Milkcrate Arch in Philadelphia

Joe Girandola is a sculptor and educator in Philadelphia. This past Summer he installed this milk crate arch project called “Perso/Trovo” outside the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Read “How Did You Use Milk Crates in College” via Ornamento

Milkcrate Roundup

There have been so many milkcrate hits lately that it’s getting hard to keep up. Below are a slew of the crate web stories. Keep ’em coming world wide web.

1. Milk Crate Typography via Heaps Good
2. Crateman from Australia continues his mission via PSFK & Trendhunter
3. Bees need help too: Another ant prevention method via Backwards Beekeepers
4. Flickr brings us A. L. Marquardt’s Milk Crate photo
5. Random info about milkcrates via Everything2.net
6. Flickr brings us Geekstinkbreath’s Bicycle Coffee Bags in milk crate ready to go

Tech Kids Gay for Milk Crates

The students of Illonois Institute of Technology created this great lawn installation using milkcrates and some wedge shaped elements. It’s very well done and I’m surprised it didn’t come up on my crate-dar sooner. via–> Thank You For Your Submission, Lawn installations at Illinois Institute of Technology

Super Crate Tunnel, Belgium

I’ve written about this duo before and I’ve been saving this project for a sunny day. Winter/Hoerbelt’s 2003 project at the Beaufort Exhibition, in Belgium. This crate tunnel may not be dairy crates, but it’s damn impressive. –> translated article about the piece, and the photos page