Post-it® Notes art via Digg This!
If you’re like me, you find these lightly-gummed bits of colored paper to be indispensable in home and office. I especially like the little ones I can adhere to reports and books without damaging the pages. My current 3M office favorite is the pen that dispenses little multi-colored flags.
The “necessity, desire and innovation” that inspired the creation of 3M’s Post-it® Notes has apparently inspired artistic-types to use the notes in creative and unusual ways.
For example, there’s conceptual/installation artist Rebecca Murtaugh who chose to cover her bedroom with Post-its (images above). And there’s David Alvarez who created a portrait of Ray Charles with more than 2,000 colored Post-it Notes:
Of course, Post-it notes can also come back to haunt us, especially if used for the ubiquitous to-do list:
This flaming phoenix and 15 more Post-it Note pranks, sculptures and murals can be viewed at WebUrbanist.
How about a Jaguar sedan covered with post-it notes?
Art from the 3M Canada Post-It® Note-able Art Competition:
Seriously, though, Post-it Notes provide the artist with a simple method to apply colorful pigment to canvas, whether the canvas be a wall or automobile, creating an exact image in the manner of chromolithography or pointillism. It’s like painting, only without the brushstrokes and color mixing, and working in primary colors.
Need more creative post-it inspiration? Try the book Post-it Ideas That Stick!, containing “222 Ingenious, Creative, Practical and Simply Preposterous Ways of Using Post-it Notes.”
Related links:
Getting Creative with Post-it notes from Just Keep the Change
Post-Its On Crack! from Design O’Blog
Post It Notes Art from You Tube
~MadSilence













Jul 30, 2008 @ 02:59:35
It’s wild and silly and I LOVE it! My fave is the mural one’s.
Aug 01, 2008 @ 03:36:26
Stunning!
Aug 08, 2008 @ 23:34:42
WOW!! My husband has been hinting that he wants to make his 1997 Ford pickup into an artcar (especially since gas has skyrocketed), so maybe I will use this as inspiration.
If we put Post-Its all over it, we definitely wouldn’t drive it (would hate for them to fly off and “Mess With Texas!”).
Thanks http://artpaw.com for pointing this out to me in Twitter.
Aug 15, 2008 @ 21:43:41
Ray, I love the Ray Wall. What an imagination!
Thank you to share this, and have a “week of good”.
love.
Sep 05, 2008 @ 03:24:20
Love that the Post-it Note Jaguar is still getting attention. Thought I’d draw your attention to this timely story about this particular car: 3M Steals Post-It Note Viral Sensation for Ad Campaign
Jun 04, 2010 @ 16:51:49
i love colourful design, it cheers up my life!!
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