This Is My Glasgow
I really like the knitted and crochetted postbox toppers you now see around Glasgow, amd elsewhere, on a regular basis. They showcase the best of creativity, street art and bringing a little individuality, joy and colour to everyday life. However, I'm really not too sure how I feel about this one on Great Western Road in the Kelvinside area of Glasgow.
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#adertising #streetart #knitting
This Is My Glasgow
It's part of a nationwide advertising campaign for the newly released film of The Thursday Murder Club, and they're being put out all over the UK. The design is good, as is the quality, but it's still advertising taking over a public space, and potentially displacing the work of local yarnbombers. It's also missing the things I like most about postbox toppers: their individuality and the fact they just done for the shear joy of it rather than for profit.
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This Is My Glasgow
For me, having a large number of identical, mass-produced toppers all over the country really misses the point of them, and reduces the impact of the genuine ones. We already get more than enough advertsing in our lives, and some spaces should be left untainted by it for individual self-expression. I really hope this isn't a trend in advertising which takes off.
#thursdaymurderclub #guerillaknitting #yarnbombing #postboxes #postboxtopper
#adertising #streetart #knitting
Jules
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