--- author: Jan Brennenstuhl categories: - Graffiti, Marker & 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... tags: - Typography - Photography - Calligraphy - Shoe - Art Book title: 'Calligraffiti: Graffiti meets Calligraphy!' url: https://www.urbanartcore.com/calligraffiti-graffiti-calligraphy/ --- # Calligraffiti: Graffiti meets Calligraphy! A 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! With 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. A 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... > “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.” I 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! If you are interested in strokes, logos, calligraphy and/ or graffiti, you should [buy that book](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3937946217?ie=UTF8&tag=berlinstreeta-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1638&creative=6742&creativeASIN=3937946217) - It’s amazing! Here are some insights: ![calligraffiti book]() calligraffiti book ![calligraffiti book shoe]() calligraffiti book shoe