“New York Street Advertising Takeover”  by Jordan Seiler and Eastern District Gallery became a reality yesterday, with over 120 illegal billboards throughout the city white washed by dozens of volunteers. It is a reaction to the hundreds of billboards that are not registered with the city, and therefore are illegal. While illegal, these violations are not being prosecuted by the City of New York, allowing the billboard companies to garner huge profits by cluttering our outdoor space with intrusive and ugly ads. After the illegal spots were white washed, over eighty artists transformed these spaces into personal pieces of art.

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Nike Presents Onwards – Directed by James Jarvis And Richard Kenworthy

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The Teak bath by The Water Monopoly is hand made using traditional methods in the Highlands of Scotland by a boat builder. Each bath is individually made. Standard sizes are 5’6” (165cm) to 6’ (183cm) long.

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The WisdomTree Bookshelf by Spanisch designer Jordi Milà.

The WisdomTree is for people who see books as a source of knowledge and emotions and not simply as decorative objects. Its fluid and organic shape is inspired by growth of a plant. The books that represent the fruit of knowledge are supported by pieces covered in leather.

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My Shower Curtain is a Green Warrior by Elisabeth Buecher.

The goal of the piece was to show how water overconsumption could be countered in “either a disturbing or a gorgeous way” using innovative materials and inflatable technology. According to Elisabeth, “This shower curtain slowly inflates around you while you shower. It leaves you only a few minutes to take your shower before trapping you.” Better hurry.

Elizabeth is part Puff and Flock a new London-based textiles collective that launched at Interiors Birmingham with Designersblock earlier this year. The collective has several members; Kathy Schicker, Amélie Labarthe, Aurélie Mossé, Aysseline Roy, Jenny Leary, Melissa French and Jo Angell.

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Two Were Real Horror Shows by Fadingseven, a surrealist artist based in Fort Collins, United States.

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Artist Juan Salas has been creating characters from the logo on the packaging of Arturo’s, a fried chicken restaurant in Venezuela. He has currently created 100 variations, but plans on reaching 1000.

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Cisco Vasques is a photographer based in Porto Alegre, Brasil.

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Dave Barnes is an artist based in Vancouver.

“Artistic approach involves the practice of transforming modern concept to reveal nostalgic mood, sometimes refered to as “Oldification”. Recycled elements, faded colours, layered/collaged backgrounds, and sand~papered imagery all play a part in this process, along with the use of bold observational line and memory dissolved Rockwellian imagery. Often disregarding conventional rectangular canvases for manipulated wooden shapes to help emphasize theme and subject, I try to use art as a translation of experience and observation that derives inspiration from environment and memory.”

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