F*CK CCTV

Urban Camouflage Parka by Pia Drechsel

How to avoid surveillance

What are you looking at by Banksy

ed5 intervention by William Lamson

Colourful streets

Greener pedestrian Walk by DDB group in China

Rosenthaler Platz in Berlin Mitte by some unknown

Public Design Intervention Do-It-Yourself

As part of my research I investigated into the diffrent methods, phenomena and practices of urban intervention. It was amazing to see how many people intervene with the spaces a city holds. If it is because of discontent with the city-planning, because of stupid public design or just to find new ways of expressing oneself. Public Design Interventions are more or less strategic transformations of space, reappropriation of public goods and creative interaction with the public sphere.
The Public Design Intervention DIY Guide is a byproduct of my thesis. It comes with a starter set for uraban guerilla activists and is available from KISD Shop.

Happy transformations

Streetsign by spy
subway-sea-monster-by-joshua-allen-harris

guerilla scate ramp by justin farelly

Merry Christmas

Guerrilla Handbell StrikeforceImrov everywhere is a group of people in New York, causing scenes in the public space, leaving others surprised, wondering, but always with a smile on their face!!
watch the video, its so nice!!

Road Layout

anwohnerpark by office of subversive architecture
skin up by Filthy Luker
Asphalt fetish

North American Footprint by Roadsworth

Swingtime

Barsky (*Barsky is the collaboration between Klisterpete and Akay,
two friends getting things done in Stockholm’s streets. Found in The Art of Rebellion2)



Bruno Taylor Playful Spaces (via www.bigbrudesign.co.uk)










porter square urban hammock massachusetts avenue (Dan4th via flickr.com)




Searching the web for interesting public/urban interventions I stumbled upon many design interventions or art activisms with a swing. It seems people really like to let go and have a bit of playtime during dull everydaylife in urban city greyness.