AirBuddy Surface Supplied Dive Gear

Sporting Goods Design Award Winner.
Awarded for Good Sporting Goods, Fitness and Recreation Equipment Design.

AirBuddy Surface Supplied Dive Gear
by Jan Kadlec

Awarded April 15, 2021
CLIENT: AirBuddy, OXY Pty Ltd
14.303

From a distance, AirBuddy resembles a miniature inflatable boat - a marine motive that creates emotional connection with the main customer segment, the boaters. With the vision to create the smallest, lightest, and most powerful recreational SSBA unit, the design is functional and naturally respects the laws of physics. Hence why the air reservoir (float) is using toroidal shape, the second-best shape (after sphere) to distribute the hoop and longitudinal stress created by the air pressure in its walls. AirBuddy's design conveys ease of use, yet robustness and technological excellence.

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