JR x Jose Parla: Wrinkles of the City [Cuba]

Artist and good friends JR and Jose Parla are in Cuba at the moment completing the Wrinkles of the City project. This public art project is set up in time for the Eleventh Havana Biennial 2012, turning the streets into works of art. Large-scale photo print posters of JR works harmoniously with the free flowing calligraphy style of Parla, which then blends in effortlessly...

RETNA Mural in L.E.S. NYC [Video]

L.A.-based street artist RETNA (aka Marquis Lewis) was tapped to design the latest mural on the legendary Bowery and Houston wall this past weekend, replacing FAILE’s stellar creation. The project marked RETNA’s first official return to New York following his first ever NYC solo show last month. Battling inclement weather when he started the mural on Saturday, the artist...

Retna: Commissioned Street Art for Metropolitan Hotel LA

Notorious Los Angeles graffiti writer RETNA recently released photos of some work he did in the garage of the Metropolitan Hotel in Los Angeles. Repping his crew with his signature calligraphy, you can see the words As We Rise, Mad Society Kings, and The Seventh Letter in the background. Also included were walls that were shout outs to other members as well as his alter-ego...

The New York Times: Art Basel Miami Beach

Originated in 2002, Miami’s Art Basel has since become the premiere artistic festival within the United States. Taking place each November/December, the creative event spans a little less than a week and welcomes artists from countries all over the world. The majority of the action takes place within Miami’s now prestigious Wynwood Art District, located just miles from downtown....

Light Calligraphy by Kalaam

Exploring the gestures and movements of calligraphy, nantes-based artist Kaalam (aka Julien Breton) has created a body of work that uses hand-held light and long-exposure photographic techniques to capture the transient form within a real setting. Often utilizing urban or historical sites as his three-dimensional canvas, the self-taught artist creates his own latin-based alphabet that...

Michael McCabe Typography Portraits Fuse Lyrics with Icons

Recently, we came across an interesting design project by UK graphic designer Michael McCabe. McCabe takes portraits of musicians and recreates them by fusing them with typography featuring their own song lyrics. The images go beyond the simple visual and draws the viewer deeper into the piece by reading along the typography. Included in the set is Ice Cube, Snoop, Jimi Hendrix,...

Type Fluid – Typeface x Exploding Paint

  “Type Fluid” is a typeface made up of letters that seem to be formed by exploding paint. Created by Skyrill.com, a Web design company operated out of Bahrain by two like-minded brothers, the project was inspired by the fascinating way fluids appear when floating in air or splashing on the ground. The brothers used RealFlow, a fluids simulation tool, to fill up letterforms...