Urban Art & Graffiti Illustrations: Inspiring Designs

Remember the Hennessy Cognac-bottle designed by NY artist KAWS? Following the success of their artist collaboration, Hennessy has teamed up with graffiti legend Futura 2000 to design their latest special collectors edition bottle! This video follows Futura around New York City as he talks about some important experiences in his childhood and discusses his graffiti background. Pretty nice footage and some interesting statements by one of the most influential graffiti artists from the US make this graffiti master interview worth watching. ...

In April, Berlin’s one and only sticker-museum Hatch Kingdom and illustrator Ink-a-zoid are going to present a group exhibition of the finest contemporary Berlin illustration styles! Presenting latest works not just by Danny Doom, Hr.v.Bias, Aro and Ink-a-zoid himself but also by other illustration-inspired artists, the show combines computer-generated artworks with dirt and coffee made ones and graffiti-influenced stuff. Hence, Modern Dopeness mirrors not just a current particle of Berlin illustration, but gives a insight into this new generation of mixed-media artists I already wrote about yesterday… ...

The marvelous paintings and illustrations by graffiti-inspired Danish artist Jakob Tolstrup describe his worldview in the humorous way of someone who was born in the middle of nowhere - the countryside of Denmark. During the last couple of years, Jakob not just pushed his amazing painting series forward, experimenting with different techniques, materials and mediums, but also worked together with different galleries and invoiced several papers and magazines for his illustration works. ...

Living room art adds warmth - you can read that in every interior design mag. For that reason and because some people will probably call it the most brilliant invention since there are travelling artists, I’m pretty sure you will like Danny Doom’s Living Room Tour 2012: Urban Living Room Art After couchsurfing half of his live while traveling with his art, for this doomed last year 2012 Berlin-based urban artist Danny Doom decided to travel the world, using your flats, condos, apartments, houses – the rooms you live in – as a shelter while creating unique urban-inspired artworks for you! ...

Following the mantra Style needs no Color, From Here To Fame Publishing’s second issue of their Schwarz auf Weiss (Black on White) book series brings again some dope urban-inspired illustrations by well-known artists in a nice collection! Style needs no Color has invited a diverse range of international artists to contribute black and white illustrations, vector graphics, street art and graffiti styles to this impressive publication. On about 140 black and white pages the book presents selected works of artists, following the philosophy that artwork should be able to stand alone without unnecessary distractions. For that reason, the Style needs no Color artists restrict their palette to black and white and create in that way a contrast to the excessive use of color and flashy techniques for example in advert… ...

Since he’s living in Berlin, Danish artist Jakob Tolstrup further develops his technique steadily and creates one or other new artwork… Born in 1983 in Denmark, Jakob started to draw in his childhood and hasn’t quit ever since. In the mid 90′s he got introduced to graffiti which had a big impact on his life and work. Well-known for his often humorous illustration works, Jakob is represented by different galleries in Copenhagen and Berlin and finally got a chance to present some of his latest Berlin inspired drawings and paintings at Voo Store. ...

When I first wrote some lines about the Swiss artist driven Amateur Magazine a year ago I was keen about the high content and print quality of the around 100 pages magazine. Since then I’m well supplied with their issues and became a fan of their nice stories, great interviews and topical diversity. And that’s the reason for me to introduce the latest issue of this print publication to you as the first part of the announced Urban Art Books & Mags Special. ...

Art Magazine | After I wrote about the Amateur Magazine from Switzerland last year, one of their editors promised me to send some issues of their mag, so that i can have a direct view. Recently I received the two latest issues… I feel really positive about this urban art, illustration, design and culture magazine which is published regularly for two years now. In my opinion it’s worth to support the Amateur Magazine team and their professional print product, for what reason I took some quick insight-the-mag shots while I relaxed in Berlin’s warm January sun today. ...

Marker Fight | This week, the Paint Club Finals 2010 will take place in Halle, Germany so make sure to save the date! In the last months, Paint Club travelled a good deal through the hottest metropolises of Europe, but now it’s time to break and to determine who is going to be the international Paint Club champion in 2010. Therefore, all champions of each urban hotspot visited during the European Tour were invited to come to Halle… ...

Tomorrow is going to be a great day for urban art enthusiasts in London! Three big graffiti and street art events will take place and one of them is the graffiti Horror-Show by famous Austrian graffiti artist Nychos, who is the creative head behind the “Rabbit Eye Movement”. It’s his premier solo-exhibition in London, so it’s your first chance to take a closer look at his phenomenal illustrations, spray-paintings and that great comic-style… ...