I love how the one with the red sun looks exactly like the Japanese Axis symbol. Made me think of my grandpa's stories of operating the sonar in a Russian sub. Patrolling near Japan during WWII. How times have changed... posted by Count at 11:42 AM on January 1, 2007
Interesting, but it will get old for the people living there to see the same old mural every day. I look forward to when something like LCD paint will be cheap and widespread then you can have a different image each day. posted by Burhanistan at 1:56 PM on January 1, 2007
Interesting, but it will get old for the people living there to see the same old mural every day. I look forward to when something like LCD paint will be cheap and widespread then you can have a different image each day.
I think that would drive people a bit crazy if the scenery were constantly changing, people expect a little familiarity and stasis in their surroundings. posted by delmoi at 2:53 PM on January 1, 2007
Fantastic. I was in the Gdansk area (Poland) last year and they painted all the apartment blocks there (well, in Gdynia at least) to liven them up after the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc; not as adventurously as in these illustrations, but nice patterns of muted pastel yellow, red and blue. I can dig up a photo if anyone's interested.
posted by Count at 11:42 AM on January 1, 2007