Program
Life Jacket Design Competition
Can you build a better one?
The Foundation has partnered with the Personal Flotation Manufacturers Association (PFDMA) and the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) to bring you the Innovations in Life Jacket Design Competition which sought alternatives to the traditional life jacket. We received over 250 submissions from around the world and the following designs were chosen as the winners.

Michael Garman


Jimi Beach


Jessie Kate Brown



Eleven Finalists:
Hampton Freeman


Jim Best

Richard Gash

Pat Hughes

Kinga Krezel

Shannon MacDowell

Timothy Morrison

Adam Malcom


Arvid Roach

Anne Sanger


Doug Schultz
