Our friends at Worldstudio run an interesting initiative called The Urban Forest Project which is coming to Washington DC this spring in celebration of Earth and Arbor Days
The Urban Forest Project and the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will plant 100 street banners by artists, designers and students in downtown Washington, DC. Each banner will use the form of or metaphor for the tree to make a powerful visual statement about the environment. Together they’ll create a forest of thoughtful images in the Nation’s Capital.
The tree is a metaphor for sustainability and, in that spirit, the banners at the close of each exhibition will be recycled into totebags and auctioned off to raise money for a local non-profit organization.
Two of the banner submissions by Project BIG fish
Project BIG fish is also in discussion with Worldstudio to redesign The Urban Forest Project DC website.
Learn more:
Mayor Fenty’s press release announcing The Urban Forest Project DC
Posted on
Sunday, January 10, 2010
by Thomas Frank