friends in the city 7 - perfection

 People don't like being boring, but being interesting is perilous - it can easily turn into an exercise of pointless self-indulgence. Even when you find that little drop of individuality, it might eventually become fashionable or ridiculous (or both). The best thing to do is simply maintain perfection.

"...and, passengers, on the right is an example of the perfect road"

"a sun with an on/off button would be perfect"

Next episode of "friends": March 6th

friends in the city 6 - illusion

When you look closely or stand back from your usual point of view, illusions appear all over the city. I seem to collide into a lot of them, but that may be because I'm easily confused. The illusion adds a nice layer to an otherwise boring walk to the bakery.

If you don't like green plants, I suppose the obvious thing to do is paint them blue.

A discount souvenir doing a particularly good impression of a kangaroo.

Next episode of "friends": 26th february

friends in the city 5 - safety

Cities keep themselves safe in a few different ways. It's usually to best to try and prevent bad things happening in the first place. If that can't be done, we can at least be entertained by the security footage. As a final measure, putting up a barrier between the bad stuff and everyone else might be the best option.

Anyone in a wheelchair must stay within this box. Others can then watch closely. If he/she gets out of the box, all hope is lost - because rolling is faster than running.

Solitary confinement


A coloured flag fence and ropes kept this menacing hand secure. It was in Perth, but I had previously seen it in the other side of Australia (here). The creator is this clever fellow.

Next episode of "friends": February 19th

friends in the city 4 - couples

If a city is more extravagant, it has more couples - because two is always better than one. Dubai only seems to construct buildings in duplicate (except for the Burj Khalifa, which is really just two buildings on top of each other). Maybe trios will be the next big thing. Saying "I live in a triplex" sounds very trendy.

Shadow puppets from the top of DNA Tower

"You are my rock"

Next episode of "friends":  February 12th