Urban knitting, guerilla knitting, textile street art,
yarn bombing. Whatever you choose to call it, this artform takes everyday objects of the city — such as trees, lampposts, street signs, bike racks — and wraps them up in colorful knit cozies. You'll find these wonderful oddities all over the world, from
Manhattan to
Sydney to Edinburgh to
Philadelphia to Oakland to
Chicago to
Bisbane and back to
Manhattan again. People have
written books about it. It has inspired an
Irish cellphone commercial. Metafilter's own
ErikaB made a
tree sweater that was featured on
Metafilter and on the front cover of Seattle's
The Stranger. Magda Sayeg's blog
Knitta Please is a showcase for some of her delightful projects, including a
Smart car,
coffee shop sign, and
crutches. (
Also, previously.)
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posted by Blazecock Pileon
on Jun 25, 2010 -
37 comments
Animated Pixelated Cities: Gaze at the extreme pixelated detail of the neighborhoods of
Pixeldam (including a pixel Starbucks with tiny coffees and a pixel strip club) or the science fiction themed
PixelMoon, collectively generated by over a hundred contributors. There is also the slightly less impressive
PixelPlaza and the oddness of
IsoCity and
Sumea, as well as the impressive work of
eboy [
prev]. Ready to try yourself, but don't have the pixel skills?
City Creator has you covered.
posted by blahblahblah
on Apr 13, 2007 -
14 comments
