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A modular swimming vest for children

2021

with Egzona Acifi

EVA foam cellular rubber prototype

Paddy, is a modular learning swimming vest for children between four and eight years old. The vest can be individually adjusted in size and buoyancy. This ensures that every child has the optimal position in the water.
The vest should offer you the best possible freedom of movement during swimming lessons and support you in learning the breaststroke. It consists of two parts, which are connected to each other with buckles. This means it can adapt to any size and body shape. It also consists of modular buoyancy bodies, which are attached to the vest using mushroom-head Velcro fasteners; these are different in color, shape and pattern. This means that the vest can be individually adapted to the child and enables the optimal position in the water to suit the child's progress.
The buoyancy bodies are made of EVA and have different structures, such as stubble, scales and bubbles.
This structure and coloring allows the swimming teacher to better record learning progress and respond individually to each child and it gives a fun interactive haptic for the child.