The husband and wife team Steve and Dorota Coy founded the corporation Hygienic Dress League as an art project using branding and advertising as self-promotion. The corporation has as far as we know so far not manufacture or sold a thing – other than public art that is. Hygienic Dress League set out to make…
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My first love Collinwood
The first great street art hot spot I found after moving Cleveland a few years ago was Collinwood and Waterloo Art District. And there is something about a first love, or maybe it is just this special neighborhood, because I still really do enjoy coming here every change I get. I like the coffee at…
Public art so grand it can be seen from the sky
The airport in La Paz is like most other capital airports actually not located in the capital. It’s in El Alto. As if flying into the highest located capital in the world wasn’t enough. They of course had to place the airport in a flat spot and picked El Alto just above the city. The…
Beautiful and colorful Dubuque
I went to Dubuque to visit my friend Rachel. Driving there I was thinking: here’s a part of the world that will never run out of corn. But happy I was, when I got there, not only to see my friend, but to realized that she lived in such a cool spot. Green and hilly…
Thomas Dambo and the Giants
Every summer, when I go to Denmark to visit my friends and family, I have The Forgotten Giants by Thomas Dambo on my ‘wanna go see list’. But my friends and family are great company, so I still haven’t made it. Therefore, when I realized that the giants had made it across the Atlantic and…
Shop, eat and bike – cool things to do in Cleveland
Going to Cleveland for a long weekend? There is always something going on. Especially over the summer. Here are a number of recurrent events that we love and think you should check out when in the area: Edgewater Live Every Thursday from May to August head to the beach and enjoy the music at Edgewater…
Why do you get out of bed in the morning?
Wondering why you are here? Or what you are supposed to do while you are here? While living abroad, at home, or where ever you are? Many traveling partners do. Moving abroad is for many practical reasons life changing. For some people the practical changes also open up for personal refection and the question of…
New Murals in process in Gordon Square Art District
There are always many great reasons to visit Gordon Square on Cleveland’s West side. These days even more so, as you can right now see a number of great new murals being made. The neighborhood makeover is organized by Gordon Square Arts District , Land Studio and Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization and is sponsored…
Art Bomb Brigade’s Laundromat mega-mural in South Akron
Beautiful morning in Akron today. And I am so happy I had a chance to see the Laundromat mural before the afternoon rain rolled in. After getting around all the current downtown road construction barriers, you will find South Akron’s Laundromat building at 1035 South Main St. The mural was created in 2016 by the…
Empty storefronts don’t look pretty – unless you dress them up
Run down buildings and vacant storefronts do no do much good for any down town area. But in Akron CuratedStorefront.org decided to do something about it. The non-profit is there to brighten up vacant urban spaces, create art exhibitions in empty windows and thereby create a more inviting down town and draw people into Akron….