JK9®Sync Smart Harness
Client
JK9®Lab
Type of Work
Product Design
Material Development
Lighting Design
R&D Management
The JK9®Sync smart harness was an experimental design project in pursuit of exploring the future experience of urban dog walking and accessories. We assembled and managed a complete (freelancer) R&D team for the project needs, from material to hardware development.
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In this concept our aim was to develop a next-gen dog harness that utilises the potentials of cutting edge material, hardware and software technologies to make city living with dogs safer and more comfortable:
Built-in geolocation to make sure you find your dog if it gets lost; Fully automated LED lighting so you only have to pay attention to your walk; Built-in movement sensors that monitor if the quantity and quality of your dog's activity is in the healthy range.
One of the key point of this project was to explore and develop an ultra strong and 3D formable knitting material.
Thanks to high-tensile knitting, the straps can be grown out of the saddle part. On one hand it creates a seamless unibody construction and a new level of fit on dogs' body. On the other hand introducing purely knitted constructions we achieved a zero waste production level and reduced the usually dozens of assembly parts into two knitted layers only.
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