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Look!: Chain-Link Fence Beautification

thinkb71608.jpgA graphic designer covered chain-link fence in something more ambitious than ivy or morning glories.

 
 

Woven quite simply with everyday surveyor's tape from the local hardware store, Ryan Cook's creation got us thinking about what we could do with that ugly chain-link next to the neighbor's driveway.

Beyond typography, we can imagine graphic shapes or patterns, or using a different material. Some salvaged coated wire? Fabric? The next birthday garden party may be in for a surprise.
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posted by razel on 2008-07-16 11:53:32
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That's really nice.

Maybe Mass. politicians should give this a look, since some of them are all stabby about people attaching American flags and using plastic cups to spell messages for the soldiers on overpass fences.

posted by Artichokesoup on 2008-07-16 12:00:31
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i love this idea! Does he post instructions/suggestions anywhere for further urban beautification?

I work in the inner city/industrial part of town and could see so many possibilities.

posted by DahliaCactus on 2008-07-16 12:01:09
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Beautiful!

posted by RedMaiko on 2008-07-16 12:38:38
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And what happens after a few weeks when passers-by and the weather take their toll on this and it starts to come apart? Will the artist come back and clean up after him or herself? I think that's the problem cities have with stuff like this. It looks fine the first day, but then quickly becomes garbage and a blight on the neighborhood.

That said, this is a creative font they pulled off with just chainlink and tape...

posted by LilyC on 2008-07-16 13:25:42
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razel: haha exactly what I thought.

posted by MonsterMash on 2008-07-16 14:13:56
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When I first saw it, I thought it was cross-stitching!! You'd have to have some thick yarn to pull that off on a fence!

posted by bumblebeechicago on 2008-07-16 14:21:01
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it looks great. another material that you could get some amazing effects with would be electroluminescent wire.

posted by mrs yow on 2008-07-16 14:37:27
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thanks razel--

posted by jen_g on 2008-07-16 14:41:04
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