Comments on: Asphalt art

Asphalt art

edgeways — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:59:15 -0800

Asphalt mosaics: Forget spraypaint, a DIY to a more permanent form of public art.

By: Plutor

Plutor — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:09:59 -0800

This is really, really cool.

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:10:50 -0800

thanks, edgeways, I was just wondering what the hell I was going to after Rome finished its season.

By: Ogre Lawless

Ogre Lawless — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:34:23 -0800

TOYNBEE IDEA IN MOVIE 2001 RESURRECT DEAD ON PLANET JUPITER

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:34:26 -0800

Wow. I always wondered how the Toynbee messages were made. Thanks, edgeways.

By: Turtles all the way down

Turtles all the way down — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:37:05 -0800

As said Plutor, very, very cool!

By: tpl1212

tpl1212 — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:49:32 -0800

Perhaps tangentally, but there has been a minorly big fuss in Boston about some intricately designed artsy-crosswalks being set by the city. "The crosswalks are made from a form of plastic that is melted and poured onto the street, where it bonds with the asphalt. The designs can be imprinted to mimic brick or other natural stones, and the material is available in different colors." But no subversive messages are in them, that I know of...

By: Artifice_Eternity

Artifice_Eternity — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:01:50 -0800

tpl1212: I've seen that style of crosswalk in NYC too. I think there's at least one near the western end of Canal Street -- actually, going across one of the cross streets, near the A/C/E station. I wondered what they were made out of. Interesting medium, but the faux-brick designs can look pretty cheesy. They'd be better off using patterns that aren't trying (and failing) to look like some other material.

By: PurplePorpoise

PurplePorpoise — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:17:05 -0800

From the link - Like glass, asphalt appears to be a solid but is actually a liquid. Not exactly accurate (glass is an amorphous solid), but still cool. Unless the designs are obnoxious. I'm not particularly fond of vandals.

By: shoepal

shoepal — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:45:01 -0800

Saw this on Make:Blog the other day. Haven't tried it yet, but definitely plan to.

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:53:39 -0800

The crosswalks can also be outfitted with special logos or designs, which has some city officials thinking about using the space for advertising Well of course.

By: Songdog

Songdog — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:33:21 -0800

The Toynbee mosaics came up here before. (I wasn't a MeFite yet so I posted about it on my own site). This obviously isn't a double post but I thought people might be interested in checking out the old thread.

By: Mitheral

Mitheral — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:50:07 -0800

I wonder if I can keep this in mind for the six months it's going to take for the ashphalt around here to dethaw.

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:35:01 -0800

The "how to make a bicycle into a record player" link is much, much better.

By: bigmusic

bigmusic — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 18:25:49 -0800

It seems that all the articles on this site are stolen from Crimethinc's book "recipes for disaster." -- an anarchist how to manual. If you like this stuff, you'll love the book.

By: bigmusic

bigmusic — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 18:27:33 -0800

Actually not all of the projects are from recipes. But most are.