The Egyptian protests have been going on for nearly a month now. Over a million people took to the streets in a social movement to show their desire for government reform. Although the majority of the protests have been peaceful there were times when people needed to protect themselves. To do this, people needed to be resourceful and make use of what’s around. When it comes to all-consuming, sometimes necessity is the mother of invention. Here are some examples of creatively crafted, makeshift helmets.
The classic 1979 ‘Tribottle rag’ helmet
The “boxhat”
This is a piece of brickwear teamed with a black and cream scarf.
The old school 80’s broken bin helmet.
Textbook saucepaning with lifejacket combo.
The “bowlhat”.
And last but certainly not least is the shrink-wrap-baguette protective wear …
This is from one of those emails people send you, in this case James Alexander. Thanks for sharing James!
(Originally from The Huffington Post)
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.
