Cool Hunting

Street World
The new project from Roger Gastman, Caleb Neelon and Anthony Smyrski, Street World: Urban Art and Culture from Five Continents, clocks in at nearly 400 pages of full-color images of all the street culture we knew we loved (graffiti, fashion, skateboarding, and so on) with plenty of more esoteric global happenings. Think pigeon keeping, protests, activism, drum lines, urban exploration, signage and plenty of...

Dumbo: Acts of Vandalism and Stories of Love
Word on the street is that the prolific graffiti artist Dumbo had to leave Milan for Brooklyn at the risk of arrest. The writer's tag dots lower Manhattan, around Canal on West Broadway, but in Milan it seems like he hit every single building. His recent book documents his life as a vandal, including his tags, art, actions and the like, featuring an intro...

Graffiti Brazil
In the past year, it has been almost impossible to pick up a magazine without reading about Brazilian graffiti superstars Os Gemeos (Portuguese for 'the twins'). “Graffiti Brasil,” a wide survey of Brazilian graffiti, introduces some of Os Gemeos’ São Paulo crew: Nina, Nunca, Ise, and Koyo, as well as lots of other interesting writers from São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Recife, Olinda, Belo...

Neckface Exhibit at dpmhi in London
Earlier this month, Spear wrote about the new book of work from Neckface dpmhi from 13 May to 10 June. The show consists of original Neck Face paintings and drawings shown alongside collaborative work with Maharishi including a series of embroidered canvases in editions of 3 and unique pieces of embroidered recycled military clothing. Also available will be a limited edition T-shirt and copies...

On the Graffiti Tip
In the past few weeks many graffiti based topics have popped into my life, so I thought that I would let you know about them. Four hands, one heart and one brain: Hailing from San Paulo, identical twins and graffiti artists, Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo are called Os Gemeos (pronounced "ose zhe'-mee-ose" -- the twins in Portuguese). Using a kind of twin mental telepathy...