AETHER
SUSTAINABLE WINGSUIT FOR 2050 ECOLYMPICS
ECOLYMPICS
By 2050, all winter sports will be extinct because of extreme damage to the environment brought on by global warming.
Striving to reduce our carbon footprint, sustainable designs, practices, and manufacturing methods must take root for any and all sports to continue.
SPORT HISTORY
1483
FLIGHT THEORY - LEONARDO DA VINCI
1783
INVENTS PARACHUTE
1930
1994
INVENTION OF WINGSUIT
MODERN WINGSUIT - GAYARDON
SPORT ENVIRONMENT
ATHLETE INSIGHT
COMPETITOR LANDSCAPE
SUSTAINABILITY GOALS
CONTINUED LIFECYCLE
MATERIALS + MANUFACTURING
CURRENT MATERIALS
RIPSTOP 100% NYLON
SYNTHETIC WOVEN
DWR + PU FINISH
POLYACETAL RESIN + PE
#10 YKK
THERMOFORMED
ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE
NON-WOVEN SYNTHETIC
5MM THICK
ALTERNATIVE MATERIAL SOURCING
REGRIND recycled soft bottles into 100% Nylon
POST-INDUSTRIAL REGRIND
REGRIND production scraps to make PET
RECYCLE retired suits to make new products
REPURPOSE
DONATE functional suits to other divers
REPLACE only parts that need repair
REINFORCE materials with adhesive Dacron
RESTORE
ALTERNATIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
REDUCE waste by maximizing pattern yield
PATTERN YIELD EFFICIENCY
ELIMINATE application of excessive finishes
RESPONSIBLE TREATMENTS
ZERO WATER DYEING
PROTECT the ocean from chemical contaminants
LOCAL SOURCING
ELIMINATE need for excess packaging + shipping
MISSION STATEMENT
PRODUCT BRIEF
MOOD BOARD
SUSTAINABILITY MINDMAP
IDEATION SKETCHES
CONCEPT SELECTION
TECHNICAL DRAWING
PROTOTYPING
ATHLETE FEEDBACK
FINAL PRODUCT SHOTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
