Nike Just Made a Puffer Jacket You Can Inflate in 15 Seconds - Yanko Design

"The jacket, which Nike is calling its most technically engineered garment ever, features what the brand has dubbed A.I.R. Technology (that stands for Adapt. Inflate. Regulate., not artificial intelligence). At first glance, it looks like any other sleek Nike puffer. But here's the clever part: you can adjust how puffy it actually is depending on how cold you are. No more sweating through your coat after walking up a flight of stairs or shivering because you dressed for the wrong temperature."

"The concept is brilliantly simple. Instead of stuffing the jacket with down feathers or synthetic insulation like traditional puffers, Nike filled the baffles with air. Using a small pump (think inflatable pool toy, but make it fashion), you can inflate the jacket in about 15 seconds. Deflate it, and it compresses down to something closer to a lightweight windbreaker. Nike is marketing it as "four jackets in one," which honestly isn't far off."

"This isn't Nike's first rodeo with inflatable outerwear. The brand experimented with air bladders in jackets for about two decades, most notably with the 2008 ACG Airvantage jacket that's now a grailed collector's item. But the Air Milano takes those early experiments and refines them with nearly five decades of Nike Air innovation (the same tech that revolutionized sneakers in 1978)."

Nike's Therma-Fit Air Milano Jacket uses air-filled baffles and a built-in pump to allow rapid inflation and deflation for on-demand warmth. The jacket inflates in about 15 seconds and deflates to compress toward a lightweight windbreaker profile. The design replaces down or synthetic fill with air as the insulator and enables temperature regulation to avoid overheating or underdressing. The jacket is marketed as four jackets in one and builds on Nike's two-decade experimentation with air bladders and nearly five decades of Nike Air innovation. The construction breaks from horizontal quilting patterns and enables body-mapped shaping for targeted insulation and fit.

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