1000 & 1 LUCKY COVERS EVN for

Urban Art Project

by Yerevan 2.0

Problem

Yerevan is a beautiful city with greatarchitecture, Yet the sewer covers of thecity are dated and old, and veryunattractive. The city lacks community based artinstallation. Citizens are not very environmentallyconscious about their city.

IDEA

ArtNavigatiion EducatiionTourism development

The idea is to use one of themost understated urban elements,the sewer covers as a platform for:

Advantage

By replacing old, broken and dangeroussewer covers with new ones, we can:

1. Educate2. Promote contemporary urban art3. Add a layer of interest for tourists4. Beautify the environment for citizens5. Promote public art in the city

Types

The concepts for manhole covers will beimplemented in 4 different styles:

Historical (old coins or ornaments)Modern art (illlustrations and graphic design)Navigation (directions to famous places in Yerevan)Education (interesting facts, phrases, or famous quotes)

Geographics

In the first phase of this projectthe 4 different concepts will be installed inthe following locations:

CASCADEOPERA HOUSEMASHTOTS ST.REPUBLIC SQUARE

ARMENIAN MUSIC

50 manholes

Opera

50 different designs for Opera ARMENIAN MUSIC

MODERN ART

33 manholes

Cascade

33 different designs for CascadeMODERN ART, SYMBOLISM

HISTORY

40 manholes

Republic square

40 different designs for Republic square

ARMENIAN ORNAMENTS,HISTORICAL COINS

Authorsdesigners

Top designers from Yerevanwill be working on the concepts

Vahan BalasanyanVadz GhazaryanNona IsajanianWilliam KarapetyanRuben Malayan

and others:)

Your own designmake

Make Your own design

Feel free to suggest your own design

1000 & 1 LUCKY COVERS

corporative coopoaration

For the first stage we plan to re-brand lucky sewer covers near Opera house.For this project we have designed 1000 and 1 unique T-shirts

based on Armenian music themes.

BUY T-shirts HAVEyour own companies' lucky sewer cover

Sample

$25T-shirt

$25T-shirt

SampleLimited edition

$25T-shirt

ANOUSH Sample

Created by ImYerevan.com  and the Yerevan 2.0 incubator