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By Steve Lambert | Published: October 29, 2011

“I have never seen such a god damn group of selfish, eager hogs” –President Lyndon Johnson on the Billboard Industry Over a year ago I interviewed for this documentary about visual pollution. In my research as an artist over the past 12 years I have learned more than most would ever care to about public [...]

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Sao Paulo: Before And After

By Steve Lambert | Published: July 21, 2011

via Ban Billboard Blight.

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David Shrigley

By Steve Lambert | Published: May 22, 2011

    A David Shrigley piece just sent to me from my friend Christina Kral.

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Artist Kim Beck puts vacant billboard sculptures on High Line Park

By Steve Lambert | Published: April 22, 2011

Interview with the artist Kim Beck, who realized the latest project of the Public Art program of the High Line Park in New York City. The project consists of ;consists of three sculptures that are installed on roofs of buildings close to the High Line. via Lee Walton

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Anti-advertising billboard showcases the clean air around it | Grist

By Steve Lambert | Published: November 12, 2010
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Annie Han + Daniel Mihalyo: Lead Pencil Studio, Non-Sign II, 2010 Photo: Lead Pencil Studio Anti-advertising billboard showcases the clean air around it | Grist. thanks for the tip from Victoria Estok

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double happiness – mammoth // building nothing out of something

By Steve Lambert | Published: November 9, 2010

Bureau de Mesarchitecture’s “Double Happiness”, an installation for the 2009 Shenzhen-Hong Kong Bi-City Biennial via double happiness – mammoth // building nothing out of something. sent on by annie vought

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OX in Vienna: The power of colors cannot be denied

By Steve Lambert | Published: October 4, 2010

OX in Vienna: The power of colors cannot be denied French artist OX takes over Austrian billboards and shows his approach to the Austrian flag in form of a huge sausage on former advertising spaces. via OX in Vienna: The power of colors cannot be denied.

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From the CDC: New Billboard Alterations Salute Israel Following Raid on Gaza Flotilla

By Steve Lambert | Published: August 4, 2010

From the CDC Press Release The California Department of Corrections (CDC) has unveiled a new campaign of billboard alterations on behalf of the State of Israel. On July 28, 2010 a total of nine billboards were apprehended, rehabilitated and discharged throughout San Francisco, including the intersection of Guerrero and 18th Street (see attached photo). Additional [...]

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Enjoy the weekend!

By Steve Lambert | Published: June 25, 2010

via YIMMY’S YAYO™.

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Dirty, Dirty, Dirty

By Steve Lambert | Published: March 18, 2010

The supergraphic sign above for the movie “Prince of Persia” on a Westwood office building is legally permitted as an on-site sign, which the L.A. sign code defines as a sign directing attention to a product or service generally sold or offered on the premises where the sign is located. There is no movie theater [...]

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DOOM Display Billboards « Urban Prankster

By Steve Lambert | Published: January 7, 2010

If you were a video game geek in the early 1990’s, this is probably up your alley. A quartet of street artists named Mr. Talion, Epoxy, Baveaux, and Kone have added the heads-up display from the first-person shooter computer game DOOM to a number of billboards throughout Berlin. You can see more here. via DOOM [...]

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Office Tenants Plagued by Series of Illegal Supergraphic Signs; Do the L.A. City Attorney and District Councilman Care?

By Steve Lambert | Published: December 2, 2009

Los Angeles, Toronto, San Francisco, New York; what big city has the outdoor advertising industry under control? Last March, we reported on the case of an illegal supergraphic sign advertising Chase Bank installed over the second-floor office windows of a building at 7201 Melrose Ave. The city issued a citation to the building owner, Macculloch [...]

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Billboard Companies Protest Billboard Tax…On Illegal Billboards – from Torontoist

By Steve Lambert | Published: December 2, 2009

The billboard industry is—obviously—in the business of getting messages across. This they have managed to do, with a vengeance. In anticipation of today's City Council debate on a proposed new billboard bylaw and tax, the billboard industry has been using its own platform to communicate its deep opposition to these measures. The Out-of-Home Marketing Association [...]

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Two Steps Back – No on Prop D in SF

By Paul S. | Published: November 3, 2009

Thanks to Anti-Advertising Agency’s Legal Analyst, Paul S., for weighing in on this controversial ballot measure in San Francisco… San Francisco has a proposition on the ballot today which seeks to blow a huge hole in the city’s municipal billboard ban. Proposition D, if passed, will allow high definition electronic billboards to be placed on [...]

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Public Ad Campaign: Newest PAC Work

By Steve Lambert | Published: September 26, 2009

I woke up half drunk today cause last night was crazy! Had a feeling today needed to involve some art and a bit of takeover. Went to Da Vinci and bought some paper and voila. Art happens at all times of the day. PS: I met couple that is going to do their wedding photos [...]

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