Solar Powered Trash Bin Designs
Roanoke city put out a call to design six trash bins that were to
be located in six locations around the city. My
idea was to incorporate a bit of history about the neighborhood
the bins were going to be located in, along with the geographic
location of the bins with regards to other important points around the city.
The city liked the idea and hired me. So, each bin has a photo from the neighborhood in which it is
located, a bit of textual history and walking distance to other
places around the city. The idea here was that the designs would
connect people to the time and space of Roanoke, historically and
geographically.
This was easily the most visual thing I've ever done in terms of visibility throughout the city. There are a total of nine of them now throughout the city. I think they were originally suppoused to have been up for only a few years but have been up a long, long time now.
Here's a link to Solar Powered Trash Bin Images.