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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