Silver A' Design Award Winner 2025
A deep navy blue textile dominates the visual field, enveloping a seated figure whose back faces the viewer in a moment of quiet contemplation on pale sand, where Tony & Lisa Clark's Thermaltrex Sleeping Bag transforms from functional outdoor equipment into a cocoon of warmth and protection against coastal elements. The compositional architecture follows an asymmetrical balance with the figure positioned in the right two-thirds of the frame, counterweighted by a softly blurred campfire at left that provides both chromatic accent and implied thermal comfort. The chromatic palette operates within a sophisticated analogous harmony of cool tones—cerulean and prussian blue in the distant water, powder blue in the overcast sky, and the rich indigo of the sleeping bag itself—punctuated dramatically by the warm cadmium orange and vermillion of dancing flames. The figure's honey-blonde hair, caught mid-movement by an implied breeze, introduces golden ochre tones that bridge the temperature extremes. Spatial recession is achieved through atmospheric perspective, with the horizon line softening into misty indistinctness while the foreground maintains crisp tactile clarity in the sand's granular texture. The shallow depth of field creates a bokeh effect that isolates the subject within her contemplative bubble, the fire rendered as abstract warmth rather than defined form. Light conditions suggest overcast daylight with cool ambient illumination from the sky balanced against the localized warm glow of the fire at left, creating a dual-source lighting paradigm that models the sleeping bag's folds with subtle chiaroscuro. The textile's surface exhibits the soft matte quality of brushed synthetic material, draping in generous folds that speak to both insulation capacity and comfort. An enamel cup in terracotta orange provides a secondary accent, its glossy surface catching light and establishing material contrast against the matte fabric. The overall atmospheric resonance evokes themes of solitary reflection, connection with natural elements, and the nurturing warmth that thoughtful design provides against wilderness conditions, inviting meditation on humanity's relationship with landscape and the equipment that enables such communion.
Fires kill and injure. Campsite fires have a need for family safety. To do this a machine washable fire retardant polar fleece sleeping bag was made permanently fire retardant; without chemical treatments. To do it, they designed Thermaltrex; a fire retardant polar fleece which is breathable, cozy warm, washable, fast drying, light weight and meets the most toughest chemical standards in Europe e.g. Reach, plus airline blanket fire standards. Lay in it. Walk in it via dual zips, join two units together to make a double; all with confidence of safe fire protection without chemicals.