Horror Story

Type faces are heading down a creepy street.

All melting , goo-filled, clawed at and aflame.

Read these tags at your own peril...

Ectoplasmic Goo

A friend of mine challenged me to do a post mentioning

the word 'ectoplasmic'!

So here it is. And better still I even did a post about

that very word, because the streets are dripping with

type, lime green droplets of lettering, slimey and ,

well, ectoplasmic indeed.

Not only that, street sculpture is also following suit

with futuristic , green, egg- shaped public TVs

just outside the Art Gallery in Melbourne at

exhibition square. Are our streets melting or are

designers just embracing goo in all its glory?

There's a Bear in There

You can't go past the lovable bear for

inspiration. Street artists have been

teddyfiing our walls lately. Maybe in the

hopes we will come over all cuddly and

warm with fuzziness.

I really didn't say much there at all did I?

But I am jet-lagged and it is time to go to

bed with my bear. Goodnight!

Bangs!

Yesterday I posted 'The Buzz Cut' and

today it is all about the fringe.

There are some real edgy heads happening

out there.

In fact, not since the 80's has hair been so

much like a 'Flock of Seagulls' taking off

from an 'Echo Beach'...( Sorry! )

It is the reemergence of the big bang that

is getting second glances on the street.

Here are some looks I love.

Mr Men Gone Bad

Something has happened to all our

favourite story book characters on the streets.

Reinvented as sinister cousins of the

originals, they are back , dripping with

blood , scowling and looking a little night-

marish.

The Disney era that was all utopian and light

has been turned on it's Mickey Mouse ears.

Welcome to the cartoon creepshow!

Wallpapered part 3

Another sample of what I've seen on walls

lately. Peel back the layers and trace the

history of the last month of street culture.

Pink Hair?

Why have I seen pink hair everywhere

lately?

Admittedly some musk stick shades are

for fancy dress or costume, but others

have pink hair in a totally, no ironic,

I am going to rock pink hair , Harajuku

kind of way.

The thing is, they look so good .

So, Pink..get back those pink locks you

had ,back in the day, (before your

hen- party-rock anthems were born).

Phone Fixation

Ring ring...or maybe you can hear the

pitter patter of tiny fingers texting or a

rather annoying Lady Ga Ga ring tone......

Its no secret that we are a phone

obsessed generation...but don't worry...

it's like eating garlic..everybody does it!

Intergalactic

Is there any body out there ....... ?




A UFO has visited a street near you.

No crop circles...

but the evidence is right here.

Street offerings

I love the way in so many Asian countries

small offerings are put out in doorways,

shop entrances and especially outside

temples, churches or spiritual centres.

They are constant reminders of how

important spirituality is in our urban

villages.

I also love the way spiritual robes

somehow look so prefect within our cities .

Timeless and minimal, they are more

modern than any other form of dress.

In the west we have appropriated religious

imagery, often loving the drama or symbolic

to drive home a point or make an ironic

gesture. Although tongue in cheek,

they are still evidence of how powerful this

imagery is.

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