dear ada

openhammer.

 

I'm a big fan of street art, graffiti, stencils and stickers. I found one of the best collections of images of stencils and stickers at openhammer's flickr site. With a great eye for strong (and sometimes quite provocative) graphic design and placement within the environment, this collection is both extensive and very fresh. 

nasa.

Great color, great pattern, great design, great energy, all from nasa. Good morning!

plastic chandelier.

 

I stumbled across this site that was featuring these strange and wonderful chandeliers made from used plastic bottles. Garbage happens (a lot) so why not make something beautiful and fantastic with it. It's better than having it clog up the landfill I suppose. And aren't they fun and fantastic, like somebody's enormous plastic earrings hanging amongst the trees?

light graffiti.

Light as graffiti. So fun. Watch a wonderful video of that very thing here. Happy link originally via yatzer.

ryan darragh.

Hello happy owls from ryan darragh's flickr site. Love you truly! Especially the delightful contrast between the flat spray paint on plaster wall and the sassy shine of the metallic. Happiness abounds!

Original link found via reckon on ffffound.

tal bright.

I love these photographs from tal bright. I love the color, the randomness, the unintended collage. These images just make my heart sing!

ceethree.

I'm a pretty big sucker for graffiti. Yesterday I stumbled on this graffiti focused flickr site by ceethree that absolutely blew my mind. Not only does it focus on the type of graffiti I love best, but it does so with an amazing eye and disipline. These photos are an exercise in the beauty of consistent framing and skillful cropping. Each image is spectacular in it's own right but I'm sorry, the collective grouping of them literally brings tears to my eyes. This stuff is worthy of a book, an exhibit, something. It's just plain incredible as far as I'm concerned!

kosmopolite graffiti festival.

I'm loving this graffiti shot from jazi TZP geneva's photo set from the 2007 kosmopolite graffiti festival. I love the color and pattern and exuberance of the piece. I only wish I knew who actually painted it because it's so wonderful and they deseve the credit!

utility or art?

This is just a hand painted sign but it looks like a painting or collage to me. Lovely!

Found on little pretty's flickr site.

roxana zegan.

I'm sorry but I don't speak french so I'm not sure how this artwork by roxana zegan was actually done. My guess is that the surfaces revealed between the cracks in the road were painted, but as I said, I'm guessing. Regardless, how fabulous is this? LOVE!