4/20/2011

The Potential of Street Art

Tapping the creative talents of street artists, illustrators and graphic designers is an effective and cool way to make bland public spaces, old buildings, bridges and car parks new again, and to freshen up the concrete jungle.





 Street artists and muralists bring with them vibrant and a new perspective that architects or designers may not have. This does not mean that millions need to be spent to upgrade the buildings immediately, all you need is vision, courage, local creative talent and some colorful paint like these perfect examples here.


There are way so many ugly, run-down buildings, bridges, tunnels and walkways that can be completely transformed into exciting and fun environments with some creative input.


15 comments:

  1. i love street art so much. graffiti is my passion for about 22 years and i think the new street art is amazing. i will follow you blog daily, keep up with the flicks.. i'll follow you if you follow me. lets go !!!!

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  2. This looks pretty cool, following.

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  3. The second one is great, I'm guessing that's a Banksy?

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  4. I think the biggest issue is the old people who still see 'street art' as some pants-down-low kid from the '80s spraying his name on your grandmother's apartment building. They should allow the more positive stuff to go up, that first picture for example is better than most 'splatter paint on some canvas' modern art.

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  5. I'd love to do some graffiti. Too bad Britain has so many damn CCTV cameras

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  6. I wonder if they were commissioned to do these or if they just did it.

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  7. Very cool street art! IM following you! :)

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  8. Beautiful stuff. It inspires me to go and try to beautify the world with this brand of folk art.

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  9. This is really a great idea to spruce up some of the shadier parts of town

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  10. I would like to see my city full of street art like this, would be very nice ^^

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  11. @ scott

    indeed it is.. pretty amazing guy recommend the documentary!

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  12. Some people can be really creative when they want, hope to see more of this on here! :D

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  13. @XPSMcLaren

    word! that is the ugly side..

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  14. Love the two old guys in the back on the second picture ;-) nice street art

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