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From cookie-loving bins to clever cyclist designs, these creative trash cans show how small details can bring humor, style, and smart function to public spaces. In this collection, you’ll see a dapper gentleman bin, a giant bottle recycling cage, cartoon faces painted on dumpsters, and more unusual ideas found around the world.
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1. Bottle Bin
A yellow wire frame designed in the shape of a huge plastic bottle, serving as a recycling container for smaller bottles. Its oversized form makes recycling more engaging and visible in the park.
2. Cookie Monster Bin
A playful purple bin fitted with large googly eyes and a cookie at the opening, mimicking the Cookie Monster. A humorous design encouraging passersby to interact with the bin.
8. Gentleman Bin
A metal mesh bin transformed into a standing figure with shoes, gloves, and a top hat, giving the appearance of a saluting gentleman. A whimsical character in public space.
4. Cyclist’s Bin — Copenhagen, Denmark
A black tilted bin installed at an angle along a bike lane, making it easy for cyclists to dispose of trash while riding. A functional design tailored to the city’s cycling culture.
5. Cat Dumpsters
Two dumpsters painted with large, detailed cat faces, complete with whiskers and expressive eyes. The artwork humorously blends with a real cat passing by on the street.
6. Cartoon Bins
Two wheelie bins customized with airbrushed cartoon faces. One has a shocked expression, the other is blue and cheeky, sticking its tongue out. A playful twist on ordinary bins.
7. Cigarette Bin
A trash container shaped like an oversized cigarette butt, positioned by a bench to encourage smokers to dispose of their waste properly.
8. Donald Dump — Paris, France
A standard green bin topped with a folded cardboard box arranged to look like a head, complete with cut-out eyes and yellow hair. A temporary but striking urban character.
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From a playful chalk monster to a balcony illusion that tricks the eye, this collection captures eight lighthearted street artworks and public interventions that bring smiles to passersby. From Paris to local sidewalks, here are moments where humor and creativity meet the streets.
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1. Balcony Illusion — Oakoak in Paris, France
A trompe-l’œil artwork showing two women leaning from a balcony, one laughing and the other observing, blending seamlessly with the building façade. More!: Wrong but Right – Art By Oakoak (9 Photos)🔗 Follow Oakoak on Instagram
2. Nadine and the Surprisingly Effective Joke — David Zinn in USA
Sidewalk chalk art where a rock forms the head of a wide-mouthed creature holding a tiny mouse-like character in blue, blending humor with natural surroundings. More!: 9 Cute Spring Drawings by David Zinn🔗 Follow David Zinn on Instagram
3. Have You Seen This Dog?
A playful flyer featuring a friendly dog with the text “Now you have. Have a GOOD day,” complete with tear-off tabs reading “Have a great day.”
4. Little People Museum — Slinkachu in UK
A miniature installation where tiny figurines examine a cigarette butt displayed as if it were a museum artifact, highlighting humor and commentary in scale. More!: 7 Tiny Street Dramas by Slinkachu🔗 Follow Slinkachu on Instagram
5. Pipe Legs
Two wall pipes painted with chalk shoes, turning ordinary infrastructure into the legs of a playful character.
6. R2-D2 with Flowers — EFIX in France
A painted R2-D2 holding flowers with a heart bubble, leaning toward a trash bin in a playful urban romance scene. More!: EFIX’s Clever Art (9 Photos)🔗 Follow EFIX on Instagram
7. Please Do Not Touch — Michael Pederson in Sydney, Australia
A dandelion framed with miniature museum-style posts and a sign reading “Please Do Not Touch,” turning an everyday weed into a delicate exhibit. More!: Clever Art By Michael Pederson (17 Photos)🔗 Follow Michael Pederson on Instagram
8. Charlie Chaplin — Tom Bob in USA
A before-and-after transformation where wall fixtures become part of a painted gentleman in a bowler hat, complete with a cane. Charlie Chaplin! More!: 33 Artworks by Creative Genius Tom Bob (That Will Make You Smile)🔗 Follow Tom Bob on Instagram
9. Ghostwalk — Oakoak in Auchel, France
A playful crosswalk intervention by Oakoak in Auchel, created during the festival Les Petits Bonheurs. The artist turned a simple crossing into a scene of animated white stripes reacting to a ghostly visitor. More by Oakoak: Lovely by Oakoak (10 Photos)🔗 Follow Oakoak on Instagram
10. The Fabulous Tale of Being Different — Case Maclaim in Madrid, Spain
Case Maclaim’s mural in Madrid depicts a young person in a wheelchair draped in vibrant fabrics, blending strength and softness in a single portrait. More photos!: The Fabulous Tale Of Being Different (by Case Maclaim in Madrid)Case Maclaim: I believe the actual beauty of fairy tales is that it is up to our imagination how the character looks and moves and that version is not really up to debate, as it is just like a fingerprint, very unique and personal. With this mural in the old, historical city center of Madrid I wanted to try a different approach. So I gave the viewer a new character of a yet unknown fairy tale. I have high hopes that it will encourage specially the young audience to come up with their very own story, in which the lead is a confident, black child in a golden wheelchair and in a self-made mermaid costume.
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