Archive for the 'Submissions' Category

Bus Stop Art Installation by the Anti Adversting Agency

Friday, May 26th, 2006

The Anti-Advertising Agency and Packard Jennings have wrapped up their Oakland based Bus Stop Bench Ad Project. The Agency created a survey to poll residents in the neighborhoods surrounding 10 Oakland bus stops regarding what advertising tactics they found most bothersome in their neighborhoods. Jennings then developed targeted illustrations for each neighborhood and the team [...]

Billboard Alteration Salutes U.S. Military in Iraq

Monday, April 17th, 2006

[WE DID NOT DO THIS BILLBOARD, BUT WE LOVE IT] The improvement was executed by the California Department of Corrections. {Warning: Geocities site frequently die because of traffic} [UPDATE] The CDC Geocities site is down, but you can view their fantastic improvements here Photo credit: Unnamed CDC Operative Press Release from the CDC: As a [...]

Watching the Watchers

Thursday, December 29th, 2005

- photo credit: Ted Rheingold San Francisco blogger and developer, Ted Rheingold spotted this excellent billboard prank corporate art. The artist (who so far remains unknown) reminds us how omnipresent surveillance has become in our everyday lives. Read Ted’s writeup and peruse his flickr photo set of the art. Special thanks to our hosting service [...]