Final project - Modular helmet
Influence for the project
After learning more about the posibilities in Fab Lab, I got interested about the posibility to create
modular helmet. For my idea, I got influences from these designs:
Wintercroft´s foldable paper helmets These look very nice and are easy to construct. I made for example
this design with paper and glue only in 40 minutes:
What modular helmet is?
Modular helmet is a helmet which can be customized with modular pieces according to user´s needs.
The helmet enables users to create their own helmet designs in simple way.
How modular helmter works?
Modular helmet´s core is FRAME which is consturcted from multiple shapes. This helmet (also seen
bellow) from PREY has similar frontside as the helmet which I want to make:
To understand and visualized how my modular helmet could be made, I used Geomags and act according to design thinking principles:
Each individual shapes of the frame should be done so that there is a middle piece which can be removed if needed
This way, customizing posibilities are increased and I can change the colors of the individual shapes.
Each individual shapes should be connected together to create "rings" that go over my head and form the frame when
they are stacked top of each others. Other constructing posibilities, like folding, are also possible options.
All of the shapes could be similar or different in patterns as seen bellow. However, the frame would be more customizable
if I would use minimal amount of different kind of shapes.
The frame could be done so that there is some kind of closing mechanism behind it. This way, The frame would be easy to take
of from head. To do this, the frame has to be flexible so that it can be bended.
When the frame is ready, individual shapes are taken out to add modular pieces.
Even thou example bellow uses same kind of material and connections as the frame, modular pieces should be made from very
lightweight but durable material whereas the frame should be made strong materia which is able to contain the weight of many
modular pieces.
