Graf Artists Converge in London for EndtoEnd Project

adidas Originals and Footlocker have teamed up with an international group of graf artists to produce a shoe line and art event using a unique collaborative process: Over a period of three days, the artists worked around the clock in a custom-built creative environment to produce the artwork for … [Read more...]

Wooster Collective: Photoshopped BBDO Anti-Graffiti Ads

Last month a series of photoshopped and/or mashedup versions of BBDO's anti-graffiti ads appeared at the Wooster Collective.  Not as hilarious as Fark but worth a look. Final BBDO Ad Spoofs Three More BBDO Mashups BBDO Mashup by BsAsStncl BBDO Mashup by RockStar BBDO Mashup by Kelly Towles Adam … [Read more...]

NY Times “T” Bomber Spotted

So, apparently the NY Times is using graffiti bombing to spread their "T" [for their style mag?] but the photo got retracted due to some hand waving on somebody's part. Agenda has the photo or, at the very least, a decent mock-up! … [Read more...]

Perry Farrell Interviews Shepard Fairey, Discusses Banksy

I never appreciated Shepherd Fairey as an artist, when he hit the scene with the Andre Has A Posse routine, it just seemed like an early wave of white hipster appropriation of hip hop (and still does).  At the time, I wasn't interested in any art that didn't have a political or spiritual edge, … [Read more...]

BBDO West Anti-tagging Campaign Plus More Marc Ecko

I found an interesting followup to my earlier post on Marc Ecko at the quite wonderful Wooster Collective site.  They have more shots of this anti-tagging campaign created by BBDO West. One thing I didn't point out on the Ecko post, partly because the interview I reference is so short that I … [Read more...]