My lovely walking stick

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Apparently a walking stick is a very simple object, it helps us to walk through nature, but if we start to think about it is much more than that. It is the link between us (humans) and nature when we explore and enjoy the great outdoors. A very personal object with a very strong emotional value.

Design and make a walking stick that explore this role on its most emotional and social side. A project to learn about Boisbuchet, about us, about telling stories through objects and of course, about walking sticks!!!

Enjoy!!

Ps. Bring your walking shoes.

After the brief launch we will go for a day walking around a nice area of Boisbuchet and everyone should identify a specific part, aspect, behaviour, story that they find interesting in relation with the walk and the walking stick. After this we will come back to base and have a discussion about what everyone found interesting, then we continue with tutorials, group discussion and prototyping. The final presentation should be working prototypes!!

Hector Serrano (ES)

(Valencia, 1974)

Founder of the design office Héctor Serrano Studio established in London in 2000. Their projects combine innovation with the communication of familiar ideas in unusual and inventive way. The studio's activities are divided into product, space, communication and laboratory work. In this last area they undertake research projects that allow them to put new formulas into practice, in addition to questioning existing ones. The constant exchange between these areas enriches the process, giving rise to successful, long-lasting products and projects. The client list includes companies such as Droog Design, Metalarte, La Casa Encendida (Caja Madrid) and Valencia City Council among others. The Office has received different awards such as the Peugeot Design Award and The Premio Nacional de Diseño No Aburridos. Their Products has been exhibited extensively in Museums such as V&A in London and Cooper-Hewit National Design Museum in New York and are part of different collections at the Central Museum of Amsterdam. Héctor studied Industrial Design in Valencia before moving to London to study a master’s degree in Product Design at The Royal College of Art.