Junior Advisory Board

Junior experts

Post by | May 24, 2019

Budding bug lovers

In order to gain more insight into future perceptions of insects in an event context, Bridget Zaidee Nicholls and the the team at Pestival assembled a board of budding bug lovers whose opinions were strong, insightful and thought provoking.

Watch the board of junior experts discuss the future of Pestival and insects with creepy crawly handling, light bulb moments and dabbing. Thanks as ever to Leagas Delaney for allowing us to take over their studios.

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