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22.8.08
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Five Black Bins
Woodstock, Cape Town
Five Black Bins brings together five Cape Town design studios to redesign five garbage bins in Woodstock, Cape Town. The urban design project was conceptualised and curated by non-traditional agency, Cow.
Five random addresses in Woodstock were selected. Designers were briefed to use the bin as a canvas but to take into consideration the context of its surroundings as well. Am I Collective, Cow, Kronk, The President and Room 13 were the five agencies that got involved.
Once the designs were completed, bespoke vinyls were printed. The selected bins were abducted, the vinyls applied and the transformed bins were returned to their homes.
The current black garbage bin (or "wheelie bin") dates back to the late 70s and was introduced to South Africa in the late 80s. They typically hold 120, 240 or 360 litres, with 240 litres being the most common.
Designs:
Am I collective
Cow
Kronk
The President
Room 13
Site:
James Gray
Music:
Sonos Studios
The Considerate Builders Scheme
Five Black Bins brings together five Cape Town design studios to redesign five garbage bins in Woodstock, Cape Town. The urban design project was conceptualised and curated by non-traditional agency, Cow.
Five random addresses in Woodstock were selected. Designers were briefed to use the bin as a canvas but to take into consideration the context of its surroundings as well. Am I Collective, Cow, Kronk, The President and Room 13 were the five agencies that got involved.
Once the designs were completed, bespoke vinyls were printed. The selected bins were abducted, the vinyls applied and the transformed bins were returned to their homes.
The current black garbage bin (or "wheelie bin") dates back to the late 70s and was introduced to South Africa in the late 80s. They typically hold 120, 240 or 360 litres, with 240 litres being the most common.
Designs:
Am I collective
Cow
Kronk
The President
Room 13
Site:
James Gray
Music:
Sonos Studios
The Considerate Builders Scheme
3 comments:
hey guys - well executed.
I don't know how you can claim to have conceptualized a unique new idea when Circusninja. already did this with the long street festival in 2004.
- 12 artists each reworking bins from stores in long street.
thank you
we weren't actually aware of the circus ninja project but we do recognise that redecorating bins isn't a new idea, you can actually buy vinyl skins for them at gardening stores
i guess what makes 5bb different is the guerrilla nature of it - that the homeowners didn't know about the project until we dropped the finished bins off. so it wasn't part of an organised event.
you know what they say, there's no such thing as a new idea
I for one think it's great. When can you do my bin?
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