Vancouver, BC

I've had this idea for a heart-shaped planter in my mind for a while, and I decided to test the design for the first time when I was in Vancouver, BC. Now I'm back in Toronto amidst apocalyptic thunderstorms and tornadoes(!), so I'll try to put up a more detailed update with more images soon...

- sean

Green Living Magazine

Green Living Magazine featured our project today as the top story on their site. Thank you to writer Lindsay Hutton for the article! You can check it out at the link below.

http://www.greenlivingonline.com/article/poster-pocket-plants

Quick note on PosterChild's NYC planter

What I find interesting about PosterChild's adaptation of the planter is that it actually jams the advertisment completely....by folding it outward the blank white of the poster backing interrupts the message completely rather than creating a wrapping of the ad around the planter. So, I guess if you're a hardcore ad jammer that's the technique to follow.

Further, I actually enjoy that folding outward reveals the staples holding the planter together. It's a good way of making the planter construction transparent to those passing by--there's a rough honesty to the construction that's is in line with the 'open source' ideals of our urban interventions.

-eric 09.08.05

Brooklyn, NYC

Our new friend PosterChild, the legendary and prolific Toronto street artist, just sent us these shots of a fresh planter he installed while in Williamsburg Brooklyn, NYC. We're excited that he's helping us spread the project.

Note that PosterChild used a nice alternative pocket technique, where he used the triangular cut, but wrapped it out and forward, instead off back and in to form a cone.

Thanks again for bringing the project to NYC! If anyone else wants to make some planters, we'd love to see your photos.

I'm still in BC, where my internet access is sporadic, so appologies if we don't respond immediately to any emails etc... There might be a delay, but we hope to post some more updates while I'm here on the West coast anyway. Eric has still been putting up new planters in Toronto too.

Sean

Rained out

Our plans for new planters over the last few days were thwarted by a series of torrential downpours. Those of you living in Toronto will understand. We normally don’t mind a little rain, but the recent heavy thundershowers have certainly slowed us down.

Water usually helps the plants, and our previous planters were strong enough to survive a deluge or two. However, the process of installing doesn’t go very well when the posters are soggy. Handling razor blades on slippery surfaces isn’t necessarily the best set-up either… At least it gave us a chance to begin fleshing out some of our other ideas (more on these later).

We were going to plant a few more tonight, but I’m still getting ready to head off to BC for three weeks bright and early tomorrow morning. Might give me an opportunity to do some planting in Vancouver! One of us will still be here, so keep looking out for new planters around Toronto.

More Thank Yous...

Just wanted to say how much we appreciate all the encouraging feedback we continue to receive. Thank you to those of you that have shown your support here on the blog and on other sites. A warm welcome to those who are following our feed! Also, thank you to everyone who has blogged or tweeted about the project on their own sites. We noticed that the project was up on the popular notcot site (link below) yesterday.

Again, we apologize for not having more updates and photos yet - we've both been insanely busy. Look out for more online here in the future, and keep your eyes open for new planters around the city. If any of you make your own, we'd love to hear about it and post your pictures! Please remember that we can't take responsibility for the actions of anyone else, so use your best judgment if you want to participate.

Hope you're all having a great weekend!

http://www.notcot.org/post/23561/

Wooster!

Big thank you to Marc and Sara Schiller from the Wooster Collective, everyone's favorite street art blog, for featuring our project today. Thank you again to David Topping and Michael Chrisman from the torontoist for posting the original article yesterday.