students racing with their cardboard sleds
all images courtesy the university of bolzano

rennpappe 09, the 2nd edition of the international workshop/competition of the faculty of
design and art of the university of bolzano, was held at the beginning of march.

during the three days of the workshop, 52 students of 10 international design schools had
the task of creating a sports vehicle, only using cardboard found in the streets of the city
centre, glue and cutters. the 'rennpappen' (racing cardboards), designed and made at
the university in just one and a half days, were thoroughly tested in an exciting race held on
the snow of the obereggen-latemar ski area, italy.

the ten design schools who participated included: bauhaus university germany, ECAL switzerland,
university of applied sciences northwestern switzerland school of art and design, moholy-nagy
university of art and design hungary, college of design karlsruhe germany, tongji university china,
the university of palermo faculty of architecture italy, ZHdK switzerland and the university of
bolzano faculty of arts and design italy.

the next edition of rennpappe will be held in  2011.
















collecting cardboard in the city


construction






trying out for size