A Pretty Penny
Some beautiful and intricate public art out of Amsterdam has been documented extensively on Flickr. This piece is part of a larger exhibition of sorts.
Droog Design and Scott Burnham have assembled a team of some of the most innovative designers and architects from around the world to create 13 newly designed interventions, tools, toys and objects that are temporarily placed along a route on the central IJ-riverfront in Amsterdam. Reversing the traditional approach to urban design, in which objects and areas are created explicitly to discourage public interaction and intervention, this collection of objects will be created to encourage interaction and physical engagement by the public.
Urban Play poses the question that we hear so much about the “creative city”, but when to we actually get to see it in action?
When I was in Amsterdam a couple of years ago I was very impressed with all of the businesses and organizations dedicated to bringing the arts to everyone in the community. It only makes sense that something of this scale would go down in their city.
I’ve also gathered from the Flickr comments that all of the pennies were painted blue on their backs and that the intention was to track their whereabouts via a web site after their use in the art piece. I don’t know if this is true but it would be fun to track!
Be sure to check out the videos on Flickr too. There are some great time-lapses that show the light reflecting off the coins.
(via DesignYouTrust)
From: Urban Play Flickr Set
posted by Bobby Marko on April 24th, 2009 at 11:40 am Permanent link to this post
