An awesome experiment in Stockholm, Sweden where students changed stairs in a subway station into a piano:
And? More people started using the stairs than the escalator! It's just more fun!
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Posted on: October 30, 2009 10:01 AM, by Coturnix
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pertty cool. I wonder how long it takes people to habituate and start picking the escalator again. Combining long term data with something like face recognition would be really cool.
Posted by: Kevin H | October 30, 2009 4:00 PM
hmmm... maybe this could make a dent in the US' obesity problem....
Posted by: peg1 | October 31, 2009 2:55 AM
Aw, I'd use it. Even if I were tired and stressed, I'd take to the stairs if it made a cheery noise with every footfall. That would do more to alleviate my exhaustion than a trip up the escalator.
Posted by: Erin | October 31, 2009 6:40 AM
I love this campaign. Definitely gonna use this video, and the rest of the VW/Tribal DBB campaign, to inspire my anthropology project at UCL.
Posted by: Sojournposse | October 31, 2009 9:36 AM
With more ideas like this- the energy problem would be solved
Posted by: Pam Ronald | October 31, 2009 7:52 PM
Excellent! I want one in Toronto!
Posted by: Monado | October 31, 2009 8:25 PM
.., awesome!!! I wish I could try the piano stairs... :)
Posted by: online piano course | November 2, 2009 3:07 AM