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Surfers Against Sewage Ad Campaign

The group is suggesting that unless it gets 100,000 signatures “to highlight the value of surfing waves and locations to the UK government and encourage MPs to debate legislation in order to recognise the importance of waves as a cultural, social, economic and environmental asset to coastal communities,” surf spots could…die.

SAS wants formal recognition of surfing as important to the community, which will give it more clout in issues like development, land use, and policy. Other sports, such as walking and sailing are already recognized, and thus have their advocates involved in planning.

Flasgsters Series by Kirill Zaytsev

Experimental project with visual forms of national flags using verbal stereotypes

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Bridging Home, public art installation by Do-Ho Suh

Building off of this very safe and private concept, the artist decided to bring one specific type of home into a place where it didn’t quite belong. He shoved a replica of a Korean house into a small space between two larger homes in a Northern English City. The juxtaposition of one’s personal, safe space, located within a very foreign and impersonal environment raised questions of cultures and traditions. Mimicking old Korean architecture, the replica also served as a visual representation of the past. Home is a universal concept accepted by all cultures, but upon crossing boundaries, Suh urged his viewers to consider differences and similarities between the history of cultures.

London Britannia Airport, floating airport conceptual proposal by Gensler

Architecture firm Gensler have released a conceptual proposal for a new floating airport for London, located in the Thames Estuary with terminals connected by underwater tunnels. Called London Britannia Airport, it would comprise four floating runways tethered to the seabed and departure concourses leading to underwater rail tunnels, which would connect passengers to central London as well as European rail networks. Passengers coming by car would travel to three land-based terminals – two located north and south of the estuary and a third proposed between Canary Wharf and the Olympic Park. The proposal also includes plans to transform Heathrow Airport into an eco city providing homes for 300,000 people.

London Underground Suicide Parody Campaign