San Francisco, California, USA
Designed to hydrate, cleanse, and filter the air we breathe by targeting your upper airways with a proprietary mist, Ammunition’s Fend pocket mister manufactured by Ursatec, is the only nasal mist comprised of calcium chloride at a salt concentration similar to sea salts, and with a droplet size designed to deposit not only in your nose, but in your sinuses, and in your windpipe, too.
The device’s beautiful geometry, small form-factor, and precision misting ability makes for a simple, inexpensive airway hygiene product to help the world breathe better.
For its user-conscious and eco-friendly design, Fend pocket mist has been awarded a 2023 Good Design Award by The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
FEND uses hydrating salts delivered in a specific droplet size, to reach further than traditional saline sprays.
By precisely blending these salts with an ultra-fine mist that carries them throughout your upper airways and sinuses, FEND supports rehydration.
When inhaled through the nose, they help strengthen natural defenses against dirty air, by pulling in more water and enhancing your body’s ability to clean away airborne particles and environmental irritants.
To achieve this precise targeting and delivery, the Ammunition team has used design research, prototyping, and scale models to iteratively refine the ID concepts, then test and validate the physical product designs.
Influenced by conventions more typically associated with health and beauty products, FEND comes together in a compact hourglass shape; a shape that could wrap the precisely engineered internal components in a sleek exterior geometry.
In essence, a design that is easy to use with one hand, and small enough to carry in a pocket or bag throughout the day.
Fend’s new industrial design, brand strategy, visual identity, and packaging solutions reflect the clear, optimistic, and scientific nature of the company’s technology, messaging, and founding team.
Project: FEND Pocket Mister
Designers: Ammunition, LLC.
Lead Designers: Robert Brunner and Emerson Holladay
Manufacturer: Ursatec GmbH
