Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder is clearly the greatest thing to clean up the filthy streets of New York City since Mayor Ed Koch was chemical-dowsing trains back in Style Wars. Concerned that stores such as Toys ‘R Us are churning out a future generation of not just vandals but drug-dealing junkies, Assemblyman Goldfeder composed a letter to the […]

For some, hating commercialism used to mean rolling their eyes with the interruption of Friends. And now, some might think it means shaking their fist at pop-up ads. But a team of UK street artists have taken it to the next level. Brandalism is a crew of rabble-rousers who began projects in anti-advertising out of Britain a […]

This certainly won’t be the first time that Italian street-art master Blu has brought the mural to the next level, ranging from getting whitewashed within a day for a “controversial” anti-war piece in Los Angeles, to just general bad-assery, Big Bang style. Blu, a must-see in the graffiti-mural world for years now, often fueled by […]

Upon considering some of the murals hitting the walls of Montreal, perhaps the only real thing left to “blame Canada” for these days is knocking it right out of the south park. As such, meet the A’shop collective, Montreal’s clique of fine-arts firm meets graffiti crew. The skilled group of artists serves local business walls, […]

In case you didn’t know, Maison Martin Margiela likes paint. In their day the couture Belgian luxury house has crafted many a hand-painted item, including Paint Splattered Austrian Sports Sneakers, White Painted High-top Sneakers and most recently their Paint-Dipped Converse collaboration. Now MMM take those above mentioned Austrian sport sneakers and scribble graffiti on them instead of […]

After collaborations with American artists KAWS and Futura, the French cognac brand Hennessy turns south and commissions the great Brazilian brothers Os Gemeos to design their latest special edition bottle. The twins from São Paulo dig deep into their native culture to design the “Very Special” bottle, combining their unique somewhat surreal style with traditional […]

Normally I wouldn’t give anything associated with Kobe any shine (Celtics pride), but seeing as this pair of his signature shoes are dedicated to the greatest place on Earth I’ll have to make an exception. I’m not exactly sure how the Kobe 8 System low-tops represent Venice Beach, but I’ll just have to assume it’s […]

Legendary New York graffiti artist Futura 2000 lends his aesthetic to Beats by Dre for their latest revealed collaboration. Beginning with white Beats by Dre “Solo HD” headphones — which are made to be a lighter, on-ear version of the Studios — Futura uses elements from his Atom work by adding multi-colored paint streaks… making […]