the idea: start a community art hotel called Miranda’s Hearth the ideator: Miranda Aisling Well my friends it’s here, the big one, the one you’ve all been waiting for. The ultimate Miranda Idea. I’ve been planning it for years. Four years, in fact, but it’s time that I started the next phase. The visible phase. You …
the idea: create a quarterly press full of local art for local readers the ideator: Megan Guidarelli “The Ink Seed Project is a quarterly press dedicated to the empowerment, education, and promotion of creativity within our community. We foster several projects aimed at strengthening creative/critical thinking skills and strive to maintain an open dialogue with our …
the idea: get local artists to paint donated pianos and then put them out on the street so that anyone can play them the ideator: Luke Jerram and Celebrity Series of Boston Street Pianos Boston is an artist’s dream. And not just visual artists, musicians and performers of all kids can get sucked into this project. …
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the idea: create a public art project addressing street harassment the ideator: Tatyana Fazlalizadeh Stop Telling Women to Smile is an incredible public art project by Brooklyn-based artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh. In it, she has started collecting portraits and stories of women who have been harassed which she combines to make haunting pictures that stare back from the …
the idea: get everyday people to model your clothes the ideator: Debenhams Debenhams, a U.K. based clothing store, has decided to change things up when it comes to their fall look book. Instead of a plethora of cookie cutter, slim, white women, their clothes are worn by everyday people. “Our customers are not the same …
the idea: set up an outside library where people can take a book and leave a book the ideator: James Fox and Akil Williams The Somerville public library has recently decided to do something a little different: the Little Library. It lives on Broadway in Ball Square, across the street from SoundBites and the Ball Square Cafe. …
the idea: make a library out of an abandoned Walmart the ideator: Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle What used to be an abandoned Walmart in McAllen, Texas was converted into the largest single-story library in the United States. The design firm responsible, Meyer, Schrer & Rockcastle, has won several rewards for their colorful, bright design. While the …
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the idea: raise enough money to send a NYC kid on a Wild West Adventure the ideator: Brandon Stanton from Humans of New York I’ve been following Brandon’s work on HONY for a while now and am, like millions of other people, always amazed by what he does. Not only is he a good photographer, …
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the idea: make a tampon advertisement starring a brassy 12-year-old giving some real talk the ideator: HelloFlo There’s not much more you can say after this commercial except how true it is. There was always that one girl who knew things (imagine “things” said in a coveted, preteen whisper). For a little while she reigned supreme …