Capitol of Punk
Capitol of Punk explores Washington D.C. through music. The nation's capital is known worldwide as the home of the beloved US President, miles of national monuments, and throngs of politicians. But perhaps lesser known is D.C.'s status as an epicenter of essential American musical movements, including the harDCore scene that emerged in the late 70s.
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The Secret New York The Secret New York reveals the secrets of NYC at over 100 locations in all boroughs. The project features audio content accessible via your mobile phone and podcast, as well as a website with an interactive map of the city.
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The First Arrows
The First Arrows includes the first arrows ever placed. These were exhibited at a gallery on the Lower East Side during Psy.Geo.Conflux in 2004, a festival celebrating psychogeography - the study of the effects of the geographic environment on people's emotions and behavior.
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South Harbor Voices
South Harbor Voices raises the voices of citizens and brings politicians to the streets. In the months up to the Copenhagen City elections in November 2005, Urban Task Force, an NGO working with urban revitalization, asked citizens and political candidates to place YellowArrows pointing out important places and aspects of urban life in the district of South Harbor.
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Connecting Berlin
Connecting Berlin aims to create a new map of Berlin within and beyond its perceived boundaries. It's about finding matches and making unexpected comparisons. It's about pointing out places in Berlin that make you think of other places in the world. And about pointing out places around the world that make you think of Berlin.
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My City Is...
My City Is... gives archers the chance to create a slogan for a place as the people who inhabit the streets. People use Yellow Arrow to describe their city in 130 characters or less. Picturing it on a postcard, a t-shirt or coming out of the mayor's mouth.
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Guerilla Map Innsbruck
Guerilla Map Innsbruck aims to occupy Innsbruck by finding the often-overlooked places that define the city's character. The occupation of a city always means marking and mapping of territories, places and objects.
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Sense Stockholm
Sense Stockholm leads you through Stockholm with your four senses, letting you experience Stockholm in an innovative way. The project features often-overlooked sensual attractions, lead by the voices of the blind and the deaf.
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Clubarchaeology
Clubarchaeology starts a cartography of a vanished world, an archive of memories of the temporary. Berlin 2006: Renovated facades, a bakery, empty shop windows. No trace of what has been here before: Secret clubs and illegal bars, conspirative meetings, party nights, vodka from mustard glasses, GDR decoration on the walls.
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UrbanAdventours
UrbanAdventours is a small bike company founded by Andrew Prescott and based in Cambridge, MA. Andrew has always been an avid biker, a fanatic for alternative transportation and guru in exploring every corner of a city. Since Fall of 2004, he has used Yellow Arrows as a tool for marking some of the most remarkable yet overlooked locations throughout the Boston area.
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Heimat
Heimat, or "home" in German, was an experiment with architecture students at the TU-Darmstadt. Their objective was to find the places, spaces and objects that defined "Heimat" for them.
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Art Basel
Art Basel was a project that featured an installation at the Versace Mansion and throughout the streets of Miami for the largest art festival in the Western Hemisphere. At every corner Yellow Arrow lightboxes and hundreds of stickers were the collaborative public artwork that curated Miami itself - from South Beach to Little Haiti.
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Street Art
Street ArtStreetart happens in public places. Some people consider street art to be a kind of graffiti, but we, like the Wooster Collective and others, see it as a distinct movement today with deep connections to ancient creative impulses, whether on the walls of Rome or in the caves of Lascaux.
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Landmarks
Landmarks challenges what the world deems worth a visit. While they may not detail the life of a national hero, these personal landmarks are also worth noticing.
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Design Helsinki
Design Helsinki guides people through shops and galleries in the Design District Helsinki. It is an area full of design and antique shops, fashion stores, museums, art galleries, restaurants and showrooms. The arrows reveal the stories and surprises behind this creative community and Helsinki design hub.
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Map Out 2006
Map Out 2006 is a project by the First 120 people to participate in Yellow Arrow Version 2.0. Arrows perhaps mark a personal resolution or a plan connected to a place. Or maybe a small local detail holds a big message for the globe this year.
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Out of Their Element
Out of Their Element points out things that aren't where they belong. A whale on a beach. Sneakers hanging from a telephone wire. A bird inside a train station. How do things find their way? If you pay close attention, everyday objects will appear where they don't belong.
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YELLOW ARROW PROJECTS
Yellow Arrow projects are bodies of content developed with specific themes. You can think of them like features in traditional magazines. Some projects are directed by the staff of Counts Media and others are produced by organizations and members of the community globally.
View all Yellow Arrow projects archived on Flickr
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