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Category: Urban Life

“Love Drunk”



“Working from Photographs”



“Brrr!”



“Among the Thugs”



“Everything is Connected”



Lightbulbs Faces Street Art



“Escalator Baby” Street Art



At the 2015 Armory Show



Pre-Armory Show Coffee at Happy Bones

Fashion Street Art by Bradley Theodore at Georgia NYC

Artist Bradley Theodore has painted one of his iconic, colorful fashion-themed skeleton portraits on the store front of influential style … More

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DIS Whet Talk with Casey Jane Ellison at the Island in the New Museum



Retro “Fish” Surfboard Painting



“Guildmaster”



“Wolf Moon” 



Abbot-Kinney Street Art … Venice Beach, Los Angeles

This image of a woman’s face is in an of itself not a remarkable image, and such subject matter and … More

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Classic Surfboards … Malibu Beach

These are some sweet, beautifully designed (and, we’ll guess, expensive) longboard surf boards lined up a long a wall (but … More

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Toy Surfers

These small, green plastic-molded figures of surfers poised in various stances on their surfboards are a riff on the iconic … More

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Street Art by “The London Police” … Lower East Side, New York City

The British street art group known as the London Police has been leaving its mark on urban landscapes around the … More

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“Cat Dreams” Notebook Sketch

Scenes from a Snow Day … New York City

As the pix below show, Tuesday was a “snow day” here in New York City due to the massive winter … More

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Hey, Mr. Weatherman … Snowmaggedon 2015 Blizzard Report …

Local TV news weather forecast in New York City. Look at those weather maps graphics!

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You’ve Got Mail … Graffiti Cartoon at Storefront for Architecture … SoHo, New York

“Fourplay” at Wallplay Gallery Cafe … Lower East Side, New York City

Street Art … E. 1st Street, East Village, New York

Buff Monster’s “Eye Heart New York” … Lower East Side, New York

International street-art star Buff Monster created a visual take on the “I Love New York” idea in his own style … More

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Vintage Alfa Romeo Parked on a Snowy Sidewalk … Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Pile of 3D-Printed Guns by Artist Katsu at the Hole Gallery … New York City

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Amazing Green Tea Matcha Donut from Doughnut Plant NYC …

It’s what’s for breakfast this wintry morning. OMG yummy!!! Or, in fitting with the Japanese green tea matcha flavors … … More

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“NY is Alright if You Like Saxophone” Graffiti Message … Lower East Side, New York

“Buff Here” … Wythe Street, Brooklyn

Je Suis Charlie … Chaplin

Apartamento Magazine with Raymond Pettibon on the Cover

As regular readers of Global Graphica know, we’re fans of Apartamento magazine. We always get excited when we see a new … More

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Surfboard Design and Brekkie … New York

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“Je Suis Charlie” Poster … Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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The Beautiful Cafe at Toby’s Estate Coffee Roastery … Williamsburg, Brooklyn

This is one of our favorite third-wave coffee joints in New York City. Toby’s Estate is in the heart of … More

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“Art is Trash” … SoHo, New York

Wall of Photos at Two Hands … New York

Claw by Claw … Nolita, New York

An Original Cronut … New York

Some colleagues scored some cronuts from the Dominique Ansel patisserie in SoHo on the way back to our office after … More

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Winter Wall Mural … Hell’s Kitchen, New York

“Perspective” Statue by Artist Jim Rennert … Union Square, New York

“An Impeccable Amount of Coolness” Street Art … Lower East Side, New York

Roller-Gate Street Art … Lower East Side, New York

Skeleton Portrait of Tom Ford by Artist Bradley Theodore … Lower East Side, New York

Plaid-Skin Animal Paintings by Artist Sean Landers at Petzel Gallery … New York

“Trace React” by Dumb Type at MoT … Tokyo

Graffiti Art Truck in Motion … Lower East Side, New York

New York City Chinatown has a high volume of small truck traffic ferrying goods to and from the many small … More

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On the Scene … Revisiting A Matisse Classic at MoMA, New York

We stole a few minutes on a recent visit to MoMA to duck into the permanent collection galleries to view … More

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Storefront Roller-Gate Mural by Artist Fumero … Elizabeth Street, New York

Beautifully Plated Acai Bowl at Two Hands Cafe … New York

Street Art Portrait of Vogue Editor Grace Coddington by Artist Bradley Theodore … NoLIta, New York

Street Art Work in Progress … Ventura, California

On the Scene … At the Hiro + Mari Studio Xmas Salon in Brooklyn

“Dope” Street Art … Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Roller-Gate Street Art … New York

This striking, comical skull graffiti art mural was recently put up on a trio of storefront roller-gates at the corner … More

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Ultra Minimalist Storefront … Tokyo

The quiet back streets of central Tokyo’s more fashionable neighborhoods are full of beautiful sleek post-modern and minimalist retail and … More

Cheeky Street Art Battle … Artist Russell King Schools Hanksy in NYC

Number Signage at Los Angeles International Airport …

Street Art in New York … Painting of Piece of Lumber, Lower East Side

“Hektad vs Banksy” at Rag & Bone … New York

Banksy vs Hektad! Funny! Chef’s kiss!

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Design … Logo and Ticket for Nezu Museum, Tokyo

“Damaged Goods” Magazine Cover … New York

The Cookie Shot … SoHo, New York

Shiny Cool Super-Minimal Unbranded Bag of Bear Pond Espresso Beans

On our recent visit back to Tokyo, we picked up a bag of freshly-roasted espresso beans from Bear Pond Espresso … More

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See Ya Later, Tokyo …

It’s always great fun being back in Tokyo. It’s really a home away from home for us, and we love … More

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On the Scene … At the Lattest Espresso Bar in Tokyo

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Street Art Eyes by Artist JR in Tokyo

“Love Me” Tip Jar Sticker at No. 8 Bear Pond Espresso Bar … Shibuya, Tokyo

American artist Curtis Kulig’s cursive “Love me” graffiti message is a global street art icon, a viral, real-world visual meme … More

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Graffiti Sticker-Bombed Door … Naka-Meguro, Tokyo

Copies of Premium Magazine at Daikanyama T-Site in Tokyo

Cool House in Tokyo’s Naka-Meguro Neighborhood

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Architecture … Tadao Ando’s 21_21 Design Sight Building in Akasaka, Tokyo

The sleek, low-slung gray structure that is the 21_21 Design Sight building in Tokyo’s Akasaka neighborhood was created by two … More

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Style & Design … Window Display and Shopper at Rick Owens Tokyo Store

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Street Art of “Exit Sign Man” by Artist Lie Dye … Near Aoyama, Tokyo

Street Art on Traditional Japanese House … Ura-Harajuku, Tokyo

Stepping Tricycle at “Walking Bicycle Club” … Tokyo

Anime Character in Street Promotion … Omotesando, Tokyo

Public Art Sculpture as Bench at Tokyo Midtown

Vintage Airstream Camper Re-purposed as Cafe … Omotesando, Tokyo

Massive Street Art by JR at Watari Museum in Tokyo

Tokyo Sky Tree at Night

A view of the Tokyo skyline far far far away in the distance and dominated by the Sky Tree tower … More

Global Graphica in Tokyo …

We’re in Tokyo this week and as those of you who follow us on Twitter and Instagram  may have already … More

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On the Street … Hot Pink Converse Sneakers l

We went gallery hopping in New York City on the weekend, which meant we did a lot of walking around … More

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“Famous in Bushwick” Sticker in Nolita, NYC

This “Famous in Bushwick” sticker is for a roving creative party that started in Bushwick, Brooklyn (the name was a … More

Stencil Street Art in SoHo, New York City

“Untitled (To Borrow)” by Gerard & Kelly at the New Museum NYC

Street Art … Lower East Side, NYC

“Reserved for Hanksy” by Russell King

Mural by Street Artist “Haculla” at Bloomingdale’s SoHo

McDonalds x Alfred E. Newman by the “WackDonalds Project” in NYC

“Situation NY” art Installation at the Storefront for Architecture, NYC

New “Popshit” Street Art Collage in NYC

Contemporary Art … “Rock Shop III” by Nadja Frank in NYC

Interiors … Graffiti Art in the Ad Agency Offices

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In New York … Fresh Artwork by Taek & Ozmr at the Woodward Gallery Space, Lower East Side

Moleskine Notebook Project … Plastic Cup

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In New York … Che Guevara by Bimiry, Rivington Street

King of Spades by Cost, New York

This king of spades street art on Great Jones Street in NoHo, in downtown New York, is by the incredibly … More

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Good Morning, NYC

The Mysterious Discarded “I Love You” Mattress

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