Design Spotlight: Street Art

My favorite idea site, good.is, features an article about how street cleaners in Melbourne unknowingly painted over a Banksy Rat stencil while cleaning up grafitti nearby. This raises the question, 'Should there be more methods to preserve street art?' I say the government and communities need to first show more support of public art. This medium has the potential to inspire and beautify neighborhoods that are otherwise dismal. I believe it is a general understanding for street artists that their work may be temporary, which can be part of the attraction. Here is the now-removed Banksy Rat stencil, and a few more street art images courtesy of good.is and Wooster Collective blog.

Here are a couple images contributed by my friend Mark in BERLIN! :)

EPIC Train

We spent another epic weekend in Richmond, this time to participate in the Old Girls Rugby Alumni festivities. On days as fine as these, it is a four-year running tradition to spend time at a secret rafting spot on the James River. Discovered and maintained by our friends, the camp is hidden by trees and railroad tracks. The above is a collection of photos of an "EPIC" train by the James River.