Street Couch

09/12/2023

Stickers add slapdash flair to otherwise functional objects, subverting the best laid plans of urban designers.

A perfectionist lets go and helps make the city a little more chaotic, one goofy graphic at a time.

16/11/2022

Why street couches? Why anything?

Why not? Just think of everything that happened on that couch. And then an ignominuous end on the street.

10/06/2022

Just think of all the sitting. All the conversations. All the silences.

Why not? Just think of everything that happened on that couch. And then an ignominuous end on the street.

18/05/2022

The original street couch sticker is an homage to Raymond Pettibon’s iconic artwork for the band Black Flag.

22/04/2022

The images on the original 2014 VICE story have disappeared, but thanks to the Internet Archive I was able to pick them back out of the trash.

Archaeologists have long known you can learn heaps about a culture from its trash, and the Los Angeles street couch is no exception.

14/04/2022

...accidentally left the car door unlocked and looks like all that got stolen was a handful of change…and a stack of Street Couch stickers?!?

19/03/2022

09/02/2022

We’d love to see your photos of street sofas, street couches, street chairs, street paintings, street stickers, street whatever!

Why street couches? Why street couch stickers? Why not? Just think of everything that happened on that couch. And then an ignominuous end on the street.

12/01/2022

Los Angeles. London. Berlin. Marrakech. Sydney. Rio de Janeiro. Buenos Aires.

Where next?

The original street couch sticker is an homage to Raymond Pettibon's iconic Black Flag logo. The stickers can be found all over Los Angeles...and beyond.