# Manipulated Public Area Photography Robert Rickhoff Plays With Urban Planning for Funny Results By Meghan Young | Published 2012-10-17 | Fashion Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/robert-rickhoff References: [neatorama](http://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/17/Urban-Planning-Gone-Awry/) & [robertrickhoff](http://www.robertrickhoff.com/) Robert Rickhoff is a photographer with a great sense of humor. An imaginative soul, he has a portfolio dedicated to [photo-manipulation](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/switzerland-is-fake). With an expert knack for Photoshop, Robert Rickhoff has tweaked [common public areas](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/craig-karl2) to make them not so common anymore. From [soccer fields with basketball nets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/basketball-park) to signs that caution people about the sign itself, his images will inspire smiles while also encouraging people's own daily imaginations. Based in Mittelweg, Germany, Robert Rickhoff's work ranges from editorial design to architecture. Unfortunately for him, Robert Rickhoff will probably never cut it as an urban planner. Especially if prospective employers and/or clients got wind of his Out of Place portfolio. Although these scenes may not make any sense to the realist, those with open minds will enjoy them wholeheartedly and with a good laugh. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.8/10 - Popularity: 76% | Activity: 60% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Fashion](https://www.trendhunter.com/fashion) > [Photography](https://www.trendhunter.com/stylephotography) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Photo-manipulation:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Explore new ways to manipulate photos to create humorous and imaginative scenes in public areas. - **Urban Planning:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Reimagine urban planning by incorporating unconventional and playful elements into public spaces. - **Daily Imagination:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Encourage people to embrace their own daily imaginations by presenting them with unexpected and whimsical scenes in public areas. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Photography:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop new tools and techniques in photography to enable photo-manipulation and creative storytelling in public spaces. - **Architecture:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Collaborate with urban planners to incorporate humor and imagination into architectural designs for public areas. - **Design:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Redefine the role of design in urban planning by introducing whimsical and unconventional elements into public spaces. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [AI-Generated Real-World Transformations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ai-generated-world.md) - [Celebratory Odd Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ridiculous-design.md) - [Whimsical Sculptural Furniture Series](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/city-block-series.md) - [Laser-Cut Urban Artistry](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/laser-cut-city-maps.md) - [Happiness-Increasing Urban Space Concepts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/urban-space-concept.md) - [Public Art Displays](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/paul-anthony-smith.md) - [Social Experiment Virtual Apartments](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/uncanny-spaces.md) - [Distorted Furniture Street Art](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/first-kiss-at-last-light.md) - [Spiky Inflatable Sculptures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/inflatable-sculptures1.md)