Nature Inspired Utility Cabinet
April 23rd, 2010
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One can almost walk by this without noticing as it is so elegantly camouflaged. Adorned with greenery and pastel hydrangeas, this Vancouver street-side utility cabinet is a pleasure to behold amid the urban landscape. It’s striking how a simple splash of design can be so uplifting, as if someone cares about the everyday experience of walking down a neighbourhood street.
-Hannah Wise
Entry Filed under: Best of the CDR,Miscellaneous,Nature,Urban
5 Comments Add your own
1. Fay | April 23rd, 2010 at 23:34
Where are these form?
2. Darcy McGee | April 25th, 2010 at 09:36
There’s many of these all over Vancouver. I’m actually a bit unclear why some AREN’T decorated.
They extend at least out to Burnaby as well. Near Electronic Arts’ campus out there there’s a bike path with two such boxes, and the decoration is tailored to the local vegetation.
3. Todd Falkowsky | April 25th, 2010 at 11:07
Can we root out some other pics, I would love to see them all!
4. M Harrison | January 4th, 2011 at 01:50
Personally, I find these decorated boxes offensive. The photographic decorations of ‘natural’ garden plants, for me, emphasize the brutal utilitarian design of the box itself. Additionally the bright images make the box stand out. Where the boxes are painted neutral greys or greens, as is more usual, I just don’t see them; they don’t register on my viewscape. Furthermore, each time I see one I wonder how long they will look bright and shiny for, and how awful they will look when the paint starts peeling and the blooms start fading.
5. Yuckyt | February 23rd, 2011 at 16:45
Funny, this is outside my church. I agree with M Harrison – In the summer, the garden around the box is spectacular, but the fake sticker-like quality only accentuates the presence of the box. I almost prefer the old box that was a dark forest green. Also, I think the decal is starting to fade (probably about 3 or 4 years since they put it in).
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