Surfing Stickers

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

Tipping

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

Coffee Mark

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

Al Dia Logo + Design

Al Dia is a daily tabloid-style Spanish language sports newspaper in Costa Rica. We like its logotype, the font and…

POPS

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

Artist Ai Weiwei Detained

Ai Weiwei is one of China’s leading artists. He’s perhaps the nation’s best-known artist internationally. The Beijing National Stadium, the…

Nic’s Vodka Bar

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

Sexy Chanel Models

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

All Cherried Out

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

Cocktails at the San Franciscan

The partially lit sign (with missing letters) at the San Franciscan, a classic suburban lounge in Torrance, California, near Los…

Obey Irony Poster

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

Commes des Garcons Entrance

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

“A” is for Araki

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

Visual Culture of Japan

The incredible, terrible destruction stemming from the 9.0 magnitude Tohoku earthquake that struck Japan on March 11, and the subsequent…

You Would at Cafe Select

“You Would” strikes again. This time it’s written in silver Sharpie on the back of the bathroom door at Cafe…

Desert Poolside Classic

Early morning poolside at the Ace Hotel and Swim Club in Palm Springs, California, enjoying the aesthetic of the mid-century…

Yoshitomo Nara Dog

Large dog sculpture by acclaimed Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara at the (surprisingly good) Palm Springs Art Museum, in the city…

Faust

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

Ace Hotel Sign

The beautifully-decayed “ACE”  signs at the Ace Hotel and Swim Club in Palm Springs, California, in the near desert east…

Rick Owens’ Dope Sneakers

Paris-based American fashion designer Rick Owens was wearing the dopest sneakers when we took the runway after the showing of…

Look At Me

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

Manhattan View

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

Feather Foot Tattoo

The lovely A. was gracious enough to show us the awesome feather tattoo on her foot and pose for our…

2011 Sharpie Sketch

Sharpie sketch of “2011” in a Moleskine notebook on an orange chair in our office.

King “Cake”

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

Hillcrest Sign

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

Lady Gaga on Cover of Vogue

This is a nice serendipitous diptych-like placement of two copies of Vogue magazine we spotted at the Terminal 5 newsstand…

Darth Vader Stencil

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

Surf Indian

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

Reggae Central Poster

We were at Groundwork organic coffee in Venice when we found this wonderful flyer for the Reggae Central, a weekend…

The Shadow EBike

As reported in Gizmodo, the new Shadow “Ebike” pictured below is an electric bike that contains a drive controller and…

The MoMA Baby Icon

The Museum of Modern Art ( MoMA ) in New York has introduced the baby icon in its restrooms signage…

Scenes from MoMA

In our new ongoing “Scenes From a …” series, we’re posting images snapped at museums and similar places and events.…

Who Runs New York?

We were tidying up our temporary LA HQ (a.k.a., Global Graphica West) and throwing out a pile of old mags…

Green Fixie

Walking around the Abbott-Kinney section of the Venice neighborhood, in Los Angeles, we see a lot of awesome bicycles parked…

Haculla 3D Eyewear

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

Ghost Boy Stencil

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

Employees Only

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

Evil Romance

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

Happy Adidas

Our friend J. recently acquired this colorful, full-of-awesome pair of Adidas sneakers. He showed them off to us on a…

NYC Mystery T-Shirt Font

Our colleague “A.” cruised into our office in L.A. proudly displaying his recently acquired and super-awesome NYC graphical tee shirt…

Feltron Annual Report

It’s here. The one, the only: the Feltron Annual Report. It’s a volume of personal-behavioral stats presented as corporate-style report…

Sound Board Confessional

The sound-board aesthetic: We love standing near the sound boards at concerts and find the look of all the lighted…

If We Never Speak Again …

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

Confiscated “KIRF” Goods

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

Beautiful Benotto TT

Beautiful, vintage, pristine 1980’s time-trial ( TT ) bike by Giacinto Benotto. Italian industrial bicycle design at its finest, perhaps.…

The Dead Smile

The wonderful art work of G.R. Irana: “The Dead Smile” at the Aicon ( Asian Contemporary) Gallery in NoHo in…

“Go F*** Your Self”

Laughing out loud. We recently stumbled upon this in the bathroom of a wonderfully decorated and stylish  home in Los…

Margarita as Art

Our beautiful margarita during a break at the recent Art Los Angeles Contemporary art-fair.

Video: T-Shirts War!

Awesome video pitting two dudes (Rhett and Link) and their awesomely stop-action animated graphical t-shirts. Reminds us a bit of…

Video: Banksy x Keyboard Cat

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

The Elegant Egyptian Flag

The events of the past couple of weeks in Egypt have put the country in the global headlines. Watching  …

Sexy Lotus Elise

Some quick pix of somebody else’s awesomely stylish Lotus Elise, which we noticed parked in the lot in front of…

Temporary Amphitheatre

The temporary performance venue at the 2011 Art Los Angeles Contemporary art fair: The “Amphitheatre” build of art crates.

Team Zatara

Pix of a performance art group Team Zatara on stage in the Amphitheatre (a temporary stage setting created with empty…

Faces Mural

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

Hell Yes …

Graffiti on a Bowery hoarding: “CALM PASS ION ATE BAND IT SPIES HELL YES WHAT IS CRACK KING GUILD QUIET…

Davos Crest

Davos, Switzerland, is a famous Alpine resort town now better known globally for being the site of the annual World…

Diddy Sucks / You Would

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

2015 ( Red ) Campaign Mural

( Red ) “2015” campaign advertisement mural on the side of tenement building on Mulberry Street in Nolita / SoHo,…

Cargolux Branding

We landed in snow at John F. Kennedy International Airport just after another massive blizzard hit New York City. The…

De Jaren Cafe

Wonderful, bright light on a winter afternoon at the wonderful, bright vintage-modern De Jaren Cafe in Amsterdam, one of our…

Fresh Brew Badge

We recently unlocked the Foursquare Fresh Brew badge. It was a pleasant surprise. But what we found even more pleasant…

The Sartorialist

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

Dangerbird

Dangerbird Records office and the landmark Pablove Foundation’s “PabLove One Another” mural on Sunset Boulevard  in Silverlake, in Los Angeles.

Dutch Shutters

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

Meat Without Feet

Our Global Graphica friend and all-round creative force of goodness,  Richard, sent us this pic from the road and it…

Jupiler Beer Logo

Love the logo and design of this Jupiler beer coaster we found in Amsterdam. Jupiler is a massively popular Belgian…

Amsterdam Robot Graff

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

I Amsterdam

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

Happy New Year

Happy New Year! We’ve been kicking off the new year in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and having a great time, finding…

Giant Robot 2

The neon Giant Robot “GR2” sign out outside the store’s second Sawtelle Street location in Los Angeles.

Downtown Plant Life

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

Footballers

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

Vanmoof Bike

B’s wonderfully designed Vanmoof bike parked in an advertising agency office in Los Angeles. We love the branding and logotype…