Since December 6th is a very special day over here, our mailboxes look a bit different nowadays to encourage children to write to Saint Nicolas (Sinterklaas, as we call him). Children who send their letters, get a surprise box in return with sponsored goodies.
Edit: ‘Sint-Niklaas’ is a city in Flanders, and of course, since it carries the same name as ‘Sinterklaas’, there are more things to see and do these days. They have a very special mailbox made by students in vocational training. It plays music and has lights when it receives post and leaves a spoken message for whomever drops mail in it. Stuur Sinterklaas post via de magische brievenbus (2020) - YouTube
Our mailboxes don’t ever get to look cool like that! I love that idea though. Wish the US would use that idea! Our fire hydrants do however get makeovers from time to time. People can just randomly pick one and paint it whatever color they wish.
I guess that happens pretty much everywhere. I don’t really mind when the design is actually cool graffiti, not like your example. That is vandalism, not art.
I’m all for offering workshops to improve the overall quality of tagging/street art. Some of it is shockingly creative and fascinating. This is just…boring.
