We are honored to announce that Strategic Sports innovative, sustainable and 100% recycled/recyclable RMR model helmet has been recognized with yet another prestigious award, this time the Australian Good Design Award in the Product Design category. This accolade highlights its innovative approach specifically to sustainable design and environmental impact. The RMR has also won the 2024 German Design Award earlier this year.
我们很荣幸地宣布一个消息，韬略创新，可持续和100%可回收材料设计和制造的RMR头盔又获得了另一个久负盛名的奖项，这次是澳大利亚优秀设计奖的产品设计类别。这一荣誉突出了创新的方法，特别是可持续设计和环境影响。今年早些时候，RMR还获得了2024年德国设计奖。
Since 1958, the Australian Good Design Awards have celebrated outstanding design and innovation across 12 design disciplines. The 2024 awards featured over 32 categories, judged by a panel of more than 80 global experts, including designers, engineers, and industry leaders Judges focused on three main criteria: Good Design, Design Innovation, and Design Impact. The RMR helmet stands out for its commitment to sustainability and effectiveness, reinforcing the important role of design in creating a better future for our planet.
从1958年以来，澳大利亚优秀设计奖合计表彰了12个设计学科的杰出设计和创新项目。2024年的奖项包括32个类别，由包括设计师、工程师和行业领袖在内的80多位全球专家组成的评审团评判，评委们关注三个主要标准:优秀设计、设计创新和设计影响。RMR头盔以其对可持续性和有效性的承诺从而脱颖而出，强化了设计在为我们的星球创造更美好未来方面的重要作用。
“We’re truly honored to receive a Good Design Award for our efforts on the sustainable, 100% recycled and recyclable RMR,” said Norman Cheng, Managing Director of Strategic Sports LTD. “However, our focus on sustainable design goes beyond accolades; we believe it's crucial for manufacturers to actively contribute to sustainability and combat climate change whenever possible,” Cheng added.
韬略执行董事郑董表示:“我们非常荣幸能够获得这个优秀设计奖，因为我们在可持续、100%可回收和可回收再使用方面所做的努力。然而，我们对可持续设计的关注不仅仅是荣誉;我们认为，制造商在任何可能的情况下积极为可持续发展和应对气候变化做出贡献是至关重要的。”
Take A Closer Look at the Award-Winning, Incredibly Recyclable RMR
The RMR is the first helmet engineered and manufactured with sustainability as a top priority. Produced at Strategic Sports low carbon factories using their Biodome™ reclaimed and recycled materials, the RMR features adhesive-free construction to simplify disassembly for recycling post-life, while still exceeding global safety standards.
RMR是第一个以可持续性为首要任务设计和制造的头盔。RMR由Strategic Sports的低碳工厂生产，使用我们的Biodome™回收和再生材料，RMR的特点是无粘合结构，简化了拆卸后回收，同时仍然超过全球安全标准。
Design Challenges, Design Solutions设计挑战，设计解决方案
Like any helmet, the RMR is designed to prevent injury in the event of impact. Traditional helmet materials and construction methods have centered around this critical energy management element and pricing scaled to meet end consumer needs, which unfortunately has usually involved a plethora of non-recycled, non-reclaimed materials and processes. For the RMR the Design Challenge was clear: make a helmet that’s just as safe, while focusing on reclaimed and recycled materials and new assembly methods to facilitate post-consumer materials reclamation while retaining an attractive, comfortable design at an acceptable cost.
像任何头盔一样，RMR的设计是为了防止在碰撞时受伤。传统的头盔材料和制造方法都围绕着这个关键的能源管理元素和定价来满足最终消费者的需求，不幸的是，这通常涉及大量的非回收、非再生材料和工艺。对于RMR来说，设计挑战很明确:制造一个同样安全的头盔，同时专注于回收和回收材料以及新的组装方法，以促进消费后材料的回收，同时以舒适的设计和可接受的成本保留吸引力。
The RMR’s recycled Biodome™ materials story starts with sterile, top-quality EPS reclaimed from partners in the Japanese automotive industry. Recycled ABS plastic and PA nylon is mixed with a percentage of virgin material to meet the strength needs for small parts, and everything comes packaged in FSC certified boxes and compostable polybags, with recycled paper manuals using soy-based ink. A helmet’s impact performance is tied to how it is designed and assembled, traditionally using adhesives which impede recycling. The biggest challenge was the development of a new mechanical interface to securely assemble the RMR and pass rigorous safety tests.
RMR回收Biodome™材料的故事始于从日本汽车行业的合作伙伴那里回收的无菌、高质量EPS。回收的ABS塑料和PA尼龙和一定比例的原料混合，以满足小部件的强度需求，所有产品都包装在FSC认证的盒子和可堆肥的塑料袋中，使用大豆基油墨的再生纸手册。头盔的抗冲击性能与它的设计和组装方式有关，传统上使用的粘合剂阻碍了回收利用。最大的挑战是开发一种新的机械接口，以安全地组装RMR并通过严格的安全测试。
Reducing Global Impact减少全球影响
Strategic Sports places considerable focus on sustainable manufacturing processes and products, and the work accomplished with the RMR, including Biodome™ reclaimed and recycled materials and new adhesive-free assembly processes to facilitate and simplify post-consumer recycling will allow similar product offerings to be made available to Strategic’s helmet customers worldwide. Recycled products have often come at an increased cost and reduced performance, but with the RMR Strategic has proven that doesn’t have to be the case. Strategic believes the RMR could be the beginning of a dramatic reduction in the environmental impact of the helmet industry worldwide.
韬略非常注重可持续的制造工艺和产品，RMR的完成包括Biodome™回收和回收材料以及新的无粘合结构性组装工艺，以促进和简化消费者使用后回收，韬略将向全球头盔客户提供类似的产品。回收产品通常会增加成本，降低性能，但RMR韬略已经证明情况并非如此。我们认为RMR可能是大幅减少全球头盔行业对环境影响的开始。
Design Innovation设计 创新
The design innovation of the RMR can potentially change how designers consider certain aspects of projects. When sustainability and environmentally responsible manufacturing and products are discussed, it’s often limited to materials choices. While it is certainly important to use reclaimed, sustainable, and recyclable materials throughout, the full potential benefit of sustainability is lost if the product’s end-of-life is not also considered. Glues are fast and affordable methods to assemble complex products, but they can render a well-intended recycled product to be far less sustainable than it might have been.
RMR的设计创新可能会潜在地改变设计师对项目某些方面的看法。当讨论可持续性和对环境负责的制造和产品时，通常仅限于材料的选择。虽然在整个过程中使用可回收的、可持续的和可回收的材料当然很重要，但如果不考虑产品的使用寿命，可持续性的全部潜在好处就会消失。胶水是组装复杂产品的一种快速且经济实惠的方法，但它们可能会使一个打算回收产品远不如它原本的可持续性。
The RMR represents a shift in the philosophy of design and assembly of complex products. Helmets, which are designed as life-saving devices, must meet rigorous safety standards and the RMR’s non-adhesive assembly exceeds those safety tests while proving that by considering disassembly and recycling at the start of a project can result in a product with an entirely sustainable life cycle. And if this practice can be applied to something as complex and safety focused as a bicycle helmet, then it’s reasonable to hope that we’ll see more designers consider similar methodology in their own work.
RMR代表了复杂产品设计和组装思维理念的转变。头盔被设计为救生设备，必须符合严格的安全标准，RMR的无粘合剂组件超过了这些安全测试，同时证明，在项目开始时考虑拆卸和回收可以使产品具有完全可持续的生命周期。如果这种做法可以应用到像自行车头盔这样复杂和注重安全的产品上，那么我们有理由希望看到更多的设计师在他们自己的工作中考虑类似的方法。
This is Just the Beginning 这仅仅是开始
The RMR is impactful in that it proves that quality sporting helmets can be manufactured in a sustainable manner, which historically has not been the case.
RMR是有影响力的，因为它证明了高质量的运动头盔可以以可持续的方式生产制造，这在历史上是不可能的。
The materials and technology found in the RMR can easily be applied to other types of bicycle helmets catering to different types of riders, and potentially also to motorcycle, snow sports, equestrian and industrial helmets, ultimately reducing the carbon footprint of safety helmets overall.
在RMR中发现的材料和技术可以很容易地应用于满足不同类型骑手的其他类型的自行车安全头盔，也有可能应用于摩托车、雪地运动、马术和工业头盔，最终减少安全帽头盔的碳足迹。
Simply put: if you were to purchase a helmet, knowing that it could be sustainable and recyclable, wouldn’t you want it to be? And if you were a company developing a new helmet, knowing this technology exists, why wouldn’t you incorporate this into your project?
简单地说:如果你买了一个头盔，知道它可以是可持续的和可回收的，你不希望它是这样子的吗?如果你是一家开发新头盔的公司，知道这项技术的存在，为什么不把它融入到你的项目中呢?
