Free business idea: Garbage art
Posted on 20. Jun, 2006 by Cassandra in Design
This is so flippin’ unbelievable; get this.
A New York City resident (where else?) has set up a business that sells NYC garbage as art.
NYCgarbage.com
is the website where Justin Gignac sells his 100% hand-picked garbage off the
streets of New York and neatly packages it up in 4.5" clear lucite
containers for your viewing pleasure.
Each cube is hand-signed by Justin, numbered, and dated just
like any other piece of art.
Typical cubes contain items like subway
passes, Broadway show tickets, cigarette boxes, coffee cups, matches,
and just about anything else you can imagine.
Justin has sold over 800
cubes to people in 41 states and 20 countries. [via Josh Spear]
Now we’re not really sure how many people are going to be jamming up your server to buy their own little slice of Cape Town’s junk, but the idea is almost like one of those ‘time capsule’ things that you did in school.
In a way, it’s just like selling a city’s photography and the idea is an intriguing one.
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