tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9804259049756289842024-03-13T10:05:05.439-07:00Fickle Street ProjectRe-established 2010Fickle Street Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06712234264462349360noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980425904975628984.post-30364198606398063032010-07-08T08:04:00.000-07:002010-07-08T08:11:01.375-07:00Urban Farmland comes to the Bronx<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://kck.st/9gvYi9" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/839815895/artfarm-an-art-and-urban-farming-project/widget/card.jpg" /> </a></div><br />
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Click image for the full project outline. Totally about bringing back forgotten, un-used spaces and I bet there's tonnes of lingering spots in NYC that deserve a reprise, much like London and so many other UK towns.liz mundanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09476282471779742668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980425904975628984.post-64954779294462722812010-05-31T09:21:00.000-07:002010-06-01T05:07:05.305-07:00The Bike Man<img alt="RIMG0240 by you." class="reflect" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/4652069687_17a04ef70b.jpg" title="" height="375" width="500" /><br />Saw this on my walk on Saturday afternoon in Cambridge, this bike, completely overtaken by the surrounding foliage. Got me thinking about comedy camouflage...<br /><img style="width: 491px; height: 333px;" alt="http://dornob.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/camouflage-art-clothing.jpg" src="http://dornob.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/camouflage-art-clothing.jpg" /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfdgYqLz2NkoafiLE7VSeUoleoxNoswdRToRbZCxP8M9fjHr_oCTPpsKK3zORd7oQaFK_D2QztlZT7smEKmW7RpowqJigSsd531u9Yd9PavnwhXl616LyfJajfBbfDTVBpPyvALSJa8bq8/s1600/city_08.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 491px; height: 972px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfdgYqLz2NkoafiLE7VSeUoleoxNoswdRToRbZCxP8M9fjHr_oCTPpsKK3zORd7oQaFK_D2QztlZT7smEKmW7RpowqJigSsd531u9Yd9PavnwhXl616LyfJajfBbfDTVBpPyvALSJa8bq8/s400/city_08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477486784847036322" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">from <a href="http://izismile.com/">izismile.com</a></span><br /><img style="width: 491px; height: 368px;" id="myphoto" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs548.ash1/32034_397490400747_609400747_4319287_5785001_n.jpg" />liz mundanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09476282471779742668noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980425904975628984.post-18488388993718341302010-05-26T06:13:00.000-07:002010-05-26T10:10:22.323-07:00PostCarden<object height="105" width="175"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wLU1nN-0tuc&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wLU1nN-0tuc&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="497" height="298"></embed></object><br />
Love this from A Design For Life, the post-able-grow-your-own-garden.<br />
This way all city dwellers can have their very own plot.<br />
via <a href="http://www.postcarden.com/">Postcarden</a>liz mundanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09476282471779742668noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980425904975628984.post-58730870649210168932010-05-19T14:19:00.000-07:002010-05-19T15:05:01.607-07:00Scrapbook Snaps<img style="width: 497px; height: 655px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifMdhxrKcQtwlZRavtzpud10KFMoNPsHIOIazYD4I8I9NBFytN44LbsP6RvKKGZF3SYSfY5o6vGsVRCjLaoBdMJ0OI6wT5lmGMANcZHq3tDMJ1RwgEbKBq7ZwoZn-QKlQ-bwsf7m7Mojp8/s1600/Fireplace+Garden.jpg" alt="[Fireplace+Garden.jpg]" border="0" /><br /><img style="width: 497px; height: 758px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5OzS0AxyTPZU8z0U_hw43nLCJq8f9T0kuG1JZspbsJoB68hkpVxUCIgWF-B7iqMAa0fZSFpmdv_BNVPXYfPUIlWIpYkgddCDNvpyQ3MpUQCjAPoL1PW7gqS-xG4LiDX16GaFjjfGwb7PW/s1600/Garden+Typewriter.jpg" alt="[Garden+Typewriter.jpg]" border="0" /><br />via <a href="http://chintz-of-darkness.blogspot.com/2008/10/avant-garden.html">Avant Garden post</a><br /><br />...and that sorta reminded me of Rachel Whiteread's well known concrete cast houses.<br /><img style="width: 497px; height: 324px;" alt="http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/ridhika/hop1.jpg" src="http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/ridhika/hop1.jpg" />Fickle Street Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06712234264462349360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980425904975628984.post-71083120763451128172010-04-28T07:19:00.000-07:002010-04-28T08:37:33.781-07:00Rooting for a new home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3ix9OyOOfKTuGGJ_1j7HI_B-rJoEWToEaAYFgjOonJvkq8KNKLL9cJQ0oB1OncPwSDcq_yg3lIcQj2C2BlA5yfgcZgSfmIsSN3kw80KN5xESbuZmWbesslMgYL1ZPhy7yxys6R0fC5IS/s1600/randomimage.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3ix9OyOOfKTuGGJ_1j7HI_B-rJoEWToEaAYFgjOonJvkq8KNKLL9cJQ0oB1OncPwSDcq_yg3lIcQj2C2BlA5yfgcZgSfmIsSN3kw80KN5xESbuZmWbesslMgYL1ZPhy7yxys6R0fC5IS/s400/randomimage.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-xCUQdnULg1Vk6rkJrVCy7A0wtOXjWYik89nCO-TtsGXEA2TWA4TjaKCKv3aBsEt45_F62vtafqADWhYXP9PfiLjQe9E_6KHTujs9wDjmZY4XU5oH3Hx0VOu39VBUC9wbscAAJ4G9WeO/s1600/Screen%20shot%202010-04-28%20at%2014.40.38.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-xCUQdnULg1Vk6rkJrVCy7A0wtOXjWYik89nCO-TtsGXEA2TWA4TjaKCKv3aBsEt45_F62vtafqADWhYXP9PfiLjQe9E_6KHTujs9wDjmZY4XU5oH3Hx0VOu39VBUC9wbscAAJ4G9WeO/s400/Screen%20shot%202010-04-28%20at%2014.40.38.png" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxy83NTBdU1xTDaYKr8HkyKTzN0vfnthHxBIACn_FVY0Ax8x8rabdNFpR9XZ-JuWv04meGhrEafgwBhcteMhL1Q4YIEyvj1Qy3cKWRNDFaAe7buLnRxdj8kxGH-pI0v3YdBPlZTtk8x5M/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-04-28+at+14.45.42.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxy83NTBdU1xTDaYKr8HkyKTzN0vfnthHxBIACn_FVY0Ax8x8rabdNFpR9XZ-JuWv04meGhrEafgwBhcteMhL1Q4YIEyvj1Qy3cKWRNDFaAe7buLnRxdj8kxGH-pI0v3YdBPlZTtk8x5M/s400/Screen+shot+2010-04-28+at+14.45.42.png" width="400" /></a></div>"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i>The Wayward Plant Registry is a project of social exchange and botanical desire. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><i>A Wayward Plant, commonly referred to as a weed, is one growing where it is not wanted. They may be non-native, unsightly, invasive, high-maintenance, surplus or withering, and so are uprooted and abandoned, pulled from the earth (or pot!) as urban castaways. But wayward plants, whether common weeds, domestic breeds or rare botanical specimens, are truly in the eye of the beholder. The Wayward Plant Registry sets up Halfway Homes for these unwanted plants, and works to bring out the full potential of their beauty and meaning. The Registry considers systems of exchange, the personification of plant-life, the human stories revealed through plant migrations, and the nature of botanical desire</i>."</span></i></strong></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sandra found this marvel, oh how it'd be great to collaborate! from her article in </span><a href="http://ficklestreetproject.blogspot.com/2010/04/jungle-in-urban-jungle.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jungle in the Urban Jungle</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></div></span>liz mundanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09476282471779742668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980425904975628984.post-14934051423985442882010-04-27T05:25:00.000-07:002010-04-27T06:05:43.889-07:00Jungle in the urban jungleTrapped utopia, mini Eden Project...a jungle stuck indoors!<br />I was having a look at Patrick Blanc's work<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNEatKHxtpOgrRDt2eRTqLEY0oB2XJpd4pbjEApxktlKwPoIYtdZ7mG62Nsg0TaBGxRBQ11MJRkknlJTsQ1RfcNcd-yHIGfkA9xrziSH_BRJK7KzOrsuvET4oFvSMZwrBVYllzkhirfdpo/s1600/indoor-gardens-paris-france-blanc-patrick-dimanche-house-wall.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 395px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNEatKHxtpOgrRDt2eRTqLEY0oB2XJpd4pbjEApxktlKwPoIYtdZ7mG62Nsg0TaBGxRBQ11MJRkknlJTsQ1RfcNcd-yHIGfkA9xrziSH_BRJK7KzOrsuvET4oFvSMZwrBVYllzkhirfdpo/s400/indoor-gardens-paris-france-blanc-patrick-dimanche-house-wall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464802214269325714" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Patrick Blanc<br /><br /></span>vertical gardens and how vegetation almost seem to reclaim inside and outside the built environment<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8dZu1pMQdaLEMAfRNX4GVotg_-CANul2yhRvem4LdCrxERBnpMypRHd0BwaDkpxUvvSFxtxEXpAsdTPHmXjGwjWBjHz03hzAQQ0jGPFJ3h-gPeGcq3Mg1DjeCNXq5Oc8RfayexToRlWN/s1600/picture-93.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8dZu1pMQdaLEMAfRNX4GVotg_-CANul2yhRvem4LdCrxERBnpMypRHd0BwaDkpxUvvSFxtxEXpAsdTPHmXjGwjWBjHz03hzAQQ0jGPFJ3h-gPeGcq3Mg1DjeCNXq5Oc8RfayexToRlWN/s400/picture-93.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464794292918548450" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Patrick Blanc</span><br /><br />I like the idea of something that takes time to grow, like plants. This would be nice if it was indoors, in the shop window like Liz suggested in <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://ficklestreetproject.blogspot.com/2010/04/sporadic-word-idea-vomit-insert-better.html">Spring-Cleaning my Mind</a> could this be made up of unloved plants? maybe plants that people wish to get rid of or can't keep, or a garden made up of pictures of gardens and green areas around the neighborhood, people could take the pictures and pop these inside the letter box, the idea of being away too long and the letter box fills with "plants", then we could line the inside of the shop window with these pictures to create an abstract garden <span style="font-style: italic;">collage</span>.Fickle Street Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06712234264462349360noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980425904975628984.post-18504412591689307372010-04-26T11:44:00.001-07:002010-04-26T12:59:28.815-07:00Spring-Cleaning my MindSporadic word / idea vomit (insert better word here):<br />
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Picture your counters/work tops/shelves filled with not items for sale but t.v's - As many as we can get, old, new, b+w or colour. They show the images of the items once sitting there, flickering screens on loop of inanimate life. Spooky. <br />
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Trapped utopia. Mini Eden projects. A garden stuck indoors. Plants. Bench. Grass. > Contained in shop. Why not make every empty shop into a courtyard or urban park? Turning commercialisation inside out, more "gardens" will pop up just as shops are known to. Lead on to inviting people to rest, or eat lunch in our closed-off nirvana. Create a real, live, growing shop display: invite allotment enthusiasts and guerilla gardeners to contribute. <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=National+Trust%27s+-+Country+air+in+a+jar&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a"><i>National Trust's - Country air in a jar</i></a>. Sell freshly cut grass from our very own lawn. <i>The Smell of Summer.</i> Reinforce shop trading. It could go on.<br />
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<a href="http://ficklestreetproject.blogspot.com/2010/03/through-looking-mirror.html"><i>Sandra's face-cut-out progression</i></a>. Boarded shop fascia with oval cut-outs. Once peered into a kaleidoscope of images made from your face is seen. Use of CCTV or poor man's version to document the shapes and patterns. Then add to your interior to act as more image (but this time moving) for kaleidoscope, keep building until really nauseating. Will require mirrors and some engineering brain power.<br />
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This doesn't require access into a premise. Write and post as many letters to a shop until the place fills up. I always notice an empty place by the piles of mail on the floor. The idea of being away too long. How many posted DL envelopes will it take to fill. Just pick an address, find out? <a href="http://www.eatock.com/projects/black--blank/"><i>How many times can a printer print an A4 black page before it runs out of ink - Daniel Eatock</i></a><br />
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width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDePInyrF-LZoH8juDv6bGXGV5n17y29umnCyjdgMiN4y2-6dBSruko8wIas7WYCuZktYyRvo_bOZb1X4dBy8B2U9Unfn5OuIKkUy_4W3if21ht-R4LSyQEqlTfRjDj7lqlb1VP7XlEnP/s400/mirrors+all+around.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444548182817360898" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I know I may seem obsessed with hair but I like <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/dopludo">Eika's work</a>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhb30K7DrDl5SH_LkwV5zgdf3VQcXnXcUxxkko_9aH_m3oZopy6AlU7fWl3egsgXsxEXW47PynC3JZCsCidKUFqtbDeyAXNd-G3xCAbjh1pCSD1y4aONrbUvfIbvK8YWxxIrA_gnPbzs6/s1600-h/842231224105905.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 346px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhb30K7DrDl5SH_LkwV5zgdf3VQcXnXcUxxkko_9aH_m3oZopy6AlU7fWl3egsgXsxEXW47PynC3JZCsCidKUFqtbDeyAXNd-G3xCAbjh1pCSD1y4aONrbUvfIbvK8YWxxIrA_gnPbzs6/s400/842231224105905.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444549413458118130" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnlwZyuF5fHHy7Bo15Yf0HuVp6WxA66xyQjPoXaScahTL0Kco-Wcj9PT16o8mC6bufQTOy1-L5qpbwmbwzcT-9OSHR_AQPdEjMsKvXSR5zcv5qjoZGNQYl2ko7surkU6hdF9_YMTO5uNnu/s1600-h/hair_face+cut+out.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnlwZyuF5fHHy7Bo15Yf0HuVp6WxA66xyQjPoXaScahTL0Kco-Wcj9PT16o8mC6bufQTOy1-L5qpbwmbwzcT-9OSHR_AQPdEjMsKvXSR5zcv5qjoZGNQYl2ko7surkU6hdF9_YMTO5uNnu/s400/hair_face+cut+out.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444550884905223570" border="0" /></a>Fickle Street Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06712234264462349360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980425904975628984.post-69979568544349262192010-03-03T14:46:00.000-08:002010-03-08T14:14:19.163-08:00Window patternsI was just thinking about cut out images or patterns or a famous painting, with a mirror behind the cut-out areas, this would reflect the surrounding environment which would then look like it's part of the pattern...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3E5T_OPhmbKqnijq8Wi31vE-iiDBd1XMzQOa8dRpHoXNdydHYStovm0inf6XOvTneZ3ZindffxI-p0hB3wgF5ZBD1FqNgNCZWQ79NagDF0ZiGpQcJr6TqNMNeJyngVRG9GNAThuxPaZVA/s1600-h/African_Fabric_4a2c8da2aa682.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 396px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3E5T_OPhmbKqnijq8Wi31vE-iiDBd1XMzQOa8dRpHoXNdydHYStovm0inf6XOvTneZ3ZindffxI-p0hB3wgF5ZBD1FqNgNCZWQ79NagDF0ZiGpQcJr6TqNMNeJyngVRG9GNAThuxPaZVA/s400/African_Fabric_4a2c8da2aa682.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444544181176282786" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">+</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFYtlV8Qr7O4hAMi4IsAetD4cLUc-hOQUPKpseCmXX384f9GEOyz7G5r-zOEwP_29h0pX4iq7yEuBuYjHW7m4yMMtIhKchHTnF9mbxxNeQSi_zfT8Cp-EMZ0KSyXED1zV-h_3WnbRJ5E2U/s1600-h/Picture+3.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFYtlV8Qr7O4hAMi4IsAetD4cLUc-hOQUPKpseCmXX384f9GEOyz7G5r-zOEwP_29h0pX4iq7yEuBuYjHW7m4yMMtIhKchHTnF9mbxxNeQSi_zfT8Cp-EMZ0KSyXED1zV-h_3WnbRJ5E2U/s400/Picture+3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444544068904604162" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >=</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jy-2S_IVlIVVZv069xVDBysu0TjbBGvvV533qv5qaOqvMTAJsdT3Y9kEZJHgkX8uOTnCph-SAGIU5oRglwqYTFb-0epuix10VckJhZDRlsdwdNF-USrTf4DuWeg0qW-HFYFWEc_uGpqc/s1600-h/window_pattern_mirror.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jy-2S_IVlIVVZv069xVDBysu0TjbBGvvV533qv5qaOqvMTAJsdT3Y9kEZJHgkX8uOTnCph-SAGIU5oRglwqYTFb-0epuix10VckJhZDRlsdwdNF-USrTf4DuWeg0qW-HFYFWEc_uGpqc/s400/window_pattern_mirror.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444545180136743058" border="0" /></a></div></div>Fickle Street Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06712234264462349360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980425904975628984.post-37219740938630764642010-02-06T07:56:00.001-08:002010-02-06T08:04:19.409-08:00Whole Jotta Fun Ahead<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">We're now on Jotta!<br />Log in to add things and friends,<br />and generally jazz it up.</span></span><br /><a href="http://www.jotta.com/jotta/artists/ficklestreetproject"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.jotta.com/jotta/artists/ficklestreetproject</span></span></a>Fickle Street Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06712234264462349360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980425904975628984.post-82907806863942315072010-02-06T05:36:00.000-08:002010-02-06T07:55:11.472-08:00To the note pad, Robin!<div style="visibility: visible;" id="photo_notes" class="photo_notes"><div style="z-index: 1000; display: none; position: relative; width: 220px; margin-top: -5px; padding-top: 5px; left: 187px; top: 104px;" id="notes_text_div"><div id="notes_text_table"><div class="td_note_yeller td_note_yeller_container"><span style="display: block;" id="notes_text_span">Are you adding a <strong>note</strong> or a <strong>person</strong>?</span><form style="display: block;" id="notes_text_form"><input name="magic_cookie" value="c3ac13f807ca11455b7693b421b4a101" type="hidden"><textarea style="height: 58px; display: none;" onkeydown="_limit_textarea(this, 300); _ge('photo_notes').check_note_for_prop()" onkeyup="place_notes_text_div(); adjust_textarea_height(this); _limit_textarea(this, 300); _ge('photo_notes').check_note_for_prop()" id="notes_text_area" rows="1" wrap="virtual"></textarea></form></div></div><form style="display: none;" id="notes_text_buttons_form"><input class="Butt" value="Save" onclick="_ge('photo_notes').save_editing(); this.blur();" type="button"><input class="CancelButt" value="Cancel" onclick="_ge('photo_notes').cancel_editing(); 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text-align: center; margin-top: 3px;"><span id="rotate_span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:12px;" ></span></div></div></div><div style="z-index: 999; display: none; margin-left: 184px; margin-top: 101px;" id="shadow_div"><table class="shadow_table" style="padding: 0px;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td width="11"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif" class="shadow_sprite shadow_tl" height="11" width="11" /></td><td style="width: 189px;" id="shadow_width_controller"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif" class="shadow_sprite shadow_t" height="11" width="100%" /></td><td width="11"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif" class="shadow_sprite shadow_tr" height="11" width="11" /></td></tr><tr><td style="height: 11px;" id="shadow_height_controller" height="30"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif" class="shadow_sprite shadow_l" height="100%" width="11" /></td><td></td><td><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif" class="shadow_sprite shadow_r" height="100%" width="11" /></td></tr><tr><td><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif" class="shadow_sprite shadow_bl" height="11" width="11" /></td><td><img style="width: 189px;" id="shadow_width_controller2" src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif" class="shadow_sprite shadow_b" height="11" width="100%" /></td><td><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif" class="shadow_sprite shadow_br" height="11" width="11" /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div id="photoImgDiv4334888182" style="position: relative; width: 502px;" class="photoImgDiv"><br />Thinking outside the shop box...<img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/4334888182_696eb309e3.jpg" alt="insideoutside shop by you." title="" class="reflect" height="329" width="500" /><br />Inside/Outside Shop reflection...<br /><script type="text/javascript">Y.E.onDOMReady(show_notes_initially);</script></div><script type="text/javascript">F.decorate(_ge('photo_notes'), F._photo_notes).notes_go_go_go(4334888182, 'http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/4334888182_696eb309e3_t.jpg', '3.1444');</script><form id="blog_form" method="post" style="visibility: hidden;" action="/blog.gne"><input name="magic_cookie" value="c3ac13f807ca11455b7693b421b4a101" type="hidden"><input name="photo" value="4334888182" type="hidden"><input name="blog" value="0" type="hidden"></form> <!-- PHOTO CONTENT: DESCRIPTION, NOTES, COMMENTS --> <script type="text/javascript"> insitu_init_page_photo_description_div('4334888182'); </script><noscript></noscript> <!-- ############## COMMENTS --> <h3><a name="reply"></a></h3><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9Z3YypBVg7-8b2om2fpCqZH_1swg4hBbuVpn2n3dfNHs_NjUZxBd5zTLp7gVS4kq3XQNm1SCbh03csbxqjQTugXIMKLPoNJ8QFv9FcbPV9y8HI2VpoKMHRMjyUlXFtmFgm4gNdJONUZu/s1600-h/Scan0004.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 464px; height: 488px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9Z3YypBVg7-8b2om2fpCqZH_1swg4hBbuVpn2n3dfNHs_NjUZxBd5zTLp7gVS4kq3XQNm1SCbh03csbxqjQTugXIMKLPoNJ8QFv9FcbPV9y8HI2VpoKMHRMjyUlXFtmFgm4gNdJONUZu/s400/Scan0004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435125014618577938" border="0" /></a><br /><br />SHOP AURA / MIRRORS / WINDOWS TO THE SOUL / PORTALS TO OTHER WORLDSFickle Street Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06712234264462349360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980425904975628984.post-67698254222439245652010-02-06T04:19:00.000-08:002010-02-06T05:14:01.695-08:00Mirror Image<div style="visibility: visible;" id="photo_notes" class="photo_notes"><div style="z-index: 1000; display: none; position: relative; width: 220px; margin-top: -5px; padding-top: 5px;" id="notes_text_div"><div id="notes_text_table"><div class="td_note_yeller td_note_yeller_container"><span id="notes_text_span"></span><form id="notes_text_form"><input name="magic_cookie" value="c3ac13f807ca11455b7693b421b4a101" type="hidden"><textarea style="height: 58px;" onkeydown="_limit_textarea(this, 300); _ge('photo_notes').check_note_for_prop()" onkeyup="place_notes_text_div(); adjust_textarea_height(this); _limit_textarea(this, 300); _ge('photo_notes').check_note_for_prop()" id="notes_text_area" rows="1" wrap="virtual"></textarea></form></div></div><form id="notes_text_buttons_form"><input class="Butt" value="Save" onclick="_ge('photo_notes').save_editing(); this.blur();" type="button"><input class="CancelButt" value="Cancel" onclick="_ge('photo_notes').cancel_editing(); this.blur();" type="button"><input class="DeleteButt" value="Delete!" id="delete_note_button" onclick="_ge('photo_notes').delete_note(); this.blur();" type="button"></form></div><script type="text/javascript">var page_note_ratio = 1;</script><script type="text/javascript"></script></div><div style="z-index: 1002; display: none;" id="comm_div"><table id="comm_table" style="padding: 3px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 200px; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 3px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 3px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 3px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 3px;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="td_white"></td><td class="td_white" style="padding: 3px 0px 0px;" valign="top" width="1"><img id="comm_pulser_img" src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/pulser2.gif" border="0" height="15" width="32" /></td><td class="td_white" style="padding: 3px; font-size: 12px;" id="comm_td"></td><td class="td_white"></td></tr><tr id="comm_button_tr"><td class="td_white"></td><td class="td_white"></td><td class="td_white" style="padding: 3px;"><form><nobr><input id="comm_button_ok" class="Butt" value="OK" onclick="this.onclick_func();" style="margin: 5px 5px 0pt 0pt;" type="button"><input id="comm_button_cancel" class="CancelButt" value="Cancel" onclick="this.onclick_func();" style="margin: 5px 5px 0pt 0pt;" type="button"></nobr></form></td><td class="td_white"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="z-index: 1003; display: none;" id="rotate_div"><div id="rotate_table" style="padding: 1px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 218px; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 3px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 3px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 3px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 3px;"><div class="td_note_white" style="padding: 0px; text-align: center; margin-top: 3px;"><span id="rotate_span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:12px;" ></span></div></div></div><div style="z-index: 999; display: none;" id="shadow_div"><table class="shadow_table" style="padding: 0px;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td width="11"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif" class="shadow_sprite shadow_tl" height="11" width="11" /></td><td id="shadow_width_controller"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif" class="shadow_sprite shadow_t" height="11" width="100%" /></td><td width="11"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif" class="shadow_sprite shadow_tr" height="11" width="11" /></td></tr><tr><td id="shadow_height_controller" height="30"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif" class="shadow_sprite shadow_l" height="100%" width="11" /></td><td></td><td><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif" class="shadow_sprite shadow_r" height="100%" width="11" /></td></tr><tr><td><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif" class="shadow_sprite shadow_bl" height="11" width="11" /></td><td><img id="shadow_width_controller2" src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif" class="shadow_sprite shadow_b" height="11" width="100%" /></td><td><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif" class="shadow_sprite shadow_br" height="11" width="11" /></td></tr></tbody></table></div> On the subject of creating optical illusions using mirrors, or mirror images (that's an interesting topic alone because what we see in the mirror is never 100% true to reality blah blah...). A couple of years ago I was looking into photography for an FL shoot, I had these stored away - two images below by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Schohaja Staffler</span> - which resurfaced the other day. The reason these are so pleasing to me are because of the old trick of displacing objects, the inside outside etc. Can we bypass the issue of even obtaining a shop by creating the inside of the shop outdoors and the window is our mirror in...! Whoa...<br /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2740/4333986465_de610c6964.jpg" alt="Schohlaja Staffler by you." title="" class="reflect" height="347" width="500" /><br /><div style="visibility: visible;" id="photo_notes" class="photo_notes"><div style="z-index: 1000; display: none; position: relative; width: 220px; margin-top: -5px; padding-top: 5px;" id="notes_text_div"><div id="notes_text_table"><div class="td_note_yeller td_note_yeller_container"><span id="notes_text_span"></span><form id="notes_text_form"><input name="magic_cookie" value="c3ac13f807ca11455b7693b421b4a101" type="hidden"><textarea style="height: 58px;" onkeydown="_limit_textarea(this, 300); _ge('photo_notes').check_note_for_prop()" onkeyup="place_notes_text_div(); adjust_textarea_height(this); _limit_textarea(this, 300); _ge('photo_notes').check_note_for_prop()" id="notes_text_area" rows="1" wrap="virtual"></textarea></form></div></div><form id="notes_text_buttons_form"><input class="Butt" value="Save" onclick="_ge('photo_notes').save_editing(); 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Génial!Fickle Street Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06712234264462349360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980425904975628984.post-33737349016851436272010-01-22T14:13:00.000-08:002010-02-06T05:09:57.974-08:00Mirror-montageI was reading about handmade special effects last week and admiring <a href="http://www.janvonholleben.com/?page_id=488"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jan Von Holleben</span></a> photographs.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mg2-OTIjpEnWy-KhSlY6_CnFKDOYEDjrYkC7ym5KMbkVmN_9OM5UN8S5jgRS4KFFqhzEV1snGKWYN1pYCu_chbcIUEfKyrxeq-xzAECg_Ia-J5_-Jgv0yPTqZlEyNfG0p_FxPi8Slks3/s1600-h/Jan+Von+Holleben_head.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mg2-OTIjpEnWy-KhSlY6_CnFKDOYEDjrYkC7ym5KMbkVmN_9OM5UN8S5jgRS4KFFqhzEV1snGKWYN1pYCu_chbcIUEfKyrxeq-xzAECg_Ia-J5_-Jgv0yPTqZlEyNfG0p_FxPi8Slks3/s320/Jan+Von+Holleben_head.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429699650589637314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhU95I8Hb2x3K5QcVvk-kOBxW8Pv_bpqS2q8NjFrzUdUMXWN8-gZq7HzlPJN2jrgX3FwCM_ZY3B1AEs9TYzdRAjU19kWte1fBKHVQVlJKsJgoTFDtim8L7M-XZ6wbZBWd-MUq4Mf3ymsr2/s1600-h/Jan+Von+Holleben_pets%282%29.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhU95I8Hb2x3K5QcVvk-kOBxW8Pv_bpqS2q8NjFrzUdUMXWN8-gZq7HzlPJN2jrgX3FwCM_ZY3B1AEs9TYzdRAjU19kWte1fBKHVQVlJKsJgoTFDtim8L7M-XZ6wbZBWd-MUq4Mf3ymsr2/s320/Jan+Von+Holleben_pets%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429699919675561138" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7bmxdq1zhPCmu36rC4xnM0FI0mPW1v7N-eoIMLtH50XpkZPuPU1mDjjwloL5gB6hxTavOP3cdJIVDwVMQrhXFXseIcmZesLJeoHAcNcUiBfrpAQ25rRaUzr0H_KlymaDHWyafvXH7hVMi/s1600-h/Jan+Von+Holleben_istrice.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7bmxdq1zhPCmu36rC4xnM0FI0mPW1v7N-eoIMLtH50XpkZPuPU1mDjjwloL5gB6hxTavOP3cdJIVDwVMQrhXFXseIcmZesLJeoHAcNcUiBfrpAQ25rRaUzr0H_KlymaDHWyafvXH7hVMi/s320/Jan+Von+Holleben_istrice.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429699822926795634" border="0" /></a><br />I found these surreal optical illusions very inspiring for our shop window project, I liked the way he uses every day life objects to create these absurd compositions, like cut-and-paste.<br /><br />I was also flicking through the "Hair Wars" book<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmr4Vqys60c6nqfmKZH8Whaz7Y3XEDI_f1_eb6g8ZWlen4Dr5mJN0s_n2q7gwWOUCwJ_DPs2GO_GkUn1ZrpkuNRLy5kq-lNfUnZ2OZcUvmD09Pm3eckJ7vpKZ8Ee_Fom06_ZW8RoosYMNr/s1600-h/hair-wars-book.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmr4Vqys60c6nqfmKZH8Whaz7Y3XEDI_f1_eb6g8ZWlen4Dr5mJN0s_n2q7gwWOUCwJ_DPs2GO_GkUn1ZrpkuNRLy5kq-lNfUnZ2OZcUvmD09Pm3eckJ7vpKZ8Ee_Fom06_ZW8RoosYMNr/s320/hair-wars-book.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429699572661289602" border="0" /></a><br />at RD Franks and I thought I would like to make something with synthetic hair, lots of it! well maybe that would be a little expensive...<br />However I kept thinking about<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNWPBltOWFmgq1xwSgiTdzDT80t6LlbUKhH4RohzMiFzqYKqsjArqDvKVhFZ67Naq70PJp_Ahn-1XikOQ9FlPUsx_ZGzFDW2LCcBe_NkwBE-MJSM9sUnTd_OfEw2ZSZILctICQSYi6p-SH/s1600-h/217.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNWPBltOWFmgq1xwSgiTdzDT80t6LlbUKhH4RohzMiFzqYKqsjArqDvKVhFZ67Naq70PJp_Ahn-1XikOQ9FlPUsx_ZGzFDW2LCcBe_NkwBE-MJSM9sUnTd_OfEw2ZSZILctICQSYi6p-SH/s320/217.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429701751721585058" border="0" /></a><br />18th century wigs<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEielktdG4Dss4KRaFl4EDl3aXv5k1N8UShjLbgFrHrLLapB8KCBtC2sAE3DqM-TFN_XkbY9M5ikVCCmf0lxM9AxhOLwiLQJELGVecfBoMnJ2_SbCYYIPYoXTvJbG2YRZwgbxV4sWqPV667m/s1600-h/peacock_b.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEielktdG4Dss4KRaFl4EDl3aXv5k1N8UShjLbgFrHrLLapB8KCBtC2sAE3DqM-TFN_XkbY9M5ikVCCmf0lxM9AxhOLwiLQJELGVecfBoMnJ2_SbCYYIPYoXTvJbG2YRZwgbxV4sWqPV667m/s320/peacock_b.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429701888028201714" border="0" /></a><br />Brixton arcade<br /><br />I also remembered an exhibition (someone told me once or twice that I see too many!) I saw many years ago, <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://designmuseum.org/design/philip-treacy">"When Philip met Isabella"</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_Rtq_rctJZ_nwNnRXsQdGAXeii23hhgZtjek12iDQo9Xx46cw_SHokse6mXr6erYjz6NaM8OqmLGFhJUsLp4mm6b_dxLqyuUGLudMG-OrShUGQKA9Uhfi5gaeNLlIf7mtt5vX6-9-a5T/s1600-h/treacy_1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_Rtq_rctJZ_nwNnRXsQdGAXeii23hhgZtjek12iDQo9Xx46cw_SHokse6mXr6erYjz6NaM8OqmLGFhJUsLp4mm6b_dxLqyuUGLudMG-OrShUGQKA9Uhfi5gaeNLlIf7mtt5vX6-9-a5T/s320/treacy_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429701669155680562" border="0" /></a><br />where Philip Treacy's wonderful hats where placed on black hatstands, inside glass cabinets so you could see your face reflected on the glass and it looked like you where actually wearing the hat<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9MICS8ntdvhdcJHTpKlHL3DH78We0JNFzINuhPlsLclXufyKMJ55vWkjKNaFX0dY05x0HIZX2Gky5Vu_dM7SuZ8k8Ex9py4Q1hPZSvYOvIXni5D0YrVpujNUGfeCdaIlKgZnYlr_wV5qm/s1600-h/Picture+1%282%29%282%29.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9MICS8ntdvhdcJHTpKlHL3DH78We0JNFzINuhPlsLclXufyKMJ55vWkjKNaFX0dY05x0HIZX2Gky5Vu_dM7SuZ8k8Ex9py4Q1hPZSvYOvIXni5D0YrVpujNUGfeCdaIlKgZnYlr_wV5qm/s320/Picture+1%282%29%282%29.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429706149683341794" border="0" /></a><br />I don't think that was intentional as it wasn't very obvious but it inspired this idea:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga2OF42F4rzrSlE3GiNTsLDq3NTK-VaK3AUo0TYmvM4uFc_3DrJsjjkbFm1yr-LeFKyuVUcUqaulBQXewPGKzLIvHfRHIyxb7G4afBZWXynXQyCHCGLZDicCBMpiM1L3a6OBRx2KshElsp/s1600-h/sketch+detail.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga2OF42F4rzrSlE3GiNTsLDq3NTK-VaK3AUo0TYmvM4uFc_3DrJsjjkbFm1yr-LeFKyuVUcUqaulBQXewPGKzLIvHfRHIyxb7G4afBZWXynXQyCHCGLZDicCBMpiM1L3a6OBRx2KshElsp/s320/sketch+detail.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429935868428537026" border="0" /></a><br /><br />(The grey areas are mirrors where passers by can see their reflection and it looks like they are part of the composition of 18th century wigs printed on paper and stuck on the window, the background is wax print fabric pattern as I imagined this in Brixton, maybe it used to be a hairdresser's shop...)<br /><br />What do you think? it's not necessarily what the window should look like but rather a way for people people to interact with the window, in a very low-fi way, this is just a layout and I still believe there should be a message behind it which could inform or be part of the compositionFickle Street Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06712234264462349360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980425904975628984.post-40168192469591583822010-01-09T16:04:00.000-08:002010-01-10T12:37:50.000-08:00Art attack on the urban blight!I read an interesting article today on The Economist, I admit I only understand half of the social, economic and political dealings covered by this publication but I found the article very relevant to The Fickle Street Project, although it's not about empty shop windows and despite the fact that we are still trying to work out what we will actually show in the windows once we manage to find some to curate!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;" class="headline"><a href="http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15108683"><span style="font-size:100%;">The art of abandonment</span></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />Some weird and wonderful things are rising from the ashes of the Motor City<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic5O_BKmJXq0R7iXgRKGKBRoyK6PCg4671JOTihp_9Rz099-jKm-QXTZRH1LccAYSwugGVEUKtRqC8MJhSumxL5FkXx2fOfcr_zwAdcVbu-66SuxDAnmWSAkyOj8TDazWWvF6pv8Lbow9u/s1600-h/heidelberg_project_00.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic5O_BKmJXq0R7iXgRKGKBRoyK6PCg4671JOTihp_9Rz099-jKm-QXTZRH1LccAYSwugGVEUKtRqC8MJhSumxL5FkXx2fOfcr_zwAdcVbu-66SuxDAnmWSAkyOj8TDazWWvF6pv8Lbow9u/s320/heidelberg_project_00.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424905720986866786" border="0" /></a><br /></div> <h2 style="font-weight: normal;" class="rubric"> </h2><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7EPc1uLpdS0BcJD-rDtKr4kvVKLdvUlXjaP8kbWRa0IAOhUugbF_YSG_gjkdbcds3W0DRVSAx2zBXG3Mt4Cn6Jwu5lxmJ_Rfs3CH5PC75kHiMb9TLiB7qFClEfe7ICFaCNoMt0Sz52fT/s1600-h/heidelberg_project_02.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7EPc1uLpdS0BcJD-rDtKr4kvVKLdvUlXjaP8kbWRa0IAOhUugbF_YSG_gjkdbcds3W0DRVSAx2zBXG3Mt4Cn6Jwu5lxmJ_Rfs3CH5PC75kHiMb9TLiB7qFClEfe7ICFaCNoMt0Sz52fT/s320/heidelberg_project_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424920789220611858" border="0" /></a><br />Detroit, the once model city of Industrial automobile production is now the home of the Heidelberg Project, a design collective founded by artist Tyree Guyton, turns abandoned and run down neighbourhood in Detroit into an open air art gallery.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUwecLOuTYwv36Lcrg3fz5wDh9Xqmj3NtDqUobfcHwM6dKTzkRXcU4J-e1d8Jm77j2HduXK8bxde7JkpUe5RjQypwMZtyTDR0PDQbUU_Yomp1-GJz4hc-SckVYSvAHLH1ITFgrMjqbssCl/s1600-h/heidleburg-polkadot-house.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUwecLOuTYwv36Lcrg3fz5wDh9Xqmj3NtDqUobfcHwM6dKTzkRXcU4J-e1d8Jm77j2HduXK8bxde7JkpUe5RjQypwMZtyTDR0PDQbUU_Yomp1-GJz4hc-SckVYSvAHLH1ITFgrMjqbssCl/s320/heidleburg-polkadot-house.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424920201915145538" border="0" /></a><br />I feel very inspired by projects, like this one, it takes a lot of courage to create beauty and wonder from challenging, and hopeless environments, and economies. The most surprising thing is when creative people like the Detroit Collaborative Design Centre see something new and unexpected, like an open air amphitheatre in a house in disrepair!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1w1uiFTssZtyRSac3_W6HuuwCzy8kheplyO_ay3OwUWZn5bMmsFcN_j0L73VRt2qoxM-LOBC7nnygOP341zqWroBocT2rcHAektRCkryRu-0sAZ98eDC29OIinqJT-fyYKswpf7TvMVeI/s1600-h/playHouse_Exterior+Urban+Community+Theatre+by+Detroit+Collaborative+Design+Center.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 159px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1w1uiFTssZtyRSac3_W6HuuwCzy8kheplyO_ay3OwUWZn5bMmsFcN_j0L73VRt2qoxM-LOBC7nnygOP341zqWroBocT2rcHAektRCkryRu-0sAZ98eDC29OIinqJT-fyYKswpf7TvMVeI/s320/playHouse_Exterior+Urban+Community+Theatre+by+Detroit+Collaborative+Design+Center.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424915729081662626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />PS: Tyree Guyton's "<a href="http://www.tyreeguyton.com/Hood.html">Faces In The Hood</a>" (faces pained on the bonnet of Detroits long gone industrial pride) reminded me about the mirrors mentioned in ...<a href="http://ficklestreetproject.blogspot.com/2009/12/down-pub.html">down the pub</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUfPbpylhNR2v9uB0Rk52Q1wlPflxSuAY7R1jvLZ7H3MuptPlIDUE9tcfKtJSWWnJgDSudnQXibL9b8r2ooFfDpM2miyJ8jkQWsNuf2QIgg7eJ5GXNxjt_mwUdhhRBi2W2ILMPVYcKWfq/s1600-h/www.tyreeguyton.com+2.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUfPbpylhNR2v9uB0Rk52Q1wlPflxSuAY7R1jvLZ7H3MuptPlIDUE9tcfKtJSWWnJgDSudnQXibL9b8r2ooFfDpM2miyJ8jkQWsNuf2QIgg7eJ5GXNxjt_mwUdhhRBi2W2ILMPVYcKWfq/s320/www.tyreeguyton.com+2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424918396111829538" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSXGTHM0wuxHUYMzDtvV-1rSjm2zC8c9o-vB-CsJcCP7U3PZFwedY_YGS6oS2QAzCYlKoPUomdOeEjaQyoI7sCgxBhyphenhyphenZXDX_Ec3sMCU3tXmDUKETl51LeMKCw4O0d1yyFJ6ujZ9HtJpPj/s1600-h/www.tyreeguyton.com+1.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSXGTHM0wuxHUYMzDtvV-1rSjm2zC8c9o-vB-CsJcCP7U3PZFwedY_YGS6oS2QAzCYlKoPUomdOeEjaQyoI7sCgxBhyphenhyphenZXDX_Ec3sMCU3tXmDUKETl51LeMKCw4O0d1yyFJ6ujZ9HtJpPj/s320/www.tyreeguyton.com+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424918591299923058" border="0" /></a>Fickle Street Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06712234264462349360noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980425904975628984.post-14200630581994760422010-01-08T04:25:00.000-08:002010-01-08T05:54:21.204-08:00Happy New Years<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_8KRTQwMVGtcpdyJ-rCoGGEEv4oRbpAKBfjkxoclBpBmM9nxABNewn0kLHwNcbjAUZ8O3fuNgHaAaPAwEQ3eJ68DIrOzF0SfZn05M8tav9zjp3uTX-AX6ZRVamWZaZUA_5M2HFryPrfj/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2010-01-08+at+13.43.11.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 209px; height: 41px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_8KRTQwMVGtcpdyJ-rCoGGEEv4oRbpAKBfjkxoclBpBmM9nxABNewn0kLHwNcbjAUZ8O3fuNgHaAaPAwEQ3eJ68DIrOzF0SfZn05M8tav9zjp3uTX-AX6ZRVamWZaZUA_5M2HFryPrfj/s320/Screen+shot+2010-01-08+at+13.43.11.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424364713686986706" /></a><br /><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRsBOEfxmjHNUFDRCNzBAwHgWvcyY66Eh3uv7HUhjr_T_oiD11gYVR89iKkXGr_JT8y8W87PNVnldVZGUjm_y8TNGaMaOKEjimkPXZzVOPIkBr7I_BUebD0Tk2Gk-JT7Fyv2qmBT5c72C2/s320/Screen+shot+2010-01-08+at+12.08.46.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424344574037867666" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, serif;">I found a good site for browsing: http://tokyofashion.com/tag/shop-win<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, serif;">dows(tokyofashion.com)</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, serif;"></span></span><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, serif;">Shopping is pastime in Toyko, the high streets shop windows are a retail wonderland and visual treat so a good place to look for inspiration.</span><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Although the sites main purpose is for <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, serif;">Japanese fashion / sho<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, serif; ">pping the photographs taken by a girl(?) who is living locally are a good insight into shop retail displays - she collects pics of all the shop windows in mainly in the Harajuku district and anything else that stands out.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">One thing that really struck me was the hype generated for the stores, even this is visible through the images. Shop windows are adverts for their promotions and emphasis is taken away from other staple products. The mania deliberately created around getting something individual that no-one else has. Limited editions are especially popular ensuring you stand out in the populated crowd.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Still a massive advertising favourite is the branded bag, and they're not always freebies, 500USD for a Paul Smith bag! Uhmmm, I remember we had a similar<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, serif; "> p<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, serif;">has<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, serif;">e in the UK a while ba<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, serif;">ck.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_UI8LgD4KDkSZBJDAht8C1ZEjsFCc0_71yFLK4IToChyphenhyphen_iCPJ3z3wr1RYo98L2jrz0FxH86FnvmZvDYMWNwKBWuYfn_F6hNvQFwc4OdHlmwPHdyONkt830F0Ldtb376DLBf3kvlMz9a0/s320/Screen+shot+2010-01-08+at+12.57.07.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424354529690992610" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGYOMI6_q65ofk9M-hK3psv4hr-vQOIyjCHg3mRM2xISzhQVwD3QTdiKtNTb9qLx26xN-tBxLPAk4XWzDO5d8jJabkPoKB2o745iXVhLYBpvEzUiEgNAVLPFetDUMYOkJ0hz5RQtK7Q8m/s320/Screen+shot+2010-01-08+at+13.50.35.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424366513838794354" /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div><br /></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></div>Fickle Street Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06712234264462349360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980425904975628984.post-52240066239344560202010-01-07T08:56:00.000-08:002010-01-07T09:50:40.849-08:00New Tidings, New Ideas...<img style="width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://www.theshopfloorproject.com/images/shopfront.jpg" alt="The Shop Floor Project is OPEN" usemap="#FPMap0" border="0" />Happy New Year! <a href="http://www.theshopfloorproject.com/">The Shop Floor Project</a> has put up a new 'shop window' to see in the beginning of twentyten, I thought; *Has anyone done a window on new year resolutions? I also came across a site from someone I used to go to uni with who only photos windows, mostly fashion houses but good for research purps. That's <a href="http://thewindowdisplayblog.wordpress.com/">here</a>. I just wanted to say a hello and let's get to work, I'm feeling particularly proactive, woo 2010!Fickle Street Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06712234264462349360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980425904975628984.post-16603257530563685282009-12-21T05:06:00.000-08:002009-12-21T06:39:37.393-08:00Brixton Village by Spacemakers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZ78zAB6XL6aXRB5gLDK5iFW3SDvqr8tvqopoRE8lnItLabS6vqAf-47rXFWpPvlW4oA41v_AZfPMfK0e9EVSOxeBAC9CrNgyBA8KGN6VHnquHZ26oNjXvwoTV4dE8u9mUJSblI-9tJ2I/s1600-h/DSC04100.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZ78zAB6XL6aXRB5gLDK5iFW3SDvqr8tvqopoRE8lnItLabS6vqAf-47rXFWpPvlW4oA41v_AZfPMfK0e9EVSOxeBAC9CrNgyBA8KGN6VHnquHZ26oNjXvwoTV4dE8u9mUJSblI-9tJ2I/s320/DSC04100.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417688334142525058" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_suGJJeLdWG6-oXh3TkbI0zHbMcqmBwrR9wnM0PRPI_fVeeCqsvnwQ4RUIaOHQpANnBGydJUBsX2VdAIocYY6nQ1Pvh4JSjTY3YcBkXZVzQD_TpRq4muAbIzdAQj7_Y8vRzweEI8HeFz5/s1600-h/DSC04134.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_suGJJeLdWG6-oXh3TkbI0zHbMcqmBwrR9wnM0PRPI_fVeeCqsvnwQ4RUIaOHQpANnBGydJUBsX2VdAIocYY6nQ1Pvh4JSjTY3YcBkXZVzQD_TpRq4muAbIzdAQj7_Y8vRzweEI8HeFz5/s320/DSC04134.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417696444119686402" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXUVUXDPYCytA1gPyQWmpyjSJvdhzDbTQ2z8F_0ohitJX0NpTa8mYGXAKxMBVNSVt4KwKneeZ_vfIS0An9LI_eLABZKKLEiCVvev346O6sAQAs74seNqGrM_6Q4QGBwdzZ-BprZvk93kw1/s1600-h/DSC04133.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: left;">What I found interesting and inspiring about the Brixton Village project where the shops that looked less like retail environments, the ones by the designers/artists that with a very brave move didn't see this as just an opportunity to sell something but instead to say something, the creative process behind their creations (don't think they where even on sale!) or a story, like at<br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.cabinetofcuriosity.org/">Cabinet of Curiority</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRBDGr6fpt4QXGlloeaLuWXCeToriqxX5Ac_LIva6rnaWo_w-m0HmPtAbynG7xBlSddeywmlfVypI6ChShSOSsmVsvwlXc8cmvPX0aEfbKkzZNqA64b-nxwemizvr0lL_TtSddtIWgMI_h/s1600-h/DSC04106.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRBDGr6fpt4QXGlloeaLuWXCeToriqxX5Ac_LIva6rnaWo_w-m0HmPtAbynG7xBlSddeywmlfVypI6ChShSOSsmVsvwlXc8cmvPX0aEfbKkzZNqA64b-nxwemizvr0lL_TtSddtIWgMI_h/s320/DSC04106.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417688875532485970" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwk4iKIlKuTybrs02bWRgx7JAEUerOtpXstzojoyrDKeDLGtFhAO8YLgoxoAhgS-6eT3lQ2OV5Ewm0pc2JUjYu3WKiz47fnxKzqQIxZ392uWluA7HEHtjyFEWd-IDICcs3KEJWySU6bCd2/s1600-h/DSC04109.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwk4iKIlKuTybrs02bWRgx7JAEUerOtpXstzojoyrDKeDLGtFhAO8YLgoxoAhgS-6eT3lQ2OV5Ewm0pc2JUjYu3WKiz47fnxKzqQIxZ392uWluA7HEHtjyFEWd-IDICcs3KEJWySU6bCd2/s320/DSC04109.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417690755887521762" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATK0DBgGwucnoC3xZt7OKTflWugHfIaK95goUvdXDfrHj1RJKBfdIFvzu-bdl6ZooT2ZFQ_mHnXN3PfSty5krF4qOZuml8dlMWLyRvTB_JL6uK2P194X-XI3EU4pd95WX4WeiJf3mPOcm/s1600-h/DSC04112.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATK0DBgGwucnoC3xZt7OKTflWugHfIaK95goUvdXDfrHj1RJKBfdIFvzu-bdl6ZooT2ZFQ_mHnXN3PfSty5krF4qOZuml8dlMWLyRvTB_JL6uK2P194X-XI3EU4pd95WX4WeiJf3mPOcm/s320/DSC04112.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417691165447317394" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtKg9PPYBF0DpSKLxbqrEFu3YyPIf63948W56odOG59Io0yDGu0l5f8OcOhzFoPmQqF-5fi5wPU6UeR6qRM6DBQDNrAjwAZDzMleLujq29o-5Mxtw7ZnEIVbdnwTFOPd-rUfWeKDhIQ2Ar/s1600-h/DSC04114.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtKg9PPYBF0DpSKLxbqrEFu3YyPIf63948W56odOG59Io0yDGu0l5f8OcOhzFoPmQqF-5fi5wPU6UeR6qRM6DBQDNrAjwAZDzMleLujq29o-5Mxtw7ZnEIVbdnwTFOPd-rUfWeKDhIQ2Ar/s320/DSC04114.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417691515027897954" border="0" /></a><br />These "shops" created the most abstract and surreal narratives, and in my opinion made an interesting connection with the markets existing environment.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDI5DsL9GE3n_esemQ7GFzbcrbw4O1AmRaOKFp7_U31VfyUfOzYNV-uO-W024QgmKx_w2Wx1mmtalcMo_lAQMiZG92rfjvJo9LCp8Qhh2tYgZhm87PTZKxQ_VQ_xeH9M-ydn3kgnagwb3D/s1600-h/DSC04095.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDI5DsL9GE3n_esemQ7GFzbcrbw4O1AmRaOKFp7_U31VfyUfOzYNV-uO-W024QgmKx_w2Wx1mmtalcMo_lAQMiZG92rfjvJo9LCp8Qhh2tYgZhm87PTZKxQ_VQ_xeH9M-ydn3kgnagwb3D/s320/DSC04095.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417691759510942930" border="0" /></a><br />It would have been nice to see a connection with the past of the market or the other shops, like “mirrors”...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioha_ALbeVEoVluxJS4_JU6colTjYAykbbRMdyO_FB6FKJ6WNhORd0RWOEgkVV04HNil4BR8VhQicT6iUSH5hQvitZpH_qbKbw5A5kFj-4jihS2ShrOl4y2hHe910VU1Cd0NcfrcQnj7EZ/s1600-h/DSC04094.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioha_ALbeVEoVluxJS4_JU6colTjYAykbbRMdyO_FB6FKJ6WNhORd0RWOEgkVV04HNil4BR8VhQicT6iUSH5hQvitZpH_qbKbw5A5kFj-4jihS2ShrOl4y2hHe910VU1Cd0NcfrcQnj7EZ/s320/DSC04094.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417692204993314018" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2mTkqLIZihjUVN8FQLX1g03SEdXMDJu5sGDL7W-9sJIG0W8pcZ-Ig6Eir-tbbv8qCvJ3G7OukgbKhW603z0tMPAFBDB56Cxkm4uW1qEo3_vcLZHqBa89KlQfsjguoLcvL1De3rAt4AxuA/s1600-h/DSC04130.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2mTkqLIZihjUVN8FQLX1g03SEdXMDJu5sGDL7W-9sJIG0W8pcZ-Ig6Eir-tbbv8qCvJ3G7OukgbKhW603z0tMPAFBDB56Cxkm4uW1qEo3_vcLZHqBa89KlQfsjguoLcvL1De3rAt4AxuA/s320/DSC04130.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417695971481207538" border="0" /></a><br />More information about the Brixton Village project on<br />http://spacemakers.org.uk/projects/brixton/<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMWyvbcCpxuDEQ7MOdoC29WcnifHJBUa0F4ghZz2LpuIA8px4MsZc92E-qLpaOHATlsmaXlkw3XxO9Xni5gUQjEPZ8GXfj6yrl2p_uXnXvRnB7sbRggLG-ADxE2IxQC30pJfpqgucX6ZM/s1600-h/DSC04133.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMWyvbcCpxuDEQ7MOdoC29WcnifHJBUa0F4ghZz2LpuIA8px4MsZc92E-qLpaOHATlsmaXlkw3XxO9Xni5gUQjEPZ8GXfj6yrl2p_uXnXvRnB7sbRggLG-ADxE2IxQC30pJfpqgucX6ZM/s320/DSC04133.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417697366289809666" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Fickle Street Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06712234264462349360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980425904975628984.post-13403049650869229122009-12-20T09:44:00.000-08:002009-12-21T06:37:42.340-08:00...down the pubOver our yummy hot green curry we began to ponder the main mission in defining our 'Fickle Street' How and what are we doing with our shop front?<div>We want to stand out and attract attention but for the right reasons? </div><div><br /></div><div>The identity and individuality of each towns high streets around the UK has dwindled since the likes of McDonald's, Starbucks, Tesco's and B&Q arrived on the scene. </div><div>A lot of family businesses or unique, quirky stores just cant keep up with the competition especially in this harsh economic time. </div><div><br /></div><div>How can we show the people on the streets what is missing? </div><div>Give them a <b>mirror </b>to look closely at what they are spending their money on. Mass, cheap, production. Service is questionable, community forgotten, crafts lost. </div><div>And does a £3 coffee really makes you smile that much??</div><div><br /></div><div>Lets mimic the Brands and Chains who care only about making money... Mirror their actions in our window displays <b>across the road or next door</b>. Make a subtle statement.</div><div><br /></div><div>Or maybe there is just fun to be had with the concept of reversing what is expected in the fickle street window displays:</div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">New Look </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Vs</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> Old Look</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Cheap line factory produced clothes </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Vs</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> Vintage quality clothing</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Machine produced <b>V</b><b>s</b> craft produced</div><div><br /></div><div>Same mass brand <b>Vs</b> homemade and individual</div>Fickle Street Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06712234264462349360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980425904975628984.post-47361254058365380392009-12-20T09:27:00.000-08:002009-12-21T06:37:06.954-08:00Nearly a snow dayOn a very cold December evening we trekked down to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Brixton</span> Market. The clever chaps had decided to promote a festive shopping experience by encouraging magical pop up stores. Although still going strong during the day, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Brixton</span> undercover market has also been experiencing some problems of late and a higher percentage of shops and units have been left unused and empty. This scheme enabled start up companies, or artists and designers to promote their work and create a shop environment for networking and potential customers. Interesting stuff. <div><br /></div><div>{Documented in pics by Sandra D.}<div><br /></div><div>We then headed off to the pub for some brain work.<br /><br /></div></div>Fickle Street Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06712234264462349360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980425904975628984.post-3860609984105126822009-12-13T12:56:00.000-08:002009-12-16T09:36:04.327-08:00Home is where the pub is...<img style="width: 405px; height: 606px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3291/2941625981_5e01310806.jpg" alt="Derelict 32 by maggie jones.." title="" class="reflect" /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">image from flickr</span><br /><br /></div><div>Friday night I went to Designersblock hq/home/pub and it was one of those 'yeah! a shop doesn't have to be/look like a shop' moment just as this pub is now (soon to be demolished) a place for all kinds of events, mostly a venue for parties and exhibits. I like thinking about displacement, put something where it doesn't quite fit, make something useless or turn a pub into a private-public-space as Designersblock's (owned by the Geffrye Museum) pub.</div>liz mundanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09476282471779742668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980425904975628984.post-31468218543757837952009-12-02T13:21:00.000-08:002009-12-02T13:47:14.221-08:00Displaying ConversationsWhether they are the conversations lost in space that have already taken place or the shop's own voice (is that weird), I'm referring to Clare's post, honing in on "conversations" and the history behind the space that Sandra mentions. Some visual food:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGqgxErNpQK5aM-8ueLIiY91UdB1QVoZrls3PuJoGM0pDzRjCejosaO4oKLpd-B3B0X8LfiP4ew1MYPxPC4h7WgYG1GWCDhqCyEfFYevNt7KXMK6KyflT5mikSRJ18WQDpRUhjJNSU6wFT/s1600-h/plate-copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGqgxErNpQK5aM-8ueLIiY91UdB1QVoZrls3PuJoGM0pDzRjCejosaO4oKLpd-B3B0X8LfiP4ew1MYPxPC4h7WgYG1GWCDhqCyEfFYevNt7KXMK6KyflT5mikSRJ18WQDpRUhjJNSU6wFT/s400/plate-copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410752704852435154" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVlmX_bJeWYyFusPR_h3MDBBLj9AUJBo3VZlzZ8EAXO2xL-uQtIpHY_8kWxcvKkODiEgA3aB7lg_Q9miRp4u9pgGmhaKTdM3XB09ykv_G7GtBI60Ndxl0G1lT8QPATA037hB8CBjLCGTJa/s1600-h/conversation2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVlmX_bJeWYyFusPR_h3MDBBLj9AUJBo3VZlzZ8EAXO2xL-uQtIpHY_8kWxcvKkODiEgA3aB7lg_Q9miRp4u9pgGmhaKTdM3XB09ykv_G7GtBI60Ndxl0G1lT8QPATA037hB8CBjLCGTJa/s400/conversation2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410752708326092802" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRPKxw_adfzAWYFEOaoHyaz5OYKj6rQquoU-ZBIsGA1AuGU0chtVhetvW-DflWSLHmxkCGcs8KH5NCucsTl-UbmwpYsA9kpetoNWlN0YxJ-HWQ0XX52opjSydK7eTj7e-hVsa74EMmaejg/s1600-h/862_4a9b89d33d8f8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 391px; height: 391px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRPKxw_adfzAWYFEOaoHyaz5OYKj6rQquoU-ZBIsGA1AuGU0chtVhetvW-DflWSLHmxkCGcs8KH5NCucsTl-UbmwpYsA9kpetoNWlN0YxJ-HWQ0XX52opjSydK7eTj7e-hVsa74EMmaejg/s400/862_4a9b89d33d8f8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410752699041661010" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmOdHTMkoyfGZJc5Vfv_MSbJPP_HydrU7vi3mctV5O2ZJBN7P0gsuei4NdsuDKnlXpjQZTgKDN0cAwVlHfis-55wuWIk_ECA_cTbTXmlT3dOiZZGoNW0umUoCXTl4Rxp8hOsz8cz4SuNn-/s1600-h/odz_main.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmOdHTMkoyfGZJc5Vfv_MSbJPP_HydrU7vi3mctV5O2ZJBN7P0gsuei4NdsuDKnlXpjQZTgKDN0cAwVlHfis-55wuWIk_ECA_cTbTXmlT3dOiZZGoNW0umUoCXTl4Rxp8hOsz8cz4SuNn-/s400/odz_main.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410752695574165186" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Images various sources</span>liz mundanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09476282471779742668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980425904975628984.post-14906912297896625352009-12-02T03:40:00.001-08:002009-12-02T13:11:18.684-08:00Peepshow<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPqu3-Ps3gBHfazg946_6ShtgQr3kRCqfI9-JyVGoQGSWmK-KdOlegBC5IPem-51LxMLtKdXZ3du5k3lbkc-81lowXWIyXg8vSfC3OvM0XxOZNO9In-777hQaTCLmbKoo6ikzPhe5tsLWG/s1600-h/front_image_18.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 499px; height: 325px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPqu3-Ps3gBHfazg946_6ShtgQr3kRCqfI9-JyVGoQGSWmK-KdOlegBC5IPem-51LxMLtKdXZ3du5k3lbkc-81lowXWIyXg8vSfC3OvM0XxOZNO9In-777hQaTCLmbKoo6ikzPhe5tsLWG/s400/front_image_18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410749183337334002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">image from Peepshow</span><br /><br />Found myself drawn to the peepshow virtual Christmas shop window display. I like the eye catching cartoon colours they use. Its eye catching without being cluttered.<br /><a href="http://www.peepshow.org.uk/peepshop">www.peepshow.org.uk/peepshop</a>clareohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990202882370505427noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980425904975628984.post-67554604830455290082009-12-01T14:23:00.000-08:002009-12-01T14:32:19.757-08:00The big question: What are we going to exhibit?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFmYi3f4QqirfjlSbx455bMGd5m3Navc4mDZoh8M7iix_8QZBC-nDFkQ4iTGWPtrUdJ-gJSg6rxYYozilTezpRNz73K4yv1soAv9T08ueh00UJD2DWQgBc5Zz296XRkrwjgSHyW0aqDVx4/s1600/3417455.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 432px; height: 433px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFmYi3f4QqirfjlSbx455bMGd5m3Navc4mDZoh8M7iix_8QZBC-nDFkQ4iTGWPtrUdJ-gJSg6rxYYozilTezpRNz73K4yv1soAv9T08ueh00UJD2DWQgBc5Zz296XRkrwjgSHyW0aqDVx4/s320/3417455.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410397634882267858" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">After talking to my cousin Angelos who, as a scientist is a very down to earth kind of person I started reasoning on one of the main ideas that influenced this project: we aren’t actually advertising or selling anything!</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">After explaining to my cousin the idea behind the Fickle Street Project, it didn’t have a name then, he told me that one of the golden rules of selling is to lure your customer into the store, if this fails you have lost him and a possible sale! </span> <span style="font-family:arial;">So I thought what if we decide not to make any money? </span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Fickle Street Project is not inviting anyone to walk inside the store, we almost make a point of it being closed, but just to enjoy what is in the windows without feeling invited to buy. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Not selling is probably one of the main reasons behind all these shop closures, so can this project be inspiring although it’s not designed to make any money?</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Clare suggested that this project should raise awareness about all the shops that had to close down, and suggested a link between the history of the shop before it shut and what we are going to exhibit. This does not explain just what we are planning to exhibit but hopefully should offer inspiration as some of these shops have a very interesting past and the type of things they used to sell where quite specific and unique or part of a long gone era</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">We would like this to be the inspiring brief for the Fickle Street Project but without being nostalgic about the past</span> </span>Fickle Street Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06712234264462349360noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980425904975628984.post-43432063219840659062009-11-27T05:09:00.000-08:002009-11-27T08:40:35.638-08:00IDEA #1 Shop Sitting?I like the idea of people shop-sitting like they do when a house is left empty. If we could get a list of people to come in and do what they will for a week or a day and then pass it on to the next 'sitter' that would be a growing collaboration, naturally.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2333/2320673831_2ae9a911de_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 507px; height: 703px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2333/2320673831_2ae9a911de_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">image from Flickr</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2333/2320673831_2ae9a911de_o.jpg"><br /></a>liz mundanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09476282471779742668noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980425904975628984.post-18945167627370369882009-11-19T17:36:00.001-08:002009-11-27T07:59:14.464-08:00Article of Interest<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2008/09/24/Richard-Wilson-Liverpool-Biennial460.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 505px; height: 302px;" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2008/09/24/Richard-Wilson-Liverpool-Biennial460.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I found the following quote very interesting:<br /><br />"I hate it when you can tell where the art ends and building begins," says Sarah Gaventa, director of Cabe Space, the public-space arm of design watchdog the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment. "There's nothing sadder than seeing art as an addon and not part of creating places."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/oct/01/regeneration.public.art">Future of Cities, Guardian article</a>Fickle Street Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06712234264462349360noreply@blogger.com0