All posts in Street Art
Checking out the Os Gemeos x Futura mural at PS. 11 Going Up
This morning I found out from a tweet of MarcDSchiller that Os Gemeos and Futura2000 have a painting going up. After spending some quality time enjoying the great weather at …
First impressions of Beyond the Street, the 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art
Before I jump into my reaction to Beyond the Street: With the 100 Most Important Players in Urban Art I think it’s important to explain what I think is good …
Exit Through The Gift Shop – A Banksy Film
For those smart enough to have checked out the PSFK NY Conference Friday, they were treated with an early screening of Exit Through The Gift Shop – A Banksy Film. …
#SmileMore — new street art I’ve started to notice in NYC
Typically for me if I see something twice in a somewhat unique manner it usually feels like a pattern to me. Chances are if there’s at least two of the …
Poster Placement
Having never visited Boston I took the train up for the weekend to check it out. Unfortunately there was a lot of rain so it made it kind of soggy …
Link Drop (8·07·09)
It’s been a bit of an up and down week over here at DesignNotes. I’ve been under the weather of most of the week which is highly unusual, and on …
Inside Out with Invader in NYC
When it comes to visual culture kind of stuff I’m a big fan of the bluechips like Banksy, Shepard Fairey and Invader. Living in NYC for the last couple of …
Link Drop (6·26·09)
Ok, this Link Drop is even too late for my liking… But it’s better to publish it three days late as opposed to not posting it all or doing a …
Link Drop (6·12·09)
It’s been a crazy blog week for me and because of that my Link Drop is three days overdue. The High Line opened which I was happy to experience first …
Where did you go street art?
I can’t think of a better city than NYC to spend as much time walking as possible. There’s too many obvious reasons for me to list here except to say …
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