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


http://www.sagmeister.com/work8.html
view razel's profile
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.
view Artichokesoup's profile
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.
view DahliaCactus's profile
Beautiful!
view RedMaiko's profile
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...
view LilyC's profile
razel: haha exactly what I thought.
view MonsterMash's profile
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!
view bumblebeechicago's profile
it looks great. another material that you could get some amazing effects with would be electroluminescent wire.
view mrs yow's profile
thanks razel--
view jen_g's profile