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Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 10:59AM The purpose of this assignment was to respond to natural disaster through a mobile unit. The choice of scale we set for our unit corresponded to the scale of an individual. Our unit is a mobile backpack. Through our precedent studies, we discovered multiple variations inside the products of military and backcountry backpacks. We studied backpacks such as: Spec Ops, LDN Medical pack, RATS-pack, Osprey...etc. 
Through our research we discovered two different strategies among the various packs. These two focuses were either compartmentalization or space strategy. Most military medical packs sought for an organized approach, where the backcountry packs sought for a spacious approach - leaving the most space for the most storage.
In the mobile medical pack that Michelle and I designed, our focus was to combine the aspects of our researched topics to suit the necessities of the medics in the field. The unit will not be deployed directly from the hospital, however it will be deployed from a unit in a secondary position. The backpack is meant to serve tertiary locations, locations where trucks and other various transportation vehicles cannot access. This mobile medical pack is meant to travel on foot.
Blue Core is the name of this pack. The driving idea of the pack is surrounded around a blue core of compartmentalization. Throughout the core, which will be removed out of the back of the pack, are cell that hold multiple tools and necessities for performing care. This also allows multiple users to access various tools at different locations, while maintaining order. This core is located on the frame of the pack for ergonomic support.
Reader Comments (1)
I felt the illustrations for this project were highly descriptive, especially the diagram showing the distribution out wards from a hospital. We wanted to do something similar on our project but it wasn't working out. I love the way you guys solved this part of the story telling! Your president studies are also particularly fascinating. Honestly I didn't see that part when it was pinned up.