July 3, 2008

Guerrilla Gardening, Super Mario Style

by Dan Gould

Toronto based street artist Posterchild has produced series of artworks that continues his Mario Blocks theme. Combining vintage video game iconography with guerrilla gardening, he’s created a batch of flower planters that look like fire flower power up blocks from the Super Mario Bothers video game. Nice way to inject a dose of fun and beauty into plain city streets.

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6 Responses to “Guerrilla Gardening, Super Mario Style”

  1. Mario
    Posted from: 189.4.82.122

    July 3rd, 2008 at 12:29 pm

    great…

  2. Matthias Weber (PSFK Hamburg)
    Posted from: 88.71.0.88

    July 3rd, 2008 at 2:25 pm

    Isn’t there a GORILLA in Super Mario? Just a typo..

  3. Mr_Costello
    Posted from: 195.50.64.130

    July 7th, 2008 at 5:23 am


  4. Mr_Costello
    Posted from: 195.50.64.130

    July 7th, 2008 at 5:28 am

    London gardener on a mission to make our green spaces brighter.

    http://current.com/items/76369942_guerrilla_gardener

  5. NES Modded into Cartridge | PSFK - Trends, Ideas & Inspiration
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    July 15th, 2008 at 2:39 pm

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  6. Judith Supine: Taking Street Art To The Water | PSFK - Trends, Ideas & Inspiration
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