Crowdsourcing Opinions on Street Art in London

// July 27th, 2010 // b-street // b-uncut

Crowdsourcing opinions on street art 21st-century-smart-phone style has begun. It’s being pioneered in London. Jaw dropping innovators Digit with I Could Do That have set a new milestone for physical/virtual interaction. It’s a beautifully simple application and harmonising our real and digital worlds through Crowdsourcing.

Here at Digit HQ we are situated alongside some very cool (and some pretty terrible) street art, which everyone seems to have an opinion about. We thought it would be great if we could find some way to leave our comments alongside these pieces for other people to read and add to. So instead of graffing up the surrounding walls with our comments we decided to leave QR codes next to each art piece that would link to a mobile site where viewers can have their say and also read what other people thought.

QR codes are an easy way of accessing web pages from your mobile phone. So instead of typing in a URL, you can simply take a photo of the code with the phone’s camera to automatically be directed to a website.

Digit are sticking up QR codes next to the best pieces of graffiti in Shoreditch and Spitalfields.  If you have a QR reader on your phone (download one here) you can scan the QR sticker and you’ll be taken to a webpage where you can read what people are saying about that piece of art and leave your own comments.