A Folding Bike Helmet That Looks Good and Still Shields Your Brain
The helmet uses three concentric rings to fold to half its size without jeopardizing its safety. It complies with European and U.S. regulations.
Photographer: Eric Helgas for Bloomberg Businessweek
Carlos Ferrando launched Closca Design in Valencia, Spain, in 2013 to make foldable bicycle helmets. His first version was “aesthetically ugly,” he says, so he retooled it in 2015. Now the look is more appealing, he says. The 40-year-old’s design mission: To give “conventional products new meanings.”
What do you want your helmet to do that conventional ones don’t?
Our helmet normalizes the idea of wearing one as a fashion accessory. The rules that I used to design the product are the same rules that the wearer uses to understand the city. It’s respect for urban aesthetics.