Have you ever lived in Manhattan? I have. And as much as I loved it there, one of the things that can be challenging is the sheer number of people — and their habits — you have to interact with every time you walk around. The lack of courtesy you might encounter on a 2 minute walk to the deli is astounding. Well artist Jay Shells has launched a guerilla art project that addresses just that — street etiquette. The signs are now popping up all around Manhattan. In addition to the fantastic “Pay Attention While Walking” sign he had a few others addressing some of the pet peeves bound to eat away at New Yorkers.
I hope this is an ongoing project. Do you have pet peeves that could benefit from some well-placed signage?
(Found at The Daily What.)
This is so well done. I think my biggest pet peeve needing signage would be in my house – something like “Put your shoes away. I’m tired of tripping over them.”
LOVE this.
“It’s 59th Street, folks,” [or Union Square, 42nd Street, etc.] “You’re not the only one getting off. Be patient, wait your turn.”
Love these! Hilarious!
I would like to see a series of college student & hipster related signs like these around Austin…
Finally why didn’t we think of this sooner?! I think they are using them here in D.C. too. They should be scattered in all metropolitan cities.
Genius!! (Thanks for sharing!…off to tweet the post — I can’t keep something THIS good to myself!!)
Just put the top pic as my FB profile picture! (With credit obviously!) Love it. 🙂