The Bubble Gum Wall

Located in Post Alley, under Pike Place Market, the Gum Wall had its beginning in the early 1990s when people, irritated that they had to wait in line to get tickets to the theater, stuck chewing gum on the wall.

At first they would use the gum to stick small coins to the wall but in time the coins disappeared and the gum remained.

Now it is covered with thousands of pieces of chewing gum of any color imaginable. And as the wall grows, the chewing gum art becomes more sophisticated. You’ll find names written with pieces of gum, and symbols like hearts or the peace sign.

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A Floating Pool In New York

+ Pool is an initiative by a group of architects and designers to build a floating pool in the rivers of New York City… and they need your help. The project was launched with the ambition to improve the use of the city’s natural resources by providing a clean and safe way for the public to swim in New York’s waters. This site is the culmination of Concept Design for + Pool and they are looking to build a team of interested organizations and professionals to continue the development of the project into a buildable proposal.

Their next step is to partner with local cultural, developmental and environmental groups to raise public and private interest, identify civic potential and approach the municipality, while working with engineers, planners and specialists to refine the social and ecological performance of + Pool.

To find out more, contact them at info@pluspool.org.

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Obsessions Make My Life Worse And My Work Better

A work of art entirely made out of coins, composed by Sagmeister Inc. in September 2008 for the Droog Event 2: Urban Play. The public installation consisted of 250.000 Euro cent coins and covered more than 300sqm on a square in Amsterdam.

More about it here.

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Our Skin Never Forgets

A campaign against skin cancer by the Swiss Cancer Foundation.
Mannequins on display at public swimming pools are covered with sticky reminders notes dramatically illustrating the threatening capacity of our skin.

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WeightWatchers Ad

smart ambient for WeightWatchers.

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