Walk to School Conference: Royal College of Art

Video Presentation: too cool for school,
Guillaume Drapier, Dae Kyung Ahn, Nicholas Reddall, Royal College of Art

Back in October we issued a call for papers - asking for submissions on the theme of "a new tool for walk to school". This was the paper we chose. These three are industrial design students at the Royal College of Art, and this was their first project at college - a guerilla project during International Walk to School month.

What they did was use a very simple (and cheap!) idea to turn the walk to school into something very special. They bought a roll of silvery tape, then stuck it over the pavement and walls, making simple shapes which children would then follow on their way to school. It reminded me of being small and walking between the cracks in the pavement! The video they showed of their adventure was hugely inspiring, and was a fantastic way to finish the presentation sessions.

Here are some stills from the video:

We had lots of people asking if they could have a copy of the video. We are currently exploring this possibility - we need to make sure that we have covered all the legal angles (permissions etc). Lets see what we can do!