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In a peculiar and charming mashup of technology and performance art, two artists worked with Google to create unique street views of Pittsburgh’s Sampsonia Way.

On May 3rd 2008, artists Robin Hewlett and Ben Kinsley invited the Google Inc. Street View team and residents of Pittsburgh’s Northside to collaborate on a series of tableaux along Sampsonia Way.

Neighbors, and other participants from around the city, staged scenes ranging from a parade and a marathon, to a garage band practice, a seventeenth century sword fight, a heroic rescue and much more…

STREET WITH A VIEW: a project by Robin Hewlett & Ben Kinsley

(via Brooklyn Museum)

We’re big fans of reuse and creativity, so this HSBC Australia campaign hit the sweet spot.

To inform consumers of HSBC’s offerings JWT Sydney printed five sets of origami instructions on the back of ATM receipts. People can literally fold the piece of communication and keep it as a reminder.

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