Invisible Bicycle Helmet: Hövding

Curator: Josh Silverman
date: April 22, 2013
Categories: Experience Design
Tags: industrial design, innovation, master's thesis, Swedish

Bike helmets are fundamentally alike: a hard exterior shell covers a shock-absorbing material underneath, and a chin strap (or two) holds the device snugly in place on your head. Variations on this theme offer different colors, materials and increasing or decreasing amounts of ventilation or aerodynamics. But what about protecting the second-most sensitive area to the head—the neck? How can this product's design compel a cyclist, whether a commuter or a professional, to actually want to wear it? What about it not interfering with a perfectly coiffed hairdo?

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Las Palmas: Johannes Nyholm

Curator: Casper Heijkenskjöld
date: June 5, 2012
Categories: Design for Entertaining
Tags: Cannes film festival, Film, Johannes Nyholm, short, Sweden, Swedish
If you missed Las Palmas at the Cannes Film Festival (I did), here is a small piece of it. Swedish Johannes Nyholm has produced some really exciting work, known for his honest and low-budget style productions. I haven’t seen the full film but casting his daughter as a drunk tourist seems genius.
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