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Using Ingenious Artistic Camouflage To Rid Cities Of Ugly Buildings

Original story at Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation• 2 mentions • 4 months ago

 
 

A Dutch artist has started making unsightly structures disappear though various optical techniques, creating a more beautiful--and way more interesting--looking city.Roeland Otten, a designer in Rotterdam, has come up with an ingenious way of hiding some of those ugly, functional buildings that litter city streets: Make them look like they’re not there. Taking a leaf out a survivalist’s handbook, he is painting, tiling, and wrapping small structures, so they are less visible to the naked eye--or at least, a little less of an eyesore.Otten got the idea when neighbors near where he lives in the old part of the city wanted to do something about

 

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06 Feb
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