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Fred Lebain’s Sneaky Urban Camouflage

kelsey — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:17:47 +0000

I’m thoroughly impressed with this meticulous series by French photographer Fred Lebain. Lebain first photographed each location, made a poster-sized print, then returned and lined the print up perfectly so as to disappear within the landscape. An interesting exploration of landmarks, time and space. Check out more work here; his portfolio is a little difficult to navigate; click on ‘news’ to get a popup window with more work.

Scott Wade’s Dirty Car Art

kelsey — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:04:29 +0000

I’ve been really into ephemeral, alternative forms of street art lately and was blown away by Scott Wade’s ‘dirty car art’. Wade is from Texas, where it is apparently very dusty, and uses car windows covered in dust as his canvas. He does reproductions of famous works as well as originals. Check out his portfolio here.

Mitchell Heinrich’s Scent Graffiti

kelsey — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:53:04 +0000

I’m totally in love with this idea. Scent is such a powerful sense, yet remains under-utilized in design. Heinrich has upended the practice of graffiti by taking it out of the visual realm and making these ephermal urban interventions. He explains,

“Scent is interpreted by the limbic system which is very closely tied to emotion and memory. This leads me to believe that interacting with people using scent can potentially be a much more powerful medium than paint since people experiencing it can’t help but react to it. The goal of this project is to realize the potential of smell as art and to explore different ways of using it to interact with people.”

He’s even put up an instructable on how to make your own scent spray cans. I’m definitely going to give it a shot.
Via PSFK.