A group of designers from South Korea found a way to fight those gloomy days when it just wouldn’t stop raining. Together with Pantone they brought back the colours to Seoul by creating huge vibrant paintings on the streets which appear when it’s raining.
Their project is titled “Project Monsoon” and, as the name suggests, was created for the annual monsoon season when it rains for as long as 3 weeks. The artists used special hydrochromatic paint, which stays invisible until it gets wet.
“Inspired by South Korea’s culture of emphasizing the importance of the flow of rivers, the paintings utilize Korea’s topographical features that create a flow and puddle of rain water in every street to fill the streets with color and life,” the artists write about their project. So, get a ticket to Seoul and grab an umbrella, because rainy days are nowhere near depressing there!
The images below were released as the teaser of the project and also “to give people something to look forward to this year’s monsoon season.”
More info: portfolios.saic.edu (h/t: designtaxi)
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Great idea - but these images are clearly digital - I know they said they're just a "teaser," but the pedestrians are in the exact same position in both the "before" and "after" shots... so clearly not real. it would be nice to have seen the real thing, even if it was just one small path/road.
It's because these are just concept photos. Like what they are planning the things to look like and they are probably working on them right now.
The article is written with language which says the project is complete, as if the paintings are already in place. This whole thing looks fake to me.
Taking 2 photos of the same place with just slightly different positions helps alot even if it is still WIP. If you wanna share a vision do it right.
I think this is more 'concept art' of what they're doing, rather than the actual finished project.
Yea probably it's fake but beautiful though!!!
Have you considered that perhaps the people were digitally re-inserted into the picture?
and, it's raining in the "before" pics too
I imagine that these people are actually using the technique of rainworks: http://rain.works and it won't actually have those colors shown in these mock ups.
Rainworks is used in water-resist artwork. It's a colourless, super-hydrophobic coating that leaves "dry" patches wherever it's sprayed. These art pieces in S. Korea will be done with paints that are hydrochromic. Given hydrochromics are opaque until they get wet, what they're probably planning on doing is laying down the artwork first -- with actual paint in bright, vivid colours -- and then placing a layer of asphalt-coloured hydrochromic paint over them. When it rains, this top coat will become transparent, revealing the bright images underneath. Though it's entirely possible Pantone has created for them paints that really do show up/change colour when wet, similar to thermochromic ink and paint. We really won't know until the project is actually underway.
I think they did it for affect :)
Ha! So this is why I haven't seen them! Man, they shouldn't write articles about something that's going to happen as if it's already happening. Especially when it's kinda inappropriate. We're officially in a drought state, since not enough rain has fallen for quite some time...
Looking forward seeing these, though. If they're actually gonna be painted there. And if I find out wherw in Seoul....
So beautiful and creative! :)
ilike it so much see this for more http://kf-5.net/these-might-look-like-nature-photographs-but-the-truth-is-so-much-cuter/
Great idea - but these images are clearly digital - I know they said they're just a "teaser," but the pedestrians are in the exact same position in both the "before" and "after" shots... so clearly not real. it would be nice to have seen the real thing, even if it was just one small path/road.
It's because these are just concept photos. Like what they are planning the things to look like and they are probably working on them right now.
The article is written with language which says the project is complete, as if the paintings are already in place. This whole thing looks fake to me.
Taking 2 photos of the same place with just slightly different positions helps alot even if it is still WIP. If you wanna share a vision do it right.
I think this is more 'concept art' of what they're doing, rather than the actual finished project.
Yea probably it's fake but beautiful though!!!
Have you considered that perhaps the people were digitally re-inserted into the picture?
and, it's raining in the "before" pics too
I imagine that these people are actually using the technique of rainworks: http://rain.works and it won't actually have those colors shown in these mock ups.
Rainworks is used in water-resist artwork. It's a colourless, super-hydrophobic coating that leaves "dry" patches wherever it's sprayed. These art pieces in S. Korea will be done with paints that are hydrochromic. Given hydrochromics are opaque until they get wet, what they're probably planning on doing is laying down the artwork first -- with actual paint in bright, vivid colours -- and then placing a layer of asphalt-coloured hydrochromic paint over them. When it rains, this top coat will become transparent, revealing the bright images underneath. Though it's entirely possible Pantone has created for them paints that really do show up/change colour when wet, similar to thermochromic ink and paint. We really won't know until the project is actually underway.
I think they did it for affect :)
Ha! So this is why I haven't seen them! Man, they shouldn't write articles about something that's going to happen as if it's already happening. Especially when it's kinda inappropriate. We're officially in a drought state, since not enough rain has fallen for quite some time...
Looking forward seeing these, though. If they're actually gonna be painted there. And if I find out wherw in Seoul....
So beautiful and creative! :)
ilike it so much see this for more http://kf-5.net/these-might-look-like-nature-photographs-but-the-truth-is-so-much-cuter/