{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Graffiti, Marker \u0026 Spray Cans"],"cover":{"alt":"","height":1620,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/calligraffiti-graffiti-calligraphy/calligraffiti-book-2.jpg","width":2432},"credit":"","date":"2010-03-24T14:18:37Z","description":"One of the world’s most famous and talented calligraphers is no one other than Niels “Shoe” Meulman from Amsterdam. His book “Calligraffiti” is a real masterpiece...","html":"\u003cp\u003eA month ago, \u003ca href=\"/calligraffiti-in-berlin/\"\u003eI told you\u003c/a\u003e about that very interesting art book by king calligrapher Niels “\u003cstrong\u003eShoe\u003c/strong\u003e” Meulman. Now it’s, in addition to the \u003ca href=\"/best-of-modart-book/\"\u003eModart No. 01\u003c/a\u003e, in my possession and I’m very happy about that!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith prologues by \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Langdon\u003c/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eAdam Eeuwens\u003c/strong\u003e, who are internationally active graphic designers and typographers, the about 120 pages book impress with high-quality photographs of Shoe’s artworks as well as with some great digital vector artworks.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA good idea was to shortly describe every motive in the end of the book, because often it is not comprehensible whether the writing was done by brushes or with a computer\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Shoe revolutionized the art of writing with Calligraffiti, an art form that fuses calligraphy and graffiti. He launched this movement in 2007 with a successful solo exhibition in Amsterdam. Since then, his Calligraffiti pieces (signed NSM) can be seen in various international exhibitions.”\nI really love “Calligraffiti”, because it contains a lot of amazing and very exactly and detailed artworks. It fascinates me to see, what Shoe is possible to do!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are interested in strokes, logos, calligraphy and/ or graffiti, you should \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3937946217?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=berlinstreeta-21\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=1638\u0026amp;creative=6742\u0026amp;creativeASIN=3937946217\"\u003ebuy that book\u003c/a\u003e - It’s amazing! Here are some insights:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2432px; --image-ratio: 2432 / 1620\" data-source-width=\"2432\" data-source-height=\"1620\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1620\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/calligraffiti-graffiti-calligraphy/calligraffiti-book_hu_fa2ed22b2f855afd.avif 480w, /calligraffiti-graffiti-calligraphy/calligraffiti-book_hu_ee121496cbb536ea.avif 960w, /calligraffiti-graffiti-calligraphy/calligraffiti-book_hu_64de5aebcb3e49d9.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/calligraffiti-graffiti-calligraphy/calligraffiti-book_hu_b47e708b1e7c33e3.webp 480w, /calligraffiti-graffiti-calligraphy/calligraffiti-book_hu_defeb10528b3515.webp 960w, /calligraffiti-graffiti-calligraphy/calligraffiti-book_hu_6a04e8a0c0685d8c.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/calligraffiti-graffiti-calligraphy/calligraffiti-book_hu_605deb95e0ba2090.jpg\" srcset=\"/calligraffiti-graffiti-calligraphy/calligraffiti-book_hu_be148c09ef70d632.jpg 480w, /calligraffiti-graffiti-calligraphy/calligraffiti-book_hu_ae47ab3d1fdb7d38.jpg 960w, /calligraffiti-graffiti-calligraphy/calligraffiti-book_hu_605deb95e0ba2090.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"959\" alt=\"calligraffiti book\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003ecalligraffiti book\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2432px; --image-ratio: 2432 / 1620\" data-source-width=\"2432\" data-source-height=\"1620\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1620\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/calligraffiti-graffiti-calligraphy/calligraffiti-book-shoe_hu_452ecb0b97a1b387.avif 480w, /calligraffiti-graffiti-calligraphy/calligraffiti-book-shoe_hu_ecdd206931f90784.avif 960w, /calligraffiti-graffiti-calligraphy/calligraffiti-book-shoe_hu_f6e463b4e19359df.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/calligraffiti-graffiti-calligraphy/calligraffiti-book-shoe_hu_fa42d87767cf6168.webp 480w, /calligraffiti-graffiti-calligraphy/calligraffiti-book-shoe_hu_fe185609dd12696a.webp 960w, /calligraffiti-graffiti-calligraphy/calligraffiti-book-shoe_hu_d80fc331940c133d.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/calligraffiti-graffiti-calligraphy/calligraffiti-book-shoe_hu_8e153eb695ce40d0.jpg\" srcset=\"/calligraffiti-graffiti-calligraphy/calligraffiti-book-shoe_hu_6b629ddea6226bff.jpg 480w, /calligraffiti-graffiti-calligraphy/calligraffiti-book-shoe_hu_8d958d0f1dd30844.jpg 960w, /calligraffiti-graffiti-calligraphy/calligraffiti-book-shoe_hu_8e153eb695ce40d0.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"959\" alt=\"calligraffiti book shoe\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003ecalligraffiti book shoe\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nA month ago, [I told you](/calligraffiti-in-berlin/) about that very interesting art book by king calligrapher Niels “**Shoe**” Meulman. Now it’s, in addition to the [Modart No. 01](/best-of-modart-book/), in my possession and I’m very happy about that!\n\nWith prologues by **John Langdon** and **Adam Eeuwens**, who are internationally active graphic designers and typographers, the about 120 pages book impress with high-quality photographs of Shoe’s artworks as well as with some great digital vector artworks.\n\nA good idea was to shortly describe every motive in the end of the book, because often it is not comprehensible whether the writing was done by brushes or with a computer...\n\u003e “Shoe revolutionized the art of writing with Calligraffiti, an art form that fuses calligraphy and graffiti. He launched this movement in 2007 with a successful solo exhibition in Amsterdam. Since then, his Calligraffiti pieces (signed NSM) can be seen in various international exhibitions.”\nI really love “Calligraffiti”, because it contains a lot of amazing and very exactly and detailed artworks. It fascinates me to see, what Shoe is possible to do!\n\nIf you are interested in strokes, logos, calligraphy and/ or graffiti, you should [buy that book](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3937946217?ie=UTF8\u0026tag=berlinstreeta-21\u0026linkCode=as2\u0026camp=1638\u0026creative=6742\u0026creativeASIN=3937946217) - It’s amazing! Here are some insights:\n\n![calligraffiti book](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/calligraffiti-graffiti-calligraphy/calligraffiti-book.jpg\u003e)\n\ncalligraffiti book ![calligraffiti book shoe](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/calligraffiti-graffiti-calligraphy/calligraffiti-book-shoe.jpg\u003e)\n\ncalligraffiti book shoe ","tags":["Typography","Photography","Calligraphy","Shoe","Art Book"],"title":"Calligraffiti: Graffiti meets Calligraphy!","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/calligraffiti-graffiti-calligraphy/"}