# Transformed Toilet Artworks These Toilet Artworks Were Made to Raise Awareness About the Homeless By Lacey-Jane Walsh | Published 2013-12-28 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/raise-awareness References: [beautifuldecay](http://beautifuldecay.com/2013/12/19/cmon-give-sht-toilets-sanitation-project-benefiting-homeless-creates-awareness-art-toilets/) & [neatorama](http://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/26/Artists-Turn-Toilets-Into-Works-Of-Art-To-Benefit-The-Homeless/) Various artists have participated in this creative attempt to [raise awareness about the homeless](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/this-is-not-a-home). This Lava Mae project involves transforming standard toilets into [eye-catching artworks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/surreal-street-art-1). The people behind this clever project aim to provide homeless individuals with hygiene services by creating a [portable bathroom within a bus](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/airpot). The name of this art series is "C'mon, Give a Sh__t", which is extremely fitting. These dressed up toilets littered the streets of San Francisco in November, along side a giant sign which read "C'mon, Give a Sh__T!" This series was designed to send a pretty clear message; care about the homeless. One of these artworks has bricks painted onto it, along with a portrait. Another toilet is covered in some kind of furry material. These unusual canvases are impossible to ignore. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.5/10 - Popularity: 31% | Activity: 5% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Homelessness Awareness Art:** Artists using transformed toilets to raise awareness about homelessness create disruptive innovation opportunities in the realm of public art and social activism. - **Portable Hygiene Services:** The Lava Mae project's initiative to provide homeless individuals with a portable bathroom within a bus suggests disruptive innovation opportunities in the field of mobile hygiene solutions. - **Unconventional Canvases:** The use of toilets as unconventional canvases for artistic expression opens up disruptive innovation opportunities in the realm of unconventional art mediums and urban installations. ### Who This Affects Most - **Public Art:** The transformation of toilets into eye-catching artworks for homelessness awareness creates disruptive innovation opportunities in the public art industry. - **Social Activism:** The use of artistic interventions to raise awareness about homelessness presents disruptive innovation opportunities in the realm of social activism and advocacy. - **Mobile Hygiene Solutions:** The Lava Mae project's creation of portable bathrooms within buses opens up disruptive innovation opportunities in the field of mobile hygiene solutions for underserved populations. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Artfully Sculptured Textured Toilets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-formation-02.md) - [Festival-Focused Toilet-Sharing Initiatives](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/home-toilet.md) - [Brutalist Smart Toilets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/formation-02.md) - [Artful Elevated Litter Boxes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/doggy-bathroom-1.md) - [Light-Filled Public Restrooms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vivid-toilet-interior.md) - [Public Hygiene Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/clean-bathroom-global-challenge.md) - [Inflatable Portable Toilets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/airpot.md) - [Design-Forward Toilet Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/design-changes-everything.md) - [Enclosed Japanese Park Toilets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/toiletowa.md)