Did you roll in the hay a cycle stand can become a fold - down tooshie ? Or that you could charge your phone at sign posts ? Or that a roadblock is easily repurposed as a terrace ? These are just some of the small but imaginative taxi that make the concrete jungle a slightly more delicious and welcoming place .
Rotten Applehas been transform small corners of New York City over the past yr . “ Once I set up the provocations they become the belongings of the people interacting with them , ” its creator tell us . He has n’t had any problem with the city yet , but choose to remain anon. to keep it that style .
The project is meant to provoke city dwellers into thinking about how urban infrastructure can be repurposed for uses both sport and imaginative . Rotten Apple ’s website cite Victor Papanek , a designer who advocate environmental province , as inspiration . “ Design , if it is to be ecologically creditworthy and socially reactive , must be revolutionary and ultra in the true sense . It must devote itself to … maximal diversity with minimum inventory … or doing the most with the least , ” record Papanek ’s quote .

A selection of our favorite hacks is below , but go toRotten Appleto see all 23 cagey mind . [ Rotten AppleviaPop - Up urban center ]
Bike rack folding seat
DIY phone charger
Bus stop bench
Waiting for the train chalkboard
Sign post tetherball
Magnet board
Bike seat
Subway magnet poetry
Urban hammock
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