Until now, masscustomization of werable products has been offered as a higher addedvalue to the broad public.However there are population groups for which personalization is a real need affecting their health and quality of life because of the self products do not meet their needs. FASHION -ABLE project aims at providing the European innovative and customizationconcemed SMEs with the technological means that will enable the agile and eco efficient production of personalised products in terms of health and performance, addressing the complex individualised needs of such growing market niches out of the scope of massproduced goods. The first step of this project have been the generation of the users' needs and requirements for fashionable and personalized footwear for diabetic feet, clothing for wheelchair users and highperforming textile compression bandages. In addition, the personalization processes of each type of products already existing in the industry were analyzed and some adaptations/improvements have been advised. KeywordsCustomization, clothing for wheelchair users, footwear for diabetic people, textile compression bandages 978-1-4673-2275-1/12/$3l.00 ©l012 IEEE 978-1-4673-2275-1/12/$31.00 ©l012 IEEE 2/10

The design and development process of helmets incorporates systematically design criteria related to safety to accomplish European and local standards for the commercialization. However, there are few studies focused on user's comfort and adaptation. Present study tackles a multidimensional approach to gain better understanding of the interaction between helmet and user to generate design criteria for the internal helmet surface. Morphological characteristics of the target population, pressure distribution over head and subjective perception of fitting and discomfort are the factors considered to establish the criteria that assure a proper fit. Ten men corresponding to helmet size M and usual drivers of motorbike wore two helmet models in three sizes (S, M and L). The head shape of participants was acquired using the head scanner of I-Ware laboratory and an instrumented pad was used to measure pressure in five head regions. After wearing the helmet, users filled in a perception questionnaire about fitting, comfort and usability considering the five regions. Users' fitting perception provided the relation between pressure levels and the comfort felt in the five regions. This study constitutes a first approach to a new methodology to generate criteria to improve the design of helmets under a multidimensional approach.

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