“Who is Jeff Wallace?” this sidewalk sign asks passersby on East Houston Street. Wallace is a bespectacled and bearded “resident … More

Celebrated fashion photographer and New Yorker Terry Richardson has had his image created as stencil street art.  These stencils of … More

Seeing this decaying bench in Daimon, a neighborhood in central Tokyo, Japan, reminds us of the Japanese expression mono no … More

Fresh New York City work by A.S.V.P.: “Future Cop” wheat-paste street art on a lamp post in downtown Manhattan.

Battered old Toyota mini-truck as surfer wagon in Jaco, Costa Rica. Love the collection of stickers on the back.

Not sticker art per se, but lots of stickers of mostly surfing and surfing-related brands on the wall at the … More

If you’re a huge European soccer (“football”) fan, like we are here at Global Graphica, then this month witnesses a … More

Droll, punnish surfer-tourist-town bar humor in Tamarindo, Costa Rica: “TIPPING is NOT a city in China.” Sigh.

Stencil-like signage painting of a steaming cup of coffee outside a cafe in Jaco, Costa Rica.

The candy-color POPS sign in front of its heladeria at a road stop in rural Costa Rica. POPS is a … More

The the beautifully lit and design shelf in the refrigerated vodka bar — a bar within a bar — at … More

Sexy mannequins with orange bob-cut hair model Chanel style in the shop window at the French luxury brand’s store in … More

Fresh work by Haculla (a.k.a., artist Harif Guzman) in his usual spot on an old garage door on Lafayette Street, … More

These “Obey Irony” wheat-paste posters we’ve been seeing around downtown New York City in recent weeks made us wonder if … More

The tubular metallic entrance to the flagship New York City store of Japanese clothing label Commes des Garcons in Chelsea.

Here’s the first post of our “Visual Culture of Japan” series, which we were inspired to launch given the recent … More

A “Faust” sticker on Lafayette Street in SoHo, downtown New York City.

“Look at Me” sticker on a “Chute Cellar” cover at base of a tenement building on Ludlow Street, in the … More

Midtown Manhattan skyline racing by in the distance as seen from a car on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ( BQE ). … More

Some New Orleans natives in the office in Los Angeles recently celebrated a mardi gras tradition and brought a “king … More

The Hillcrest sign in the heart of the neighborhood of the same name in San Diego. The nabe is the … More

Stumbled upon (literally) this stencil street art of Darth Vader, the iconic villain of the George Lucas Star Wars films, … More

The sign at Surf Indian, the wonderful surfing gear and surf boards shop in Pacific Beach in San Diego.

Massive fresh Haculla (a.k.a., Harif Guzman) wheat-paste street art at one of his preferred spots, on a wide door a … More

Ghostly stencil street art of a boy’s face on a building cornerstone in the Grachtengordel-West (western canal district), in the … More

We recently found this USPS Priority Mail stickie label used as graffiti-art canvas in the bathroom of the awesome McNally-Jackson … More

“Employees Only” sign on staff room door at Intelligentsia Coffee cafe in Silver Lake, in Los Angeles.

This large stenciled silhouette of a boy and girl is perhaps a cheeky and fitting image the day after Valentine’s … More

Semi-bombed street sign with skulls sticker art at the corner of Cadiz Court and Abbot Kinney Street in Venice, in … More

Wonderful wheat-paste street art on Vermont Avenue across the street from Figaro Bistrot in the Los Feliz / Silver Lake … More

Telling image of recently confiscated counterfeit “keep it real fake” goods in Los Angeles. The people behind this operation and … More

Lots of Internet lulz here in this short video wherein Web meme and viral superstar Keyboard Cat spoofs British street-art … More

Absolutely brilliant idea for an Apple Store display: Suspending a new MacBook Air laptop from a floating balloon.

Wonderful mural of faces along the wall under the Sunset Boulevard bridge spanning Glendale Blvd. near the Echoplex in Echo … More

Multiple stencils of hip-hop supa-dupa-star producer and rapper Kanye West on the protective wood lamp post hoarding in Nolita, in … More

The man and photographer behind one of our favorite blogs, The Sartorialist, is profiled in this short-form documentary video, part … More

Lovely open wood-shutters on a classic Dutch townhouse in Amsterdam.

Robot graffiti drawn in red ink in a cafe bathroom stall in Amsterdam’s Nine Streets / Jordaan neighborhood.

Select shots of life-size letters sculpture of the “I Amsterdam” logo and slogan in Museumplein park next to the Rijksmuseum … More

Dutch traffic tow-away warning sign in Amsterdam.

Painting of some plant life on Crosby Street in SoHo, downtown New York City. Note the brown Jack Spade bag … More

Black-and-white wheat-pasted photo on Crosby Street in SoHo, in New York City. The image shows football (soccer) players who look … More

Wheat-paste artwork of a blue one-eyed monster on a wood utility pole on Sunset Blvd. in Silverlake, in Los Angeles.

We went to an ad agency Xmas party last night at a large club in Hollywood, in Los Angeles. We … More

Wheat-paste street art in SoHo: A large black-and-white photo of Brazilian soccer legend Pele and Rolling Stones’ frontman and rock … More

Awesome A.S.V.P. wheat-paste on Wooster Street in SoHo, downtown New York City.

This wonderful image titled “Olga, Havana” from Cuban photographer Jose A. Figueroa haunts and mesmerizes us. It’s included in the … More

Giant silhouette painting of a worker on La Brea Avenue in Hollywood, in Los Angeles.

Wheat-paste street art of iconic Patrick Demarchelier photo of Madonna outside the Geffen Contemporary at MoCA in Little Tokyo, downtown … More

Some more yarn-bombing street art in Santa Monica, in Los Angeles. Lovely.

Stumbled upon some yarn-bombing street art in Santa Monica, in Los Angeles, on the weekend. Beautiful stuff that softens the … More

“Skateistan: To Live and Skate in Kabul” is a fascinating short documentary about the nascent skate-boarding scene in the Afghanistan … More

We were on location in Santa Monica Beach on Saturday doing a day-long commercial shoot when these dudes arrived with  … More

Wheat-paste line drawing of a man’s head on the building hoarding outside the former site of Gus’s Pickles on Orchard … More

Our favorite shades of brown can be found in a fresh cup of espresso, like the one seen here. We … More

Beautiful graphic street art on Spring St. in Nolita in downtown New York City. At first glance, the woman in … More

Wheat-paste poster of Brazilian soccer (football) legend Pele on Crosby Street in downtown New York City. This is one of … More

Wheat-paste artwork of a half-peeled banana and some angelic birds on the wall next to the restaurant L’Orange Bleu (it’s … More

In Los Angeles the past week, we saw the body of a helicopter being transported on a trailer on the … More

Posters for two exhibitions we recently checked out at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography in Ebisu. One show was … More

“Battle of tha Graffix” wheat-paste street art on Crosby St. in downtown New York City. The poster pits Latin-American political … More

Hearts Challenger, the pink ice cream truck often spotted at art and fashion events in New York and Los Angeles, … More

Love this image. It’s actually two images: The picture of the Blackberry and the photo on the Blackberry screen itself. … More

This Apple iPhone 4 has been super-pimped-out with a customized Hello Kitty theme by girl in Tokyo, Japan. (What would … More

Beautiful “Old” art-deco era building  on Sunset Boulevard, near Sunset Junction in the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles. We suddenly … More

Billboard ad featuring American actor Tommy Lee Jones for Boss, a popular brand of Japanese can-coffee, in the Daimon / … More

Found this “fucking awesome” graffiti on a trashed segment of fence in Miyashita Koen, the small, hidden and dumpy park … More

We stumbled across this mural in the Mile End neighborhood of Montreal. There’s a lot of street art like this … More

The glowing street-level sign for the discreet, ultra-minimalist and inscrutably perfectionist basement bar “Bar+ D.C.B.” in Daikanyama, a relatively quiet … More

“SLOW” graffiti-tag sticker in the super-hyper luxury shopping back streets of Aoyama, near Omotesando, in Tokyo, Japan.

This hoarding in front of a future retail space has a “Coming Soon” sign in English overlaid with the Japanese … More

More snapshots of a random Japanese girl’s cell phone (or keitai denwa ) in Tokyo, Japan. Love the design, accoutrements … More

Our beautifully graphic-designed ticket for the outstanding Mori Arts Center (a.k.a., the “Mori Art Museum”) at Roppongi Hills, In Tokyo, … More

We couldn’t resist taking a snap of this stranger’s cell phone lying on a nearby table at a rooftop beer … More

Sign for the Original Fake shop near the Prada Building in the Aoyama neighborhood of Tokyo.

Sticker ad for Frisk, a Japanese brand of breath freshener, on the door of a Tokyo Metro subway train.

Super cute sign in the Tokyo Metro.

An officially, legally-mandated “Smoking Space,” one of a growing number of such spaces in Tokyo, Japan, public outdoor smoking is … More

We’re in Tokyo, Japan this week, where we stumbled upon these super cool Google billboard ad campaign in Shibuya Station. … More

Beautiful ephemeral artwork on Crosby Street in SoHo, in downtown New York City. The creator made use of a hole … More

Welcomed wheat=paste street-art freshness from Spazmat. This signature skull-with-cellphone image  was recently put up  on a construction site hoarding at … More

Massive, beautiful, sun-drenched mural on the side of a building housing a “clinica” at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and … More

Los Angeles is a fuckin’ parking lot.  After a pre-video-shoot lunch at a large strip mall, we had a little … More

One among our group of favorite actors of all time, Bill Murray is shown here on a faded wheat-paste poster … More

The Shangri-La Hotel in the heart of Santa Monica is a beautiful, wonderfully preserved piece of Los Angeles art-deco architecture … More

On the back of an old building in the Little Tokyo area of downtown Los Angeles is this large “Mexican … More

Volleyball players on Santa Monica Beach, in Los Angeles.

A Peds-Bikes sign on a classic Los Angeles art-deco lamp post on Santa Monica Beach.

Big, pristine wheate-paste street art of graphic-novel-style illustration on Rue Saint-Laurent, the main thoroughfare running from from the old city … More

The traffic and the sign at the Canada border inspection station, at the US-Canadian frontier between Quebec Province and Champlain, … More

From the 17th floor of Le Westin Hotel, a view of the western edge of downtown Montreal, Canada, and the … More

The flagship mega-store of Swedish clothing retail giant H&M in Shibuya, in Tokyo, Japan.

On a recent hot, humid afternoon we caught this lone Japanese salaryman waiting on the train station side of Shibuya … More

Beautiful shop logo on a roller-shutter in Shibuya, in Tokyo, Japan. Absolutely love this design.

The LA bandit at the corner of Houston and Mulberry streets in Nolita, downtown New York City.