Thursday, January 31, 2013

Grab a pair of Shoe ski goggles by Oakley

In honour of the 20-year cooperation between Oakley and The Old Man a limited edition goggle is produced. The goggle, Oakley Splice, is designed in collaboration with Niels ‘Shoe’ Meulman and has a limited circulation of 100 pieces. ‘Shoe’, who is a visual artist, graffiti writer and graphic designer is based in Amsterdam and became a graffiti legend when he was only 18 years old. ‘Shoe’s artwork is in the permanent collection of the ‘Stedelijk Museum’ in Amsterdam and The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The exclusive goggle will be available now.

Some new work from WLK

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Nashville native creates intricate Islamic calligraphy






WSMV Channel 4

Check out more of Everitte Barbee's work on his website: http://everitte.org/.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

eL Seed Gives Tunnel A Patriotic Touch



World renowned graffiti artist eL Seed has taken inspiration from Qatar’s National Anthem for the first set of murals he created in the first tunnel on Salwa Road.


Verses from the anthem, including the ones that translate in English as Travel the high road; Travel by the guiding light of the Prophets and Doves they can be at times of peace, Warriors they are at times of sacrifice were inscribed on the murals in the “Liquid Alphabet” calligraffiti style.


eL Seed uses this style to construct calligraphy writings on top of each other giving the impression of travelling calligraphies.


Read the full article here.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Seb Lester featured on Salon.com

UK based scribe and type designer Seb Lester is featured on Salon.com check out the full article and be sure to watch this video of his work.

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Some cool collaboration from Alexander Kontarev and Andrey Koval


Shoe Shoes

Niels ‘SHOE’ Meulman has collaborated with online shoe store United Nude to design a series of ‘Calligraffiti-style’ heels.

Meulman—who is known for combining the art of calligraphy and graffiti—designed the heels by using laser cut leather to spell out the words ‘Unruly Shoe’ on the heels.

Available in black, off white and neon green, the shoes are currently available for purchase at about US$720.