Tiny sculptures – huge effect

So we generally love anything that’ll stop us dead in our tracks – make us wonder – change our perspective. And here is a brilliant art project that does just that: Little People is a “tiny street art project” based in London by Slinkachu, the guy who is also behind the Inner City Snail, another [...]

Little boxes…

There’s an old English song Little boxes on the hillside Little boxes made of ticky-tacky Little boxes, little boxes, littles boxes, all the same There’s a blue one, and a pink one, and a green one and a yellow one… It’s amazing what colours can do for a place. This project in the favelas (slum [...]

Four squaremeters of endless forest

At Copenhagen Playground, we work a lit with the use of space, particularly spaces in cities and how to make them come alive. We value interaction, surprise, and playfulness, as tools to  create a pleasant and interesting atmosphere – be it in parks, on squares, in empty spaces or the like. Here is a brilliant [...]

Playing the City

Schirm Kunsthalle was nominated in the Art category for the Webby Awards this year for their creative and interactive campaign. Combining art, play, and social media, they turned the city into one big playground. We like! Read all about the campaign

Modern classics

The ever lovely LauraJul – Copenhagen’s “man about town”, or rather woman about the web – has found these awesome creations of art with a surprising use of materials. Thumbs up to the artists! And thanks to Laura for the hint: Brilliant push pin artist Eric Daigh and staple artist Baptiste Debombourg. (From LauraJul via [...]

Another (Lego)brick in the wall

German artist Jan Vormann is the man behind this creative and colourful urban art. This gem was found on a favourite sister-blog – Random Specific by Meena Kadri. Read her post Illuminating Urban Imperfections