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Camouflage and the City

Surfing the net for inspiration, I came across a few past urban camouflage interventions that play with the idea of concealment using various techniques and materials including photography and paint, found objects in commercial spaces and designed tarp.

Two artists use photography to blend themselves in with the environment. [...]

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Knit Graffiti as Advertising in Montreal

Soirée réconfortante du Lait

I last posted about the arrival of spring, but according to the Weather Network, we’ll be getting some flurries late next week (ouch – [...]

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Tagging the Cozies

Tagging the Urban Cozies

Winterlude 2010 has arrived! It’s been busy behind the scenes, so we’ll be giving you little photo montages of what happened pre-festival in the next few posts [...]

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The Urban Cozy Project at Winterlude 2010 Press Conference

Winterlude Press Conference with Cozy

The Winterlude 2010 press conference took place last Tuesday at noon at one of the festival sites, Confederation Park. One of the highlights of this [...]

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Knitting, Gritting and the Fourth Plinth in London

Performances at Traflagar Square near the Fourth Plinth. In celebration of Antony Gormley’s One & Other Project (via Deadly Knitshade’s Flickr stream)

In line with last Thursday’s royal theme, I thought I’d share some upcoming, really innovative [...]

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Tango Tutorial at London’s Spitalfields Market

Oh how I miss Spitalfields Market! It’s always buzzing with things to do from – having lived right beside it last year, there was never a shortage of activities ranging from visiting food and jewelery stalls, checking out animals at [...]

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