Influencers

This short doco is about how trends and creativity become contagious. Check it out here.

Ad Busters

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NYC Re-branded

Last week, the creative collective known as TrustoCorp dropped hundreds of subversively branded products on the shelves of New York’s delis and supermarkets.

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Manga Farming

Manga Farming, an art project by Tokyo-based Koshi Kawachi, takes old manga comic books and turns them into potted plants.

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Passive Aggressive Notes

Skating. Tetris. Neon.

Skateboarding, Tetris and neon lights could be the trifecta of all things good. Paying homage to that sentiment are a crew of 36 Freeborders (like snowboarding on a skateboard) who recently took over a street in San Francisco to create a real life video game. How long do you think it will take before someone turns this into a lame, 30 second commercial?

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One Across: Awesome

Whoever said the only good thing to come out of the Ukraine was radiation and tractors, obviously haven’t seen this project in Lvov City, in which a massive crossword puzzle was painted on the side of a 100 ft high apartment building. Questions for the puzzle can be found in various locations around the city – on monuments, statues, power plants…

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Drop till you shop

Kind of like the opposite of shoplifting, Shop Dropping is a form of culture-jamming whereby people bring their art into a store and attach it to a product. When someone goes to the checkout with your item, not only do they get the product but also a piece of your art. Could be a great way to promote a band, website, service or movement?

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