Chiara's Brief:

‘The Productivity Helmet' is a helmet that combats the tendency to procrastinate and break a fruitful flow by minimizing distractions and providing an escape while completing their work.

With more people working from home than ever before, students and desk-workers are extensively reforming their workspaces, adapting it to maintain a productive workflow, while coexisting with their family members and roommates. In an ideal situation, everyone working from home would have a quiet space to retreat to while they complete their tasks or attend lectures and seminars. But as we know, this is not the case; what was once a dining table is now an office, and most everyone's work fecundity is at risk. Fortunately, we have a solution. Aside from limiting the user's field of view, the ‘Productivity Helmet’ is noise-canceling, provides temperature control, and has embedded speakers and a microphone to account for remote working conditions and render a more comfortable oasis (i.e., Zoom calls, meetings, listening to music, and holding confidential conversations). The goal is to have the user get in the habit of wearing the helmet each time they complete a task that requires much focus. Over time, they associate the helmet with a positive connotation; the user reaches for the helmet when they want to be productive and crank out lots of work.

Mathew's Brief:

The Productivity Helmet is a hood that provides an environment free from distractions, to better facilitate working from home, or in an open office space. The helmet is designed to limit the field of vision and is constructed with materials to help dampen outside noise.

Working from home has been difficult for many, creating unique problems, and exacerbating ones that already exist. Some things that have been lost in our move to work and study from home is routine, a designated work environment, and personal space free of distractions. We created a hood that has a multifaceted approach to combating these work from home specific difficulties but also carries over to other environments like open office spaces.

The noise dampening design helps combat auditory distractions and speakers that can be used for ambient noise enhance this. These same speakers, alongside a built-in microphone, also help facilitate video conferencing and phone calls. The Productivity Helmet also limits the user's peripheral vision, reducing visual distractions, and promoting a productive environment. The main feature of this product is not about its technological functions, it is the space created that the user may then utilize associates for work. The Productivity Helmet is a mindful queue to the user that they are in a work environment. Over time, the user will associate the helmet with productivity, creating a comfortable workspace with a unique design that can be used anywhere.

Anara's Brief:

‘Productivity Helmet’ is a device that aids the wearer in focusing on video calls. The product limits the users peripheral vision to cut out distractions. It also has passive noise cancellation, personal speakers, and a microphone built in to create an enhanced work environment, all in one convenient wearable.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen a large increase in people working from home, and many are struggling to concentrate with roommates or family also at home, working remotely or attending school. Many people do not have sufficient home work environments, and tend to become distracted easily. The Productivity Helmet minimizes distractions, and creates an environment that your brain will positively associate with efficient and focused work. The wearer's peripheral vision is blocked by the sides of the hood so that they only focus on the work in front of them. Additionally, speakers are built into the frame of the helmet to create a surround-sound environment, with an adjustable microphone so that co workers can hear you clearly through the call.