Comments on: Sao Paulo goes advertising-free http://boingboing.net/2007/04/14/sao-paulo-goes-adver.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 05:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: David Taboada http://boingboing.net/2007/04/14/sao-paulo-goes-adver.html#comment-277001 David Taboada Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-277001 Does anyone know of another city that has also decalred a ban on billboards? Please let me know if you do. Emaiil me at david (dot) taboada (at) katalink (dot) net Does anyone know of another city that has also decalred a ban on billboards? Please let me know if you do. Emaiil me at david (dot) taboada (at) katalink (dot) net

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/04/14/sao-paulo-goes-adver.html#comment-312941 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312941 Hi Taboada, here is something that might help. Vienna, Austria The commercial strip in the Neubau district of Vienna underwent a drastic change of mood in the summer of 2005, when all commercial logos and text visible from the street was covered by bright yellow foil or paper. The coverings were part of a two-week art project dubbed “Delete!” — created by artists Christoph Steinbrener and Rainer Dempf to spark public debate about just how much advertising society can take. http://www.lataco.com/taco/the-blank-canvas-joshua-tree-sao-paulo-vienna Hi Taboada,

here is something that might help.

Vienna, Austria
The commercial strip in the Neubau district of Vienna underwent a drastic change of mood in the summer of 2005, when all commercial logos and text visible from the street was covered by bright yellow foil or paper. The coverings were part of a two-week art project dubbed “Delete!” — created by artists Christoph Steinbrener and Rainer Dempf to spark public debate about just how much advertising society can take.

http://www.lataco.com/taco/the-blank-canvas-joshua-tree-sao-paulo-vienna

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