Coperni reveals new Swipe Bag made of 99% air using NASA’s silica aerogel
Coperni debuts its new Air Swipe Bag in its FW24 show, made of 99 percent air and 1 percent glass. The Parisian fashion house uses NASA’s nanomaterial silica aerogel, the dubbed lightest solid on planet Earth, to create the portable CD player-looking bag.
Coperni co-developed the new Air Swipe Bag with Professor Ioannis Michaloudis.
At first glance, the bag has a misty look and a visual resembling frozen and trapped clouds. It seems extremely light, so fans of the bag may want to handle it with care given that its 1-percent glass may not hold up if they swing it back and forth like a person chasing the train during rush hour. If the users put objects inside Coperni’s new Air Swipe Bag, they might want to consider only bringing light essentials, or they may have to carry them all in their hands.
Bespoke in colour and shape with unique emboss and deboss features, the design also includes a branded, oversized custom clasp feature. Using 100% fresh fibre the wrap is significantly lighter than previous packaging solutions without compromising strength or integrity while significantly reducing Bruichladdich’s CO2 impact.
James Cropper produces the moulded fibre packaging using 100% green energy and the wood pulp used in its creation is sourced from sustainably managed forests, certified to FSC® or PEFC® standards. Brought to life using a single material with no glue, the packaging is 100% recyclable in every household.
NASA’S SILICA AEROGEL IS USED TO CAPTURE STARDUST
Coperni’s new Air Swipe Bag weighs only 33 grams, given that NASA’s nanomaterial silica aerogel is a highly delicate and non-fragile nanomaterial. The space agency used it in its stardust mission, the first spacecraft to bring samples from a comet to Earth in 1999, since it can withstand extreme heat of up to 1,200 degrees celsius and a pressure of 4000 times its weight. Coperni toys with this idea by transforming NASA’s aerogel into a misty and cloudy Air Swipe bag, which is dubbed the biggest ever object made of this space technology nanomaterial. Coperni has yet to reveal the availability of its new drop, unveiled during its FW24 show.
Source: designboom.com
