Playing lacrosse growing up was a blast. It was a dynamic and innovative sport and I loved the gear that came with the competition, especially the helmets. Cascade was always the brand of choice due to the sleek design and edgy, aggressive style. Never did I expect to be doing the design work on what possibly could be the next big development in their product!
We were tasked with thinking though mechanisms that would allow the face mask to flip up when resting from play and flip down when toughing a good tackle or stick check. The solution had to be robust and resistant to inadvertent release yet, easy to activate with a glove on. As usual, starting with a mild to wild approach - I created a set of concepts that explored a variety of solutions. The styling of the helmet itself was not the focus, however, the lines and parts needed to look great in both open and closed states, so that required some thinking beyond the latch components.
Work completed in Spring 2023.