Hasta La Ideas

Some years ago in New York, the Times Square Alliance commissioned several designers to create street furniture for the site. Industrial designer Joe Doucet’s JDXP contributed a series called The Village, described as “totemic structures that reflect the iconic New York skyline, using soaring height and bright colors to make them easily visible above the heads of the crowds in the square.”

I was wondering why Doucet chose wire. Turns out it’s a clever, practical solution to a persistent urban problem:

“Understanding that broad, flat surfaces end up being canvases for graffiti, the structures were created using metal wire to discourage vandalism and give a lightness to their presence in the square.”