NEMO Equipment
Encyclopedia
NEMO Equipment, Inc. is a Dover, NH based company that designs and manufactures outdoor equipment, tents, and shelters. NEMO was founded by Cam Brensinger in 2002, while studying Industrial Design
at the Rhode Island School of Design
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, Men's Journal
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. NEMO has also been recognized numerous times for its design with the Good Design Award from the Chicago Athenaeum, a Design Distinction honor from I.D. Magazine, and the 2006 Bottom Line Design Award from Business 2.0 and Frog Design. NEMO tents have also received numerous accolades from outdoor publications such as Backpacker Magazine's
2008 Best All-Around Mountaineering tent and Rock & Ice Editor Choice Award.
NEMO has also worked with the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts
on its Extreme eXPeditionary Architecture (EXP-Arch) project to create shelter concepts based on highly mobile, quickly deployable, and retractable architecture systems.
to larger base camp mountaineering tents. NEMO uses several different kinds of structural elements to support their tents including traditional aluminum tent poles and low pressure air beams.
In 2009, NEMO introduced its first sleeping pads and pillow to the market. The company has also recently focused on sustainable design with Nano OZ, a two person tent made with recycled polyester fabric, mesh, and recycled fasteners, bamboo tent poles as a lightweight, strong, and more renewable alternative to traditional aluminum tent poles, and reusable shopping bags made from old sample tents.
Industrial design
Industrial design is the use of a combination of applied art and applied science to improve the aesthetics, ergonomics, and usability of a product, but it may also be used to improve the product's marketability and production...
at the Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design is a fine arts and design college located in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1877. Located at the base of College Hill, the RISD campus is contiguous with the Brown University campus. The two institutions share social, academic, and community resources and...
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History
In 2004, at the Summer Market Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City, NEMO introduced its first line of backpacking and mountaineering tents. A few months later, the company won the 2005 ISPO BrandNew Award from Munich, Germany. Later in 2005, NEMO’s products were named among the best inventions of the year by TIME Magazine, Reader's DigestReader's Digest
Reader's Digest is a general interest family magazine, published ten times annually. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, its headquarters is now in New York City. It was founded in 1922, by DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace...
, Men's Journal
Men's Journal
Men's Journal is an American men's lifestyle magazine focused on outdoor recreation and comprising editorials on the outdoors, environmental issues, health and fitness, style and fashion, and "gear". It is owned by Jann Wenner of Wenner Media....
, and Popular Science
Popular Science
Popular Science is an American monthly magazine founded in 1872 carrying articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects. Popular Science has won over 58 awards, including the ASME awards for its journalistic excellence in both 2003 and 2004...
. NEMO has also been recognized numerous times for its design with the Good Design Award from the Chicago Athenaeum, a Design Distinction honor from I.D. Magazine, and the 2006 Bottom Line Design Award from Business 2.0 and Frog Design. NEMO tents have also received numerous accolades from outdoor publications such as Backpacker Magazine's
Backpacker (magazine)
Backpacker Magazine is an American publication that features information on wilderness hiking and adventure. It has been published since 1973. Backpacker magazine is currently published by Active Interest Media and is based in Boulder, Colorado...
2008 Best All-Around Mountaineering tent and Rock & Ice Editor Choice Award.
Design Distinction
NEMO is best known for its AirSupported Technology, which incorporates low pressure airbeams in place of traditional aluminum tent poles.NEMO has also worked with the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts
NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts
right|200pxNASA Institute for Advanced Concepts was a NASA-funded program that was operated by the Universities Space Research Association for NASA from 1998 until its closure on 31 August 2007. NIAC sought proposals for revolutionary aeronautics and space concepts that could dramatically impact...
on its Extreme eXPeditionary Architecture (EXP-Arch) project to create shelter concepts based on highly mobile, quickly deployable, and retractable architecture systems.
Products
NEMO's core product line includes a wide range of tents and shelters. The tents range from single man bivy sacksBivouac sack
A bivouac sack is an extremely small, lightweight, waterproof shelter, and an alternative to traditional tent systems. It is used by climbers, mountaineers, hikers, ultralight backpackers, soldiers and minimalist campers...
to larger base camp mountaineering tents. NEMO uses several different kinds of structural elements to support their tents including traditional aluminum tent poles and low pressure air beams.