GOOD TASTE: Streetcars as Billboards
Hong Kong has almost the population of New York City without the buildable land area. Consequently, everything in Honk Kong is high rise:
Including the streetcars:
And the buses:
These tall streetcars make pretty good rolling billboards:
And they blend nicely with the overall horror vacui of the Hong Kong townscape:
A sign among signs:
When it comes to advertising in the city, nothing beats streetcars for visibility. They have discovered that also in Lisbon and in Rome, and they have taken it a step further. In Lisbon, the entire streetcar, being air-conditioned is billboard, windows and all:
Of course you can still see out, through millions of tiny perforations. Even the driver can see out:
A sampling of billboards:
The idea has been around for a while in Lisbon. Here is Coke:
And here is Pepsi:
Here are two from Rome. Which is better: with advertising?…
…or without?:
Some places in the city, it makes sense to soft-pedal good taste. Here, imo, is another such place:
http://www.cyburbia.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9821
Hong Kong has almost the population of New York City without the buildable land area. Consequently, everything in Honk Kong is high rise:


Including the streetcars:


And the buses:

These tall streetcars make pretty good rolling billboards:


And they blend nicely with the overall horror vacui of the Hong Kong townscape:



A sign among signs:

When it comes to advertising in the city, nothing beats streetcars for visibility. They have discovered that also in Lisbon and in Rome, and they have taken it a step further. In Lisbon, the entire streetcar, being air-conditioned is billboard, windows and all:

Of course you can still see out, through millions of tiny perforations. Even the driver can see out:

A sampling of billboards:



The idea has been around for a while in Lisbon. Here is Coke:

And here is Pepsi:

Here are two from Rome. Which is better: with advertising?…

…or without?:

Some places in the city, it makes sense to soft-pedal good taste. Here, imo, is another such place:
http://www.cyburbia.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9821
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