Curbside Haiku
Project Added: August 19, 2021
![Image of a test dummy face with a haiku and a QR code](/system/files/styles/project_database_node_header/private/2021-08/Screenshot%25202019-09-04%252014.32.21.png?itok=hWeZDknT)
Artist John Morse delivers safety messages through image and haiku.
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New York, New YorkRegion:
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Writing and literaturePopulation Density:
UrbanLarge Intended Impact Area:
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https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pr2011/pr11_101.shtmlOVERVIEW
Through a partnership between the NY Department of Transportation and the Safe Street Funds, a private-public partnership dedicated to traffic safety education, artist John Morse was commissioned to create a safety campaign that utilizes street sign aesthetics with haiku messages. In addition, each sign a QR code to make the signs interactive.