If you ever go to Portland State University, make sure to check out the 8-Bit Hallway. Beth Olsen and art/social practices majors decorated their hallway with the Mario world. The hallway has gold coins, bricks, pipes and even a castle. Their intention was to make people feel relaxed and relieve their stress. Beth was interviewed by Asylum and said “There is just something about ‘Super Mario Bros.’ that everyone seems to relate to, even if they never really played it as a kid. Even people who are in a hurry or have arms full of books instantly found themselves jumping goombahs and making beep-beep-boop sounds the whole way down the hall.”
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Beth Olson
Dec 21, 2010 -
Hi!
I’m glad you guys thought this was cool! It was a lot of fun to do and very interesting to see people’s reactions to it.
This was actually for a social practices project as part of the Graphic Design Program at PSU (http://gdpsu.typepad.com/commandsave/)
Dave
May 12, 2011 -
“Gee, Mom and Dad, I want to go here. It’s as cozy as kindergarten all over again. And I’ll bet I’ll only get vowels on my report card.”
Ugh.