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Legendarily Nasty Bathroom

One of CBGB’s transcendently messy, legendarily multipurpose restrooms… the club’s bathrooms, which David Byrne once described as “legendarily nasty.” …Perhaps he was referring to the dungeon-like brick walls covered in graffiti, band stickers and bodily fluids. Or the stalls without doors, removing any notion of modesty. Or perhaps he was reflecting on the period when misguided clubgoers, finding themselves in the “home of punk rock,” took it upon themselves to blow up the toilets.

via NY Times

Because certain designs that have the most impact can often be accidental.

bathroom covered in graffiti

Rainbow Prison Tunnel

Rainbow stripes art in the visitors tunnel of Justiz Vollzugs Anstalt (Prison) in Düsseldorf, Germany created by artist Markus Linnenbrink.

Visitor access (for family, lawyers, police…) has to be under ground by law in newly constructed prisons in Germany. This tunnel covers the 40 m (about 132 feet) between the security check in the front building and the visitors area in one of the inner prison buildings. Concept for the installation was to create a 3 dimensional painting that follows and surrounds the visitor during the walk through the tunnel. Two sets of diagonal stripes that both grow wider while covering the distance build two different perspectives. One moving inside, the other one taking the visitors back to the exit/entry area. Doing this the single stripes move from floor to wall to ceiling, change their colors over the distance and fold around corners.

rainbow-hallway JVA-Prison in Düsseldorf by Markus Linnenbrink

Williamsburg Bridge

Awesome, colorful, rainbow, urban, love it!

Williamsburg Bridge

Williamsburg Bridge in Williamsburg, photographed by Brooklyn Theory.

Urban Country Style

Some wonderful design ideas from Urban Country Style. Mixing the old with the new, the rural with the modern! Very refreshing!