Urban design and public art constantly get jammed together, but usually what happens is some urban planners designate a space for some artists to paint murals or put up sculptures. The artist merely generates the content.
With Neighborland, Candy Chang sort of turns that approach on its head, or at least its side. She brings an artistic sensibility to the realm of urban design, but allows lots of individuals to generate the content. It started pretty artsy and cheeky with “I Wish This Was” stickers, but lo and behold, that led to Neighborland, which pretty clearly has the potential to dramatically transform neighborhoods. Amazingly, Neighborland is also, most definitely, art.
