Urban Art Blog

Adam Ladd of Ladd Design showcases the wins and fails in the world of branding with the insights of his 5 year old daughter.

Directed by Alexandre Courtes.

Just came across this great animation by artist Markus Neidel entitled S-Bahn. Music by the electronic band Mendelsson. Let’s just hope the pro car lobbyists don’t get their oily hands on it. (via über blogger Frankie Doguet)

We’re having a bit of a mild winter here on the British South Coast this year, not enough to get the deckchairs out quite yet but at least the house isn’t buried under a few feet of snow like last year. So, in case you’re in a similar enviable position and for some unfathomable reason [...]

Here’s a fascinating documentary focusing on the works and practice of street artist Blu entitled ‘Mugunica‘. Showcasing some awesome animations and his latest street art murals in Mexico, Managua, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Argentina. Filmed by Julie Navarro.

Check out this cool speed painting blog by an anonymous artist with a great eye for composition and a deep love for movies… See more at www.sketchesnatched.blogspot.com.

BIG BANG BIG BOOM – the new wall-painted animation by BLU. Check it out!

South American filmmaker Paulo Taman tipped me off about his fascinating series of documentaries covering the graffiti scene in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Here’s the latest one which focuses on the work of street artist Gen Duarte. You can see more of Gen’s work at Flickr and you can find Paulo Taman’s graffiti documentary series at [...]

Justin Nethercut is a Baltimore street-artist, photographer, and videographer who recently made a short documentary on the city’s biggest two graffiti writers, CEDA and DUME, for a well known Baltimore online multimedia publication called What Weekly.

As a kid you probably experienced long periods of boredom at school, especially in lessons you either couldn’t understand or didn’t like or both. I had a lot of that, you’re not exactly reading the words of an academic genius here. However I’m not alone, some of us under-achievers did more than stare out of  [...]