED. DUE TO THIS THE PROJECT NOW EXPLORES CURRENT SAFETY GARMENTS AS WELL AS RESEARCH INTO FABRICATION AND SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE NEWLY AVALIABLE AND TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY OF MOTORCYCLISTS IN THE FUTURE WITH THE AIM TO CREATE A RANGE OF CONCEPTUAL GARMENTS THAT ARE LIGHTER AND LESS CONSTRICTING IN TERMS OF MOVEMENT THAN THE CURRENT OPTIONS, ALLOWING THE WEARER MORE FREEDOM AND ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF WHAT TO DO WITH BULKY MOTORING WEAR ONCE A DESTINATION IS REACHED.
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RESEARCH
MEMBRANE
CONCEPT
BOARD
WILL RESEARCH INTO FABRICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND DEVELOPMENTS IN SAFETY WEAR LEIGHT WEIGHT GARMENTS STILL HIGHLY SAFETY FOCUSED COMPETITORS INCLUDE UGLY BROS, SUUS AND SEDICI MONA
LESS BULKY WITH REMOVABLE SAFETY PADDING
PROTECTIVE
COMFORT
FASHION FORWARD
WOMEN’S BIKERWEAR FOR THE UPCOMING MOTORING GENERATION OF WOMEN AGED 18-25
MEMBRANE
C O L O U R, F A B R I C , T R I M S A N D T E C H N O L O G I E S
CONSTRUCTED FROM A KEVLAR BASED FIBRE THAT IS COATED WITH A METAL COMPOUND OF EITHER 100% NICKEL OR NICKEL/SILVER COMBINATIONS- LIGHTWEIGHT, HIGHLY FLEXIBLE AND CAN STOP BULLETS - CAN BE MADE VIRTUALLY UNDETECTABLE WHEN WOVEN INTO FABRICS
HYDROPLANE
AUXETIC FABRICS
OUTLAW
WHILE MOST FABRICS GET THINNER WHEN STRETCHED AND FATTER WHEN COMPRESSED, AUXETIC MATERIALS DO THE OPPOSITE- MOST MATERIALS WILL STRETCH AT THE POINT OF IMPACT BECOMING ATTENTUATED, AUXETIC MATERIALS COMPRESS ON POINT OF IMPACT BECOMING DENSER.
MADE FROM THE SAME SELF- HEALING PROTEINS FOUND IN THE TEETH OF SQUID SUCKERS, THE COATING CAN FUSE TWO PIECES OF FABRIC TOGETHER LIKE AN ADHESIVE WHEN IT COMES IN CONTECT WITH WATER.
MEMBRANE
ARACON
THIRTEEN
IMPACT RESISTANT MATERIAL IS ENGINEERED WITH AN ELASTIC STRUCTURE COMPAREABLE TO THE MOVEMENT OF WET SAND- WHEN WET SAND FLOWS, THE GRAINS MOVE SMOOTHLY, BUT WHEN THE SAND IS COMPRESSED, THE GRAINS LOCK TOGETHER. D3O WORKS IN A SIMILAR WAY, LOCKING FIBRES TOGETHER UPON IMPACT AND THEREFORE ABSORBING AND DISTURBING THE RESULTING ENERGY, WHICH PROTECTS THE WEARER. D3O REVEALS NEW POTENTIAL FOR ELASTIC MATERIALS TO INTERACT WITH THE BODY AND ITS SURROUNDINGS.
S E L F - H E A L I NG FABRIC
BACKFIRE
D3O
ANODIZING
D E V E L O P M E N T, F I N A L F L A T S A N D I L L U S T R A T I O N S
MEMBRANE
FINAL LINE UP
MEMBRANE