Look out below! 3D pavement art around the world – in pictures
London commuters were startled by the Death Star trench beneath their feet this morning – just the latest example of a mind-bending trend for roadside illusion
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3D pavement graffiti unveiled by Disney under Southwark Bridge in London, depicting the Trench Run scene from Star Wars.
Photograph: PA
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Swimmer Tegan Jolly prepares to ‘dive’ into a piece of 3D artwork created by artists Joe and Max, in Stratford, east London.
Photograph: Geoff Caddick/PA
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The Dark Knight Rises – made for the film release in July 2012, Madrid, painted by Joe and Max.
Photograph: REX Shutterstock
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Another painting by Joe and Max, done for Google’s annual party in 2010.
Photograph: REX Shutterstock
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Edgar Muller sets the Guinness World Record for the biggest piece of 3D pavement art in Stratford, London, 2009.
Photograph: Nils Jorgensen/REX Shutterstock
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Another Joe and Max painting, this time in Japan.
Photograph: REX Shutterstock
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Visitors go wild on Kurt Wenner’s stallions, Indonesia, Jakarta, 2013.
Photograph: Agung Kuncahya/REX Shutterstock
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A painting by Joe and Max in in Shanghai, 2011.
Photograph: REX Shutterstock
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A visitor poses on a painting by the US artist Kurt Wenner at the Artphoria festival in Jakarta, 2013.
Photograph: Agung Kuncahya/REX Shutterstock
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The street painting ‘Crevasse’ by artist Edgar Mueller, painted in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland.
Photograph: Getty Images
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