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The Street Signs Of Spring

Sure, the Spring season technically started on March 20th, but we still haven’t seen any flowers popping up. And with the arrival of Mark Jenkins‘ “Flower Signs,” who need ’em? These clever little traffic sign add-ons have recently started adding a light-hearted touch to the Washington, DC streets. Check out more signs after the jump.

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Street Artist Brings Plastic Bags To Life

An NYC-based street artist is turning garbage into gold with these old discarded bags that transform into plastic animals with the thrust of a subway car passing. The guerrilla artist ties the bag to the subway ventilation grate and as subway lines pass through the animal begins to take shape. Check this dog come to life after the jump.

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Street Artists for Obama

Photo: Vitostreet

With a renegade reverend like Jeremiah Wright running his mouth and scaring away all the guilt-laden white people—which doesn’t help Barack Obama’s cause—it’s good to know that at least the streets have his back. We spotted this ‘Obama Street Art’ group on Flickr urging people to post stickers, stencils, and posters of the presidential hopeful. And although some people just lazily posted the Shepard Fairey posters that we don’t endorse, there was a lot of other unique designs and images promoting Obama. With the contemporary artists like the Date Farmers and The Mac backing him too, it looks like he’s got the creative community pretty much sewn up. Too bad none of them are superdelegates. On to Pennsylvania.

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