Item 001: Hoodie

While i maintain my opinion on hoodies as being one of the top design products ever, a problem with it spurred the idea of creating this blog to analyse popular products to discuss their design flaws.

Wiki: A hoodie (also called a hooded sweatshirt or hoody) is a sweatshirt with a hood. The characteristic design includes large frontal pockets, a hood, and (usually) a drawstring to adjust the hood opening. They are sometimes worn with sweatpants. Some hoodies have zippers on them to allow easy removal much like a jacket. These hoodies are sometimes called zip-up hoodies.

The flaw discussed here if not for zip-up hoodies.

I went outside for a smoke, and it was 11 degrees, with wind at 16 km/h which isnt a lot of wind, but the air isnt exactly still.

When you are holding a cigarette, your one hand is in the front pocket. The front pocket is open from both the sides which means that if one hand is outside (as in this case), air could get in. This defeats the purpose of having a pocket, a fact highlighted when you put something in the pocket, there's always a chance of it slipping away from the other side.

I am a huge fan of the idea of the one front pocket with both ends open for both the hands simply because it allows you to hold your hands when it is really cold outside.

The solution could be two flaps on either side-openings inside the long pocket to provide a cozy corner for one hand which can be tucked inside it if the other hand is outside.

Summary:
Product: non-zip-up hoodie
Design Flaw: little scope for one-hand-in-the-pocket comfort
Solution: in-pocket flaps maybe