MonoShell
The MonoShell Helmet, developed in collaboration with Covestro AG, redefines the future of helmet design. Through innovative Desmopan materials, it provides top-notch safety, individual style, and contributes to environmental sustainability by promoting helmet awareness and optimizing recycling possibilities.
Concept/
Briefing
The material New TPU (also called Desmopan©) has the following properties which are suitable for our product: flexibility and elasticity, abrasion resistance, weather resistance, good damping properties, recyclability, processability.
Helmets have an expiry date and must be disposed of regularly every 5 years. Furthermore, helmets are usually made of many different parts and are therefore very difficult to return to the cycle.
We Erik Koch, Natalie Nürnberger and Sabrina Cisamolo have taken on the challenge of transforming the helmet into a monomaterial product and thus offering a guide for future monomaterial solutions. In collaboration with Covestro AG, the task was to use the new material New TPU/Desmopan© and to showcase its versatility.
x New TPU
recycling
distribution
Covestro
consumer
production
distribution
Circularity
To have a recyclable helmet one needs to ensure its circularity. The helmet is intended to be used in a rental system together with bike rentals. Through a rental system the helmets circularity is ensured and the most amount of material can be recycled.
Recyclability
To ensure recyclability the inner and outer shell are made out of the same TPU Mixture and the same color. That way the helmet can be recycled as one.
All additional pieces such as reflectors and buckles are attached with a plug mechanism so that they can be removed manually.
inner shell
reflectors
buckles
outer shell
stable shape
shock dissipation
appealing aesthetics
weight reduction
material reduction
breathable
recycling
consumer
Future Perspective
The MonoShell would be used within a rental system and the following actors are conceivable:
Uvex - helmet manufacturer and already a partner of Covestro
Swappfiets - bicycle rental service provider that currently only rents bicycles but does not offer helmets.
wood green
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classic blue
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Swappfiets blue
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