As we witness nightlife go virtual—with online house parties, Zoom raves, and DJs livestreaming remotely from Berlin to New York—a pressing question is on our minds: is this the future of partying? Naturally, the producers of some of the world’s biggest mega-concerts and live events conceived of a hazmat suit you can party in.
[**Production Club**](https://capabilities.production.club/)—a multidisciplinary creative studio specialized in designing and producing immersive experiences for **Skrillex**, **Grimes**, **Zedd**, **The Chainsmokers**, **Amazon**, **YouTube**, **Intel**, **Riot Games**, **Epic Games**, the **Video Game Awards** and numerous other clients in the music, tech, and gaming industries—has extended its creative resources to design the [**Micrashell**](https://production.club/micrashell), a new design concept that allows people to safely gather in public in times of pandemic.
In light of the novel coronavirus’s devastating impact on the music, hospitality, live event and nightlife communities, Production Club has extended its creative resources to design personal protective equipment (PPE) that could be employed to bring people together and revitalize a once-vibrant ecosystem of interdependent industries. The Micrashell is a high tech, playful, yet pragmatic approach to virus protection, with unique features including phone integration, beverage and vape consumption, voice communication, a subwoofer sound system, a video camera, fashion accessories, and a breathable helmet with unobscured views, among others.
“Production Club was born in the rave counter-culture so DJing and safe partying is in our blood. If a roadblock that prevents this very thing suddenly arises is our responsibility as leaders and designers to come up with solutions for it,” says **Production Club’s Head of Inventions Mike808** (**Miguel Risueño**). “With everyone in our industry focused on developing virtual solutions we decided to focus on something more emotional, physical and inherently human so the industry as a whole could have a broader chance to recover promptly. The team behind the design comes from a very multidisciplinary background, from robotics, to fashion to vfx. We worked in 12h shifts between Spain and LA until the design was done. That's how Micrashell was born.”
“We believe events are essential to the human experience and create the memories that define our lives,” says **Production Club’s Head of Special Projects Corey Johnson**. While we might not see a Coachella-sized event for some time, we are excited by the challenge to create innovative solutions to push forward quality live entertainment and human connection.”
At this stage, the Micrashell exists merely as a design concept, but it is more than a poetic gesture—the protective suit has potential for implementation. The concept is currently being prototyped in-house, and if introduced to the market, we may finally be able to throw chastity to the wind, exercise free will, and safely embrace our hedonistic impulses (the Micrashell design allows the user to easily use the restroom, and even engage in sexual intercourse). Club kids everywhere eagerly wait for it to be produced.
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