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India: “I love that in India you see advertisements hand-painted on the wall, whether it’s a shampoo bottle or a pair of underwear,” says van Eijk. “It’s fantastic to not get this paper brochure in your mailbox or to see those ugly billboards in the street, but just to have a nice painting on the wall and that’s it.” Says Bleiswijk, admiringly: “It’s not done very well, it’s not completely symmetrical, the perspective isn’t good, and the letters aren’t very straight.”