Filed under: Fun Stuff, Design, etc
These stunning (and unusual) pianos decked out in wild colors and lavish patterns have us, well...stunned.Over the past two weeks, New York saw a different sort of public-art installation for once...pianos. The non-profit organization Sing For Hope asked 88 bighearted artists and designers to revamp old pianos, which were then placed in public areas and parks for people to play throughout all five boroughs.
Each piano had a different look, but there was definitely no shortage of wild colors and dizzying patterns. Now the most outstanding ten pianos are up for auction at charitybuzz.com with all proceeds going to support arts education in New York. Here's a quick look at a few.
Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi kept his opulent sense of style, painting his piano princess pink and then matching it with a giant pink bow.
Artists like Moira Fain and Scott Taylor took this opportunity to call out New York: Fain's machine-like piece with strangely protruding pipes references Manhattan's subway stations, and Taylor covered his grand piano in a crisscross of lines that nod to the city's gridded street system.
But our favorite--which also has the highest bid right now!--is designer Diane von Furstenberg's black-and-white upright. It's fabulously emblazoned with the words "Love Is Life," which we think is pretty crazy, sexy, and cool. What's your take on these unusual and over-the-top pianos?
