An image of
the corner of a crumbling Toynbeed tile embedded in cement, with the
decaying text Toynbee in Kubrick’s Resurrect On… in red, white, blue and
yellow above the title Recipes for Disaster.

Recipes for Disaster: Asphalt Mosaics

2012

Crimethinc

Editor's note: A classic. I grew up seeing Toynbee Tiles across the city of Philly, and then in other cities I visited. I tracked them online, read blogs about the tiles, wondered about them, then later met Steve, creator of the documentary Resurrect Dead, and Justin, subject of the film. The collective that wrote up these DIY instructions are influential, creative individuals…

A guide to creating permanent mosaic installations in the streets, inspired by Toynbee Tiles.

Hosted at Internet Archive

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A Hot Weather Activity for Lonely Asphalt Near You. Originally printed in Recipes for Disaster.