I love your taking a break chairs. Love love love love love it. In Portland there are many, many artistic interventions. There are iron rings attached to the curbs, remnants of the days before cars when horses needed to be secured. These days you'll find tiny, plastic horses attached to the rings. Folk crochet sweaters for trees and lamp posts..and if you peek into a nook of a tree, it will likely contain a gnome figurine. But that's art and not necessarily functional beyond touching one's heart. Maybe my favorite intervention is when folk plant berry bushes where it's OK to mooch some berries!
Maybe one day you can come sit in one of the chairs. I love all the artistic bombs in Portland (which do touch my heart in a functional way) but didn't know about the berry bushes. Great to know. Public 'foodscaping' would be a great addition to basic urban planning... paired with seasonal food planting/harvesting/cooking education so we all know how to use (and not abuse) it... some day.
I love your taking a break chairs. Love love love love love it. In Portland there are many, many artistic interventions. There are iron rings attached to the curbs, remnants of the days before cars when horses needed to be secured. These days you'll find tiny, plastic horses attached to the rings. Folk crochet sweaters for trees and lamp posts..and if you peek into a nook of a tree, it will likely contain a gnome figurine. But that's art and not necessarily functional beyond touching one's heart. Maybe my favorite intervention is when folk plant berry bushes where it's OK to mooch some berries!
Maybe one day you can come sit in one of the chairs. I love all the artistic bombs in Portland (which do touch my heart in a functional way) but didn't know about the berry bushes. Great to know. Public 'foodscaping' would be a great addition to basic urban planning... paired with seasonal food planting/harvesting/cooking education so we all know how to use (and not abuse) it... some day.