RE-VESTED
RE-VESTED
RE-VESTED
RE-VESTED
RE-VESTED IS A MULTIPURPOSE VEST. IT IS MADE FOR PEOPLE SEEKING ASYLUM AFTER BEING DISPLACED FROM THEIR OWN HOMES. IT IS A LIFE JACKET THAT IS THEN REVERSED INTO A JACKET. IN ADDITION, THE POCKET OF THE LIFE JACKET IS LINED WITH A PLASTIC WATER SACK MATERIAL WHERE THERE IS A BUILT IN WATER FILTER AND A STRAW TO BE ABLE TO FILTER WATER.
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DESIGN FOR A DISASTER DISPLACEMENT STATEMENT:
MY AIM IS TO ALSO HELP THE REFUGEES FIT IN WHERE EVER THEY END UP BY MAKING THE LIFE VEST REVERSIBLE AND TURN INTO A NEUTRAL AND STYLISH JACKET THAT CAN BE WORN DURING THE DAY OR NIGHT.
RESEARCH
RESEARCH
“Carbon filtering is a method of filtering that uses a bed of activated carbon to remove contaminants and impurities, using chemical adsorption. Each particle, or granule, of carbon provides a large surface area, or pore structure, allowing contaminants the maximum possible exposure to the active sites within the filter media. One gram of activated carbon has a surface area in excess of 3,000 m2 (32,000 sq ft). Activated carbon works via a process called adsorption, whereby pollutant molecules in the fluid to be treated are trapped inside the pore structure of the carbon substrate. Carbon filtering is commonly used for water purification.”
THE PURPOSE OF THE WATER FILTRATION IS FOR THE REFUGEES TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE WHAT THEY ARE SURROUNDED BY AT THE TIME, AND MAKE IT CONVENIENT WHILE THEY ARE ON THE RAFT TO HAVE SOME WATER TO DRINK. EVEN THOUGH THIS FILTRATION SYSTEM WON’T FILTER OUT MOST OF THE SALT PARTICLES, THE WATER CAN THEN BE STERILIZED AFTERWARDS.
PRODUCTION, MATERIALS, DISTRIBUTION
MATERIALS AND HARDWARE: $80
. NEOPRENE
. NYLON STRAPS
. PLASTIC BUCKLE
. ZIPPERS
. FOAM
. VINYL
. PLA
. ACTIVATED CHARCOAL
LABOR:
3 FULL DAYS OF CONSTRUCTING
$15
SELLING PRICE TO MAKE PROFIT: $110
SELLING PRICE TO BREAK EVEN: $95
HOWEVER, THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SUPPLIED BY THE UNHCR BECAUSE IT WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE FOR REFUGEES TO HAVE TO PAY FOR A DISASTER OUT OF THEIR CONTROL.
SINCE THE UN ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF THE REFUGEES MIGRATING OVERSEAS TO EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, BECAUSE IT IS RUN BY THE BLACK MARKET AND THE CITIZENS THEMSELVES, MY NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO FIGURE OUT A SYSTEM WHERE THESE LIFE VESTS CAN BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE UNHCR OR CREATE A NEW SYSTEM IDEA WHERE THE MIGRANTS COULD RECEIVE THEM.
WATER FILTRATION TESTING
