Trillusion exhibit explores the synthesis between furniture and graphics blurs the boundaries between reality and illusion. Surface becomes space. Space becomes surface.
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Zvi Belling of ITN Architects + End to End Project Rendering
End to End Office Building - ITN Architects
Big thanks to my big homie, Zvi Belling of ITN Architects in Melbourne for sharing project imagery of his End to End Project which the second of three architectural projects based on hip hop culture. The first in the series, The Hive, has received acclaim around the world as Zvi used graffiti as a permanent, structural element as opposed to a temporal, surface application serving aesthetic purposes.
Read MoreThe Hive Apartments - Zvi Belling ITN Architects
The Hive Apartments
Big thanks to my homie Zvi Belling at ITN Architects in Melbourne for providing me with images of The Hive. I applaud Zvi for using graffiti as a structural element within the facade transitioning it from a temporal, surface application typically serving aesthetic purposes only.
Read MoreJuxtaposition: Hip Hop + Architecture International Design Competition - DEADLINE EXTENDED
What happens at the intersection of urban culture and architecture? How can the four elements of hip hop (DJing, MCing, Breaking and Graffiti) inspire the built environment? Participants are encouraged to create a sketch using mediums of their choice to depict new building forms, urban design concepts, and/or architectural products inspired by the four foundational elements of hip hop.
Read MoreErik Howard at The Alley Project (TAP). Photo By: Marvin Shaouni
Erik Howard brings the corner and the community together in unlikely ways through The Alley Project
Detroit native, Erik Howard, explains how The Alley Project (T.A.P.) came to be what it is today, in Southwest Detroit. Merging the artistry of graffiti and street arts with the practice of architecture and social justice, Howard and his organization, Young Nation, has provided more than just an artist outlet for Detroit youth, he has provided them with a structure which helps develop their craft and achieve their dreams.
Read MoreLegz - "The Spaghettist"
Check out some of Paris' graffiti legend, Legz's latest work during Art Aux Gant 2014. This video below shows the piece from start to finish.
Read MoreDetroit Parking Garage Transformed into Street Art Gallery for the Z Project
The Z is a parking garage in downtown Detroit, and it's not just the name that makes it stand out. The 10-story garage has a 3-D-style facade and the garage gallery includes the work of 27 international artists, including Maya Hayuk, Interesni Kazki, Cyrcle, Sam Friedman, Augustine Kofie, Dabs Myla, Smash 137, Gaia, Pose and Revok, just to name a few. Many of the artists come from a street art or contemporary art background that reflects the gallery’s aesthetic. “The project pretty much encapsulates the building that we’re in,” said Anthony Curis of the Library Street Collective. “It’s a very nontraditional space, but Detroit is a very nontraditional city.”
Read MoreGraffiti Girls - 3D Graffiti and Photography
Check out the work of Marc Da Cunha Lopes, titled "Graffiti Girls".
Marc brings the implied third dimension of graffiti to reality in this series of photographs.
Timeline – Graffiti & Street Art Influences
I'm sharing for photos from this blog post titled "Tracing Back Streetart to its Roots – A Simple yet Smart Infographic". Check out the infographic by Daniel Feral!
Daniel Ferral
A timeline which shows graffiti and street art influences.
Architecture - Chopped and Skewed
Work of photography and artist Filip Dujardin. Fillip studied history or art at the University of Ghent, and specialized in architecture.
His approach to architectural works is stunning and can be an approach used in the creation of a hip hop inspired architecture. Filip's work is the architectural equivalent to sampling in music, or even the "break beat".
The break beat is typically the best portion of bars of a song, looped over and over again in an effort to create a seamless loop of the best portion of a song, ultimately encouraging the audience to dance. In Filips work, various portions or architectural details and geometry is looped in the same way, only instead of encouraging the viewer to dance, his work encourages you to follow the repetitions throughout the entire piece.
Zaha Hadid - Avilion Tri
Hadid states that this tap is designed with the fluid motion of water in mind, but once again, I take it as being inspired by the flowing nature of graffiti. See the project description below:
The new Avilion Triflow tap is inspired by the fluid movement of water. As a standard tap design begins and ends with a geometric arc which renders the water visible only when it leaves the faucet head. The design by Zaha Hadid Architects creates a form derived from the internal movements of water, as a single fluid gesture, where all parts are meant to convey the continuous fl ow between tap, work surface, and basin.
The Avilion Triflow Tap also incorporates unique manufacturing and functional elements seamlessly into its design. It is revolutionary in its shape as the manufacture incorporates the newest methods of rapid prototyping with a unique ceramic coring process to create each tap as a bespoke art piece. A separate waterway for purified water is controlled by a touch sensitive electronic actuator while hot and cold are controlled by a single lever which blends with the body of the form as the faucet lightly balances on the work-top.
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