Jogging Jacket concept:

Design of a light emitting jacket, signaling to street vehicles, the presence of sportsman/women, within the framework of technical dress design workshop. The main objective was to apply, the notion of signal emitter and receptor. The secondary objective was to learn basic notions of cloth tailoring and prototype making.

We noticed, that most jogging jackets use bright colors or light reflecting textiles for the ability to been seen at night. To increase the effect, users may stick bicycle lights on their apparel.

The design solution we used was a reflecting nylon jacket to which we integrated a sinuous shaped luminous band, inspired by a wavy road. Disposed on all sides of the jacket, the stripe makes the apparel very noticeable in the dark.

Design team: Francis Brisebois, Marie-Claude Piché, Camille Ouellette & Diana Guzmán
Project Coordinator: Denyse Roy
University of Montreal. Winter 2002