This is pretty wild- a collar that inflates upon impact. It’s definitely one of those fashion version function products where you customize collars to match your outfits, but it’s also a great example of creativity versus climate change. For people who’d like to preserve their hairstyle and in the case of a tumble, their head.
Swedish designers Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin are the brains behind the operation and they have assured potential users of the collars that their safety has been tested extensively. I wonder though, if the collar’s sensitivity to perceived falls could result in a false alarm?
(Spotted in the Guardian)
Katherine Hui is currently the Social site editor at Green Thing, a web-based public service in London that inspires people to lead greener lives through creative content.
Before this, she worked as the Development Manager at Social Innovation Camp, an organization that encourages people to use web and mobile-based technology to mobilise social change. She oversaw 300 ideas submission and helped build 20 prototypes – five of which have gone on to get further funding or investment.
Katherine’s came over to the UK form Canada in 2007 for an MSc program at the London School of Economics. Before arriving in London, she managed a small environmental start-up in Vancouver called the Canadian Climate Change Alliance.
Katherine is football mad. She is a loyal supporter of Arsenal FC, plays for Islington Borough Ladies FC and coaches for Gunners in Islington in her spare time. Her second favourite hobby is kite surfing and she can sometimes be found chasing the wind.
