Silver Safety Clothing and Personal Protective Equipment Design · 2025
Halo Smart Helmet
by Ather Design
- A' Design Award 2025 Silver Winner in Safety Clothing and Personal Protective Equipment Design
- Awarded April 15, 2025
- CLIENT: Ather Energy
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 46,363
- Verification code C9D8148320 · Verify this award
About Halo Smart Helmet
Halo is a full-face helmet designed for electric scooter riders. The helmet shell is ISI and DOT rated and weighs about 1460 grams. Built-in speakers support music, call control and helmet-to-helmet communication between rider and passenger. The speakers are positioned and tuned so that road sounds remain audible. All electronics are placed outside the shell, away from the head, in an IP65 rated impact-grade housing. Automatic wear detection switches the helmet on when it is worn. A magnetic wireless charger latches to the rear housing.
Ather Energy's Halo Smart Helmet represents a significant achievement in the evolving field of intelligent protective equipment, positioning itself at the intersection of advanced safety engineering and considered aesthetic design. The work demonstrates how contemporary protective gear has transcended purely utilitarian concerns to embrace a sophisticated visual language that communicates both technological capability and user-conscious refinement. The helmet's formal organization reveals careful attention to the visual hierarchy of protective equipment: the substantial grey upper shell projects an impression of robust cranial protection while the lighter lower section maintains visual openness around the face, acknowledging the human presence within the protective structure. Technical accomplishment manifests in the seamless integration of ventilation systems, the precision of color transition zones, and the evident quality of material finishing that suggests rigorous manufacturing standards. The chromatic strategy employs restrained neutrals accented by safety-conscious high-visibility elements, demonstrating awareness that protective equipment must balance aesthetic appeal with functional visibility requirements. Particularly noteworthy is the integration of smart technology components that maintain the helmet's aerodynamic integrity while introducing connectivity features appropriate to contemporary mobility needs. The design appears to engage with traditions of motorcycle and scooter helmet development while introducing refinements that speak to electric vehicle culture and its associated values of clean design and technological integration. Iconographic references to aerospace and automotive design traditions are evident in the flowing surface transitions and careful radius control that characterize the shell geometry. The work invites consideration of how protective equipment shapes identity and experience, suggesting that safety need not compromise style but rather can enhance the rider's sense of confidence and technological engagement. How might such thoughtful integration of protection, technology, and design philosophy influence the broader culture of urban mobility and personal transportation?
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Ather Halo: A helmet you'd want to wear. Ather Halo is designed to uplift your every-day 2-wheeler ride experience. It does through high-quality audio experiences such as music, call control, and helmet-to-helmet communication for easy conversations between a rider and a pillion
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Shell Size: 350mm x 250mm x 260mm
Shell Weight: 1460g approx
Safety Rating: ISI and DOT
Electronic Specs
IP65 Rated housing
Battery Life: 12 hours
Battery Capacity: 1000mah - Tags
- AtherHalo, Halo, Halosmarthelmet, AtherHelmet, Halosmarthelmet, Halosmart
- Production Technology
- Ather Halo was built to be a helmet first. It is an isi and dot -rated helmet shell. To ensure safety, all its vital electronics have been housed outside of the helmet shell and away from the user's head in its own IP-rated impact-grade housing. The housing contains all the intelligence like the motherboard, a battery and a wireless coil with magnets to allow our wireless chargers to effortlessly latch on to the helmet.
AutoWearDetect: This is achieved through a contact-less proximity sensor inside the helmet and an Inertial Measuring Unit
Calibrated Sound: Through careful positioning and tuning of the speakers, Halo has been designed for audio without losing road awareness.
Onboard Media Controls: In combination with the Ather Rizta or the Ather 450 series, all control for music and call has been incorporated on the handlebar of the scooter itself, allowing you to never take your hands off the handle and fiddle around with the helmet during a ride.
Wireless Charging: To achieve a seamless and effortless charging experience, a Wireless charger with magnets has been built into the rear housing to allow you to latch our wireless charger or to allow you to simply place the helmet into the Ather Rizta under-seat storage and have it charge wirelessly in the storage itself.
-Noise Rejection in microphone: To allow a clear speech, the mic can reject any outside wind/traffic noise to make sure the person you're speaking to hears your voice clearly - Operation Flow
- Ather Halo is a full-face electric scooter helmet with built-in Bluetooth speakers (with sound by Harman Kardon). Its sound is designed so that, even at full volume, you can hear the surrounding sounds of the road clearly, making it completely safe to ride with. It’s built with Auto WearDetect automatically switches on the moment you wear it and connects to your smartphone's Bluetooth. And when your ride is done, and you store the Ather Halo in the boot of your Ather Rizta, it charges there, wirelessly.
- Inspiration
- Its inspiration came accessories like the apple pencil and the airpods. While the idea of a bluetooth enabled helmet isnt entirely new, halo was built to add way more convenience and effortlessness when paired with a vehicle like the Rizta. I
-Auto Wear Detection lets it detect when it is being worn and power on/off automatically, allowing a rider seamless access to its audio experiences.
-Wireless charging allows it to provide effortless charging by latching our wireless charger to the helmet - Image Credits
- Damn Good Films
Colors of Halo Smart Helmet
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