Tigeraire:

air accelerator for high performance activities in extreme climate conditions

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“Products must look holistically at humane wellbeing: performative healthcare   ”

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In early 2020 I started a collaboration with a promising start-up based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Tigeraire started developing air ventilation systems for American football helmets. During the pandemic, each athlete had to wear visors on their helmets to prevent the spreading of the virus. The system resulted beneficial not only for defogging the visors but studies have proved it extremely advantageous for the athletes' performance. As soon as I joined the company as design director, the business extended first to batting helmets and later to hardhat for construction workers. Especially for the hard hat, extensive studies have been conducted over the validity of the aeration system in preventing heat strokes and provide a general improvement of the healthcare condition of the workers. The first products will be launched on the market in early 2022 and the array of products includes full helmets design as well as an add-on for applications on standard shells. My role in the company is supervising and direct all the product developing processes, from ideation to prototyping, testing, and pre-engineering phases.


Using our proprietary cooling technology, we created the Cyclone v2 to deliver all day comfort for football players in some of the hottest and most humid environments. Air movement over the skin can accelerate the evaporation of sweat, reducing body temperature, making athletes feel cooler and more comfortable. Lightweight and powerful, the Cyclone v2 is designed to fit inside your football helmet and accelerate air over your entire face. Powered by built-in, rechargeable, LiPo batteries that can run nonstop for over 300 minutes on a single charge, the Cyclone v2 fits snugly in any compatible football helmet and is safe for all ages.  Please refer to the FAQs for a list of compatible football helmets.