The vision for this project was centered on designing sustainable, reliable and thought-out designs that allow the LGBTQ+ community to show who they are and how they would like to express themselves.
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We believe that anyone should be allowed to skateboard if they choose to. We value the LGTBQ+ community and want to help these people who suffer from not being accepted to show their pride, and they should be allowed to show this through their gear.
Currently to create a skateboard Canadian maple trees are cut down, as the colder weather allows the trees to grow slower which in returns allows for the boards to be stronger and flexible. With the increase of consumers wanting skateboards it increases the amount of trees that are used, which when making boards only the bottom part of the trees end up being used. On top of this, when producing these boards they will end up releasing chemicals into the air.
FUSESKATE wants to allow the community to request customized stickers that match what they love and have the choice of adding their represented flag onto the design.
As the pride stickers didn’t feel cohesive especially after adding more flags later on, it was decided that the stickers that feature the flags will be redesigned to have a cohesive style. This meant making a color palette that can stay cohesive no matter the flag added. From this, the fill color would be the colors found in the flags while its outline are a muted version of that color.
With this decision all existing stickers that were only pride flag based went through a redesign. This also allowed for more variations to be designed.
When consumers by stickers, they will be shipped in a custom sticker packs that match what they have asked for. On top of this, packs based on each flag set is available with all profits from any stickers bought being donated to non-profits.
