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A foldable bike helmet made of paper has won this year’s James Dyson Design Award. Designer Isis Shiffer created the EcoHelmet to be used by the millions of people who use bike-sharing schemes around ...
Isis Shiffer’s life revolves around bikes. While working at Bilenky Cycle Works in Philadelphia, she designed custom bikes. Each one had its own artful flair—a tiny metal manta ray delicately perched ...
When it comes to life-saving protective gear, “collapsible” doesn’t seem like a word you’d want to hear, but this folding bike helmet just won a top design award for its unique design and unusual ...
Newlane sits in an interesting corner of the cycling world where urban utility meets gadget. This is Brompton’s natural habitat, and Newlanes are aimed at the same market. Newlane isn’t a heritage ...
Among the reasons that some people give for not using bicycle helmets is the claim that they take up too much room in a bag when taken off … but a group of Manhattan-based entrepreneurs are out to ...
A folding paper bicycle helmet that costs less than £5 has been named as the international winner of the James Dyson Award 2016. The ingenious EcoHelmet is ultra-strong, recyclable, waterproof for ...
A US designer has won the coveted International James Dyson Award for an innovative bike helmet made out of paper. New Yorker Isis Shiffer's disposable EcoHelmet took the £30,000 ($37,476) prize, ...
CTV News Channel: Unfolding the EcoHelmet James Dyson Award winner and EcoHelmet designer Isis Shiffer explains what makes her paper helmet sturdy and able to prevent injuries.