They began to create images of iconic games and the associated characters – out of post-its – on the windows of their office. A single post-it became a pixel and soon there were post-it pictures on a number of their workers. The workers in the BNP banks across the road took this display of art d’ennui as something of a challenge. The staff their ‘retaliated’ with speed, returning the Ubisoft challenge with cartoons, 80s video games characters and street art.
This soon spread – as good ideas do – across France and soon the displays were becoming more elaborate.
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Hamburg, Germany
Brussels, Belgium
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Many thanks to Kuriositas reader Jennifer Lankenau who emailed this in.
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